February 2010
Dear fellow sledders,
This letter is in response to the numerous questions and complaints riders are voicing to the businesses in the Rosseau area.
WMTR is in need of 6 bridges and multiple culverts to make it safe for the groomers as well as snowmobiles to get to the Seguin trail. Our groomer made it to the Seguin Trail yesterday, but had to wait until it was safe enough to create an ice bridge.
Our club has approximately 300 members and for each permit that our club sells we receive $6.00. With these funds we must take care of our trails, which includes bridging, culverts, repairs to our club Alpines and any administration costs.
We have 2 fundraisers a year which are the Pig Roast in September and the lunch at the Seguin Dogsled Mailrun in February. We do not receive money from OFSC, PSSD, Revenue Canada, OSPCA or the AA to help with these costs.
Each bridge costs between $3,000.00 to $10,000.00 depending on the span as well as many volunteer hours doing the work.
At this time the volunteers are trying to repair all the bridges that need work done. Please be patient and try to understand as we are doing the best we can with what we have.
Feel free to contact us if we can be of any further assistance. Any and all support is greatly appreciated.
Lisa Ernst – 705-732-2632 – lisaernst@bell.net
Karen Flood – 705-644-4011 – kflood@muskoka.com
Yours truly,
Lisa Ernst
President, WMTR | 
