2010 Winter Olympics Torch Run
Olympic Torch Relay in Owen Sound a Family Affair
The excitement of Christmas this year will be extended by several days due to the Olympic Torch Relay coming to Owen Sound on December 28th, 2009.
Activities commence on Sunday December 27th with Family Day at Harrison Park. Skating, skiing, tobogganing and lots more will happen on that day.
Monday December 28th will be filled with things to do in downtown Owen Sound in anticipation of the Olympic Torch Relay Celebrations at City Hall Square starting at 6:00 PM. There will be a huge stage with local entertainment as well as special guests, climaxing with the Olympic Torch being led through our beautiful Festival of Northern Lights and lighting the cauldron on stage!
There will also be a Torch Relay send off early Tuesday morning leaving from the Chi-Cheemaun.
This celebration will certainly put Owen Sound on the map. Let's all get out and participate in this historical event!
John Prettie – Media Chairman
- December 27
Afternoon outdoor activities at Harrison Park
- December 28
- Family activities 1:00 pm along 1st Ave West
- Celebration Program and Arrival of local torchbearer
6 – 8 pm City Hall Square
- December 29
Sunrise Torch send off at 6:30 am The Chi-Cheemaun
- The 2010 Olympic Torch Relay will begin its 106-day Canadian journey on October 30,
2009.
- It arrives in Owen Sound on Day 60.
- The Flame’s pan-Canadian journey will culminate on February 12, 2010 when it
arrives in Vancouver for the Opening Ceremony before a global viewing audience of billions.
- The Vancouver 2010 Olympic Torch Relay route will be the longest domestic Torch Relay in
Olympic history, stretching over 45,000 kilometres throughout Canada.
- Upon its conclusion,
the Olympic Flame will have been welcomed in over 1,000 communities and passed within a
one-hour of more than 90 per cent of the entire Canadian population.
