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The Annual Ontario 2005 Samboree |
 ONTARIO
GOOD SAM 2005 30th FERGUS SAMBOREE
In Fergus, Ontario Canada
“NEW Four Day Event” July-28th to July 31stst
2005 [4 Day Event ] Depart August 1st
2005.
One Day Only Early Bird Wednesday July 27th
NEW "Opening Day is Thursday July-28th
2005"
Special Entertainment
Thursday night: Willie O,Hagan,
New
Friday Night: The
Beattie "Country Players"
Saturday Nigh, Country Style Buffet Dinner and Dance: Music 50,
60 &70's by the The Summit Band
Optional Event & Meal: SPECIAL FRIDAY EVENT 5:30 to 9:30 PM
Grand River Raceway for Dinner and Horse
Racing.
We will have a race named after us.
You can play the slots as well!
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Here for more Information and make reservation For The Trots &
Dinner"
Theme “Mardi Gras”
Think & Dress Mardi Gras
Location of Event 550 Belsyde Ave East Fergus Ontario Canada
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BYTOWN GOOD SAMERS
Area: Ottawa and
district
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GOOD SAM PENINSULAIRES
Area: Niagara Region, SE Ontario |
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Bytown
Good Samers received their Charter September 11, 1973. Bytown
is the oldest active Chapter in Ontario. The President is Don
McDonald.
There
are currently 46 active members (25 rigs) and 11 Honorary
Members. Honorary Members are those who were active members for
a minimum of 10 years and have had to give up camping for health
or other reasons, (death of a spouse, age etc).
We have three main campouts each
year, Victoria Day weekend, the Provincial Samboree in August
and Labour Day weekend. The Kente Kampers usually attend out
Labour Day campout. On each weekend we have pot luck dinners on
Saturday and pancake breakfasts.
The
main Chapter Charity is the Children’s Hospital Of Eastern
Ontario (CHEO). We make patch work quilts from old jeans for
the teens at CHEO. In addition we make a cash donation to CHEO
each year as well as distribute quilts and afghans to nursing
and retirement homes in the area.
Bytown
being inducted into
the Order Of The Good Bear at CHEO |
Bytown Ladies with some or the jean quilts..
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 GOOD
SAM PENINSULAIRES
As our name suggests, we
started up in the Niagara Peninsula and have expanded. We now
have members from Niagara Falls, Grimsby, Fort Erie, St. Davids,
Jordan, Richmond Hill, Simcoe, Princeton, Burlington, Hamilton,
St Jacobs, Hawkesville, Hagersville, Nanticoke and Cayuga.
As a group we come from
various backgrounds and lifestyles, retirement, volunteering
and working, and each has involvement in their own families,
church and community which make good stories around the
campfire. Some of our group are “snow-birds” who travel, take up
residence or caravan during the winter months in the Sunny
South.
With a possible 21 rigs we
enjoy at least 5 weekends at Vineland, Waterloo, Turkey Point,
and Guelph. We visit and tour interesting places in The Falls
and the Waterloo/ St. Jacobs area as well as going to the
theatre in Port Dover and the slots in Fort Erie. We look
forward to eating at different venues and doing pot-luck. Eating
seems to be a rewarding and fun time for us. Our Spring and
Fall meetings also involve more food (dinner meetings)
At the Good Sam Samboree
you will find us making new friends, making and serving the
coffee, tea and cookies. We also have a raffle table and run the
Chinese Auction on Sunday morning. We gladly support the Hearing
Ear Dogs and some of our members are very involved with other
fund raising endeavours.
For more information about
The Peninsulaires, please contact President Gordon Speller, Box
298 Cayuga, Ont. N0A 1E0 (905-772-5357), or
Secretary Jean Guthrie, R.R. # 4, Simcoe, Ont. N3Y 4K3 (519-426-2843).
Our Email
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CONESTOGO GOOD SAMER'S:
Waterloo and Wellington and area
We are
the Conestogo Good Samers of Ontario, Canada.
We are a fellowship of
"Good Sam" RV Camper Clubs that we call Chapters.
Who travel the RV
Parks and campgrounds of Ontario.
Generally we try to get together in
the Spring, Summer & Fall.
We usually set up
Friday evening and shre a pot luck on Saturday night.There is lots of Socializing, Games and lots of
Fun.
For things
to do we like Fund Raising for "Dogs For The Deaf".
To be a Chapter "Club" member you need to be also
a "Good Sam Club" member as well. Cost to join our local
"Conetogo Good Sam'ers"
club
is only $10.00 per year.
Who
we are:
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We are a small RV
Club of mainly married 50+ couples.
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All are welcome. Age, sex or nationality is not a barrier to membership.
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We have a mixture
of:
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Class A "Big
Rigs", Class C Motor Homes, Class B Camper vans,
Fifth Wheels, Full sized
trailers & and pop ups
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We have members
from all over the Waterloo Region and surrounding area.
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To
date we meet together about 7 times a year for:
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3 Pot Luck dinners
and 4 campouts
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Rallies, Pot Luck dinner meetings and Fun
Raisers.
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and of course
lots of Fun.
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Please apply on
line to become a new member [
Click here ]
For more information
and to request an application for membership please contact our
PRESIDENT:
COUGHLIN,
Tim & Ginny 4 Larkspur Lane Paris ON N3L3P1 519-442-2486
OUR EMAIL
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KENTE KAMPERS:
Kingston and area
Greetings from the “Kente
Kampers”. We are a Good Sam Chapter that celebrated its 10th
Anniversary last year. We are located primarily in the “Bay
of Quinte” area of southeastern Ontario with members from
Cloyne, Bancroft, Tweed, Foxboro, Frankford, Trenton, Port Hope,
Whitby and Alliston. We currently have 14 rigs in our group,
including 12 couples and 2 singles. There are Motorhomes, 5th
wheels, Travel Trailers, and “B” class rigs in our chapter. Our
home camp is Ïroquois Trails Campground in Frankford, ON.
We
have 3 campouts yearly at our home camp. During those campouts
we try to have different agendas that include visits to local
attractions (ie. Visits to Prince Edward County, Kawartha
Slots, etc) and other sites of interest to our members and
visitors. We have a dinner and breakfast at all of our campouts
and play Bingo or games in the evening. We travel as a group to
the Ontario Samboree in July and to a campout with the Bytown
Chapter at Brockville during the Labour Day weekend. Those of us
who are unable to travel south during the winter get together
for a Xmas dinner in Stirling and monthly at members homes
during the cold months.
We
constantly strive to promote and carry out the aims of the
International Good Sam Recreational Vehicle Club. We do this by
having regular fundraising events and cleaning up a local park
every spring. We try to operate a social program that promotes
the use and enjoyment of RV’s and fellowship among our
membership. Funds from our events are donated yearly to a summer
camp for sick kids.
New
members are welcome. You may contact the chapter for more info
through our website address or talk to one of us at the Ontario
Samboree. Happy Camping.
 Pres/
Larry & (Anne) Cote
206 Queen St. Trenton, Ontario, K8V 4Y8
613-921-6546
Email
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GOLDEN HORSESHOE:
London and area
The
Golden Horseshoe Good Sam Chapter's president is Etta Peake,
18 - 587 Cranbrook Road in London, Ontario N6K 2Y4 phone
number 519 657 3914.
We
are a group of approximately 25 couples who own motorhomes.
Our members come from an area from Windsor to the Bruce Peninsula. We meet once
per month May through October.
We try different campgrounds and
areas each month. This year (2005) we began with the May
long weekend at the Wildwood Golf & RV resort (near Exxex)
with Jamming Music and a trip to Heritage Village & Car
Museum. In June, we went to Bornholm and July to Willow Lake
park to attend the Walters Family Dinner & Gospel Show.
We are attending the Fergus
Samboree in August. Later in the month to Petrolia
where we will visit the Victoria Playhouse. In September we
will attend the Old Homestead Park in Bayfield and will
have a fish dinner at JD's. We will finish the year at Green
Acre RV Park in Waterloo where we will visit St. Jacob's
Market and have a delicious Turkey Dinner.
When we arrive Friday for our
campouts, we have a Happy Hour and fend
for ourselves for dinner. We have a campfire and Saturday
play games, ie. Washer toss, Horseshoes, Bocce, and Cards.
Saturday evening a scrumptious dinner is provided by a wagon
master and two other couples.
Sunday sees a breakfast
brunch,
usually muffins, coffee and on occasions a complete
breakfast, ie. bacon, sausage, eggs, toast, etc. After that
we have a short Church Service followed by visiting friends,
we go our own ways, only to look forward to another month
and campout with our RV Family.
Our Email
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LOCK CITY SAMS:
Sault Saint Marie and area
Hello from
Northern Ontario,
Lock City Sams
are located in the Sault Ste. Marie and area.
We have campouts, May, June, September, plus two potluck dinners per
season before going south for the winter.
Our campouts include, campfire lunches, games, pancake
breakfasts, & potluck dinners,
Everyone enjoys our weekend outings.
To join in
one of our campouts. contact
Our Email
Pres. Jerry Penny,
278 3rd Line East
Sault Ste. Marie, ON, P6A 5K8
705-254-2851 Email
Assistant Directors:
Thelma
& Lindsay Gotlie 605 Korah Road,
Sault Ste. Marie, ON P6C 4J8
Phone: 705-945-8403
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ONTARIO SECOND CHANCE
SAMS:
All Ontario
The
dedication of
Membership of the Chapter is lending a helping hand to other
people who have been fortunate enough to have been given a
second chance on life.
The
CAUSE may be anything of the many things that daily claim
millions of lives in our everyday society.
We
RV together as a group of fellow campers sharing in all
experiences that
come our way, one day at a time.
Bob Davison,
President
92 Dixon Drive Apt #$
Trenton, ON K8V 1W8
OUR EMAIL |
TELEPHONE CITY SAMS:
Brantford and all Ontario
We
are called the Telephone City Sams.
We are from all over
Ontario from Huntsville to Windsor.
Our President &
Secretary are from St Marys.
Our Vice President &
Treasurer are from Windsor.
Our
Wagon masters are from Peffalaw & Keswick.
Our Past President is
from Princeton.
This year we have camped at
Princeton. June we are going to Huntsville
July 27 to Aug 1 Onatrio Good
Sam Samboree in
Fergus.
In Sept we are going to IPM in Listowel. We are a happy bunch of campers who enjoy each
other's company at three or four campouts a year.
We donate to Camp Trillium and
Hearing Ears Dogs of Canada.
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Sharlene "Charlie" Minshal,
widowed at 45, left Michigan four years
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My last trip to Alaska was in 2001 and I'm sure there
have been a few changes here and there, roads straightened or paved,
towns growing, businesses coming in or fading away, things that have
happened between each of my trips to Alaska in 1987, 1992 and 1996.
Basically, things don't change all that much but even at that, some
places are more "Alaska" than others. I have my favorites, as you will
discover. I get a Christmas card every year from the Postmaster at Hope.
Linda is busy with a young family but still takes the time to
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Known internationally as an area of
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offer visitors a multitude of activities from festivals and
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world-class attractions and so much more.
U.S. visitors can access the region at any of three
international bridge border crossings. Kingston is the western
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region. Plan to explore the other communities within this region
including Gananoque, Brockville, Rockport and the 1000 Islands
Parkway, Prescott and Cornwall. Take a 1000 Islands cruise
available from Kingston, Gananoque, Rockport or Brockville and
cruise among the more than1870 Islands (yes, there's actually
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For years the 1000 Islands have been a millionaire's
playground with many making this area their summer retreat. The
grandest structure in the Islands is Boldt Castle located on
Heart Island. Accessible by water taxi, tour and private boats,
the castle has been restored and features the Boldt Yacht House
on Wellesley Island and six impressive structures.
And of course, the 1000 Islands and St. Lawrence Seaway are a
great place to enjoy the water - boating, sailing, canoeing,
kayaking, jet skiing, scuba diving, water taxis, charters,
casino and cruises are all here. The St. Lawrence River is a
major inland water route for majestic ocean-going ships. The
Iroquois Locks, the only locks in the St. Lawrence Seaway system
to be located in Eastern Ontario, are a great place to see
majestic Lakers and ocean vessels from all over the world.
 The
outdoor enthusiast will appreciate the St. Lawrence Recreational
Path, which stretches over 75 kilometres, the majority of which
follows the shoreline of the St. Lawrence River. The path begins
in Lancaster, travels west to Cornwall and winds through the
rolling terrain toward Long Sault. The path then follows the
island causeway of the Long Sault Parkway and continues to the
Upper Canada Migratory Bird Sanctuary in Ingleside, then
arriving at Upper Canada Village and on into Morrisburg.
The 1000 Islands and St. Lawrence Seaway – a world class
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