Winter Wonderland February 2nd

Winter event set for Moosomin Regional Park

January 13, 2025, 8:28 am
Ryan Kiedrowski, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

A popular winter event is back at Moosomin & District Regional Park, embracing the winter season and inviting people to check out the park for some frosty fun. Winter Wonderland is slated for Sunday, Feb. 2, and has activities for everyone including a fishing derby, sleigh rides, dog sleds, and refreshments.

“A lot of people think it’s a place to go in the summer, and it’s nice to showcase what it can offer in the wintertime,” said Moosomin & District Regional Park committee member Karen Hebert.

There are a few changes this year, including the spot at the park where the event takes place and tickets will be sold.

“We’re changing the location,” Hebert confirmed, adding that the new place to meet will be at the marina.

“Normally, we had it at the south end of the park, but we couldn’t accommodate the parking there, so we’re having it just north of where the park store is, where the Marina is, and we’re going to clear out a larger area for parking there.”

Based on the popularity of the event in the past, organizers are looking to the new location as a place that can accommodate further growth.

“The last one we had was around 300 people, so we’re hoping for a few more,” Hebert said. “That’s why we had to change the location, because we couldn’t accommodate the parking on the road. We needed a larger area for the parking.”

The cash-only event is also an affordable way for the whole family to enjoy the park as kids five years old and under are free. Eagle Ridge Dog Sleds will be offering rides from 10 am to 4 pm for $20 per ride; sleigh rides will be held from 1-4 pm for $10 each; and the fishing derby runs from 11 am to 2 pm. The cost is $20 per hole or two holes for $30. Hot dogs and hot chocolate are also available for $5 each.

“The last one that we did, we had to show some people how to roast a hot dog over an open fire,” Hebert recalls. “They’ve never had that experience before!”

Money raised from the event goes back into the park to cover expenses, but it also serves as a showcase to people from outside the region as to what the Moosomin & District Regional Park has to offer.

“There are lots of people that come to this in the winter time that I’ve never seen at the park in the summertime,” Hebert said.