Agassiz chalet dismantled and burned

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Posted: 03/4/2015 10:25 AM | Comments:

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Workers set fire to building debris from the former ski chalet at a nearby landfill site. Photo Store

The last remnants of the Agassiz Ski Hill, on the eastern slope of Riding Mountain, are being erased from the landscape.

On Tuesday, workers set fire to building debris from the former ski chalet, after the debris was transported to a nearby landfill site. The ski hill is inside Riding Mountain National Park, near the town of McCreary.

Chair lifts and T-bars are also being removed. The demolition is being conducted by Winnipeg Environmental Remediations Inc., based out of West St. Paul.

Mount Agassiz was the only "mountain" ski hill between Thunder Bay and the Rockies, the other ski resorts being valleys. The Mount Agassiz ski hill operated from 1961 until 2000.

The federal government recently rejected a $4.5-million plan to reopen the ski hill, put forward by the Agassiz Mountain Development Group, a coalition of residents and ski enthusiasts. Parks Canada plans to return the site to nature.

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Agassiz chalet dismantled and burned