UPCOMING EVENTS

Below are two events that are in the Club’s event calendar and there is still room to join!

Port Alberni Vintage Locomotive Visit & Drive - August 13th

Come join us for a drive to Port Alberni and lunch. This drive will include a visit to the Mclean Mill Site and tour to see repair and restoration projects in progress like a Washington Ironworks Steam Donkey built in 1929, that was used in the logging service industry. As well as a stop at the Industrial Heritage Centre, there will be a late lunch and drive around Sproat Lake.

Registration will close on August 11. Route details will be sent to all participants prior to the event. Limited to 20 vehicles / 40 people. Fee $12 (for museum entrance).

Full details and registration at msreg.com/2022-Port-Alberni

2022 New Member Social, September 18th

Open to all VIRPCA members and co-members.

At this event, we welcome members (including transfers in to the VI Region) and new co-members who joined the Vancouver Island Region between 1st September 2021 and 31 August 2022.

These new members are our guests of honour and their lunch will be paid for by the Club. For other members and guests, the cost of lunch is $40. Priority will be given to new members if we have more than 70 attendees (even though your registration may be received by us).

The meal will be a buffet consisting of two salads, a pasta dish, an entrée, and an assortment of desserts.

We begin at 12:30pm with coffee and tea and an opportunity to meet and greet other members, then move on to introductions, with lunch around 1pm and door prizes following. Please register by Sep 7 via msreg.com/2022-New-Member Any queries to Kathleen Short at membership@virpca.org