Squamish Chosen as a Paralympic Torch Relay Community

Nov 05th '09

The Relay, which heralds the opening of the first Paralympic Winter Games in Canada, will visit 11 communities in 10 days and culminate in the lighting of the Paralympic Cauldron at BC Place in downtown Vancouver on March 12, 2010, the Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (VANOC) announced today.
Squamish's community celebration is March 7, 2010. For more informatioin visit
www.vancouver2010.com

THE ROUTE
What communities are on the route and when?
Day 1        March 3    Ottawa, ON
Day 2        March 4    Quebec City, QC
Day 3        March 5    Community in central Canada
Day 4        March 6    Esquimalt/Victoria, BC
Day 5        March 7    Squamish, BC
Day 6        March 8    Whistler, BC
Day 7        March 9    Lytton and Hope, BC
Day 8        March 10    Vancouver (Hillcrest) & Maple Ridge, BC
Day 9        March 11    Vancouver (UBC), BC
Day 10      March 12    Vancouver (Downtown), BC