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Parc du Mont-Comi is an outdoor recreation center situated in St-Donat-de-Rimouski in the Bas-St-Laurent region of Quebec. In the winter time it is a ski resort, in the summer there is canoe, kayak, horseback riding and hiking and in the fall there are rides in the chairlift and mountain biking on trails maintained by a group of volunteers. ==History== The Parc du Mont-Comi debuted its operations on 17 January 1973. Before getting there, it had to go through many steps such as the formation of a corporation in 1967 by a group of promoters in the area. A subscription campaign enabled them to collect the money necessary to buy the land and to start preparing the first runs on the mount that had the original name of "Mont Camille". Because they did not have the money necessary to buy the equipment necessary to maintain the runs, they called on snowmobilers to "groom" the runs with tree trunks. Because it was more or less effective, they borrowed $3500 to buy a "Muskeg" to maintain the runs with farm rollers. In 1972, they installed the first mechanical lift in the four school runs, the T-Bar. In the fall of 1973 they installed the first chairlift and five new runs. In its first year of operation in 1973, the Parc du Mont-Comi operated with an approximated budget of $85,000 and had six employees. At that time, a day pass cost $2.50 for an adult and $1.50 for a student. The operations budget had a major growth in the '80s to about 1.3 million dollars. Because one of the objectives of the Parc du Mont-Comi was to render available to everyone services and equipment for outdoor activities year-round, in summer of 1975 it opened the "Camp Soleil et Verdure". The presence of the camp brought a lot to the center. Many infrastructures (dormitories, welcome chalet) were built and subsidized because of the camp. Over the years, many employees and many volunteers contributed to the development of the Parc du Mont-Comi. In fact, the second general director (1985–1989) was M. Guy Desrosiers, who is now general director of Mont-Ste-Anne. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Parc du Mont-Comi」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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