Repairs to Kirkfield Lift Lock To Begin; Temporary Lane Closures on Kirkfield Road

Parks Canada advises that there will be intermittent single-lane closures on Kirkfield Road, at Lock 36 near the community of Kirkfield in the City of Kawartha Lakes between Feb. 21 and Feb. 24.

Photo courtesy of Parks Canada.

The single-lane closure is required to facilitate the placement of a crane as work continues on repairs to the Kirkfield Lift Lock.

Flaggers will be in place, and the public can expect short delays.

Parks Canada thanks nearby area residents and visitors for their patience during this closure.

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Kirkfield Lift Lock To Close For The Season This Friday

The Kirkfield Lift Lock will close for the season this Friday according to Parks Canada.

File photo.

On Sept. 2 the Kirkfield Lift Lock suffered a mechanical failure resulting in the site’s closure. Parks Canada team members have been onsite working to transit vessels to their home ports that cannot be trailered.

If your vessel cannot be trailered and you need to return to your home port, contact Parks Canada no later than Thursday at trentsevern@pc.gc.ca. Include your full name, phone number, length and beam of your vessel, your current location, your home port and any additional special needs that our lock team needs to be aware of, such as accessibility issues. The final pre-arranged lockage for the season at the Kirkfield Lift Lock will take place on Friday.

Vessels going up will experience a lockage time of approximately six hours, while down-bound vessels will experience a lockage time of approximately 30 minutes.

Boaters (and pets) will be asked to disembark their vessels while the transfer is underway.

Do not arrive at the Lift Lock until the agreed upon date and time, as there are no amenities within walking distance of the site (restaurants, accommodations, etc.). Access to washroom facilities and shelter in the case of inclement weather will be made available.

The parkland around the Lift Lock will remain closed to the public.

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Peterborough Girl Selected As One Of 100 Ambassadors For JDRF's 'Lets Make History Again' Campaign

Tilly Stimpson, a grade 9 student at Thomas A. Stewart Secondary School, will join the 'Let’s Make History Again' campaign, hosted by the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF), as one of the 100 Ambassadors of History.

When Stimpson was diagnosed with Type One Diabetes at two-years-old her father Matt says it was devastating.

“I had been living with it for a number of years, and Shay - our nurse at PRHC - said ‘you’re already on page 50 of a 100 page book’ because of what I had been going through,” said Matt. “We knew how to manage the disease, but kids are a whole different can of worms.”

“Living with diabetes is definitely difficult,” said Stimpson. “It’s a 24/7 disease, you always have to be on it, checking your blood sugars and making sure you’re ok. I don’t think you’re ever not thinking about diabetes, your mind is always set on it.”

Both Matt and Tilly hope that through fundraising researchers will find a cure for diabetes, and they wont have to rely on insulin daily.

Tilly hopes that anyone that wants to join her in her climb does so. Photo by Angela O’Grady.

2022 marks the 100th anniversary of the first injection of insulin.

To mark the milestone JDRF is hosting the ‘Lets Make History Again Campaign’ which aims to raise money that will fund valuable research to fund a cure for Type One Diabetes.

The 100 Ambassadors of History, which is the group Stimpson has been asked to join, are a special group of Canadians who will each host their own fundraiser to contribute to the campaign.

Stimpson has decided that this year she will climb the steps of The Lift Lock once for every $100 donated to her campaign. As of Thursday she has raised $1267.

While Stimpson and her father Matt don’t have a set monetary goal the Let’s Make History Again campaign has a total goal of $100 million.

To donate to Tilly’s fundraiser click here.

Follow Tilly’s journey on her Instagram page @diabetes.the.bully.

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Amazing: Peterborough Man Hits Hole In One Using Golf Ball In Honour Of His Late Brother

Marty's hole in one at Liftlock

Friday, August 2nd, 2013 is a day Marty Silvestri will never forget. He made a hole in one at Liftlock Golf Club that day. "The funny thing is that this was my first round of the year," Marty tells us. But the story gets better, way better. And involves someone looking down on him from above. This will send chills down your spine. In his own words, let him tell it...

The magical ball

"I got a hole in one on hole #8 at Liftlock which is a par 3 135 yards.  The tee box is elevated so you are shooting downhill onto the green.  My buddy and I are both left handed and it was windy that day so I wasn’t quite sure which club to use. My friend Chris had decided to go with a 4 iron and I actually had my 8 iron out but switched to my 7 iron. 

I stepped up and set my ball on the tee and gave it my best shot and well as soon as it left the tee it looked good. Honestly it had the perfect arch and it hit the green and two small bounces and it was in the cup. I let out a couple of loud cheers and high fived my friend Chris.

The crazy part is I think I actually had some help from above judging by the ball I used. The ball is from a tournament that my brothers' friends put on in his honour and to support The Cancer Society. The ball has the Kevin Silvestri Classic logo on it. My brother passed away 19 years ago after a two year battle with cancer. His friends ran a tournament for 15 years. The money raised from that tournament each year was donated to the Canadian Cancer Society as well as the Palliative care unit at the PRHC.  There is actually a room in the Palliative care unit which is named in honour of my brother. I have saved a few of the balls and from time to time I use one to play. 

Golfers play golf for a lifetime and never experience the joy of a hole in one. I’m thankful I was able to experience the joy of a hole in one and share with my brother Kevin who I’m sure helped guide the ball a couple of extra yards into the hole."  —Marty Silvestri

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