Learning to ride an ATV safely a key part of Camp Loon training – NNL

July 21, 2019

CAMP LOON – Learning how to drive an all-terrain vehicle safely is an important part of the training Junior Canadian Rangers receive at Camp Loon, the Junior Ranger advanced training camp held annually in the bush north of Geraldton.

“They need this training because they need to be safe when they are driving an ATV in their home communities,” said Corporal Angela Tait, a Canadian Ranger from Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug First Nation and an instructor at the camp’s ATV training site. “They need to know about the proper clothing and gear they need when they ride an ATV and how to drive one safely. That’s what we teach them here.

“We have too many ATV accidents and injuries, even deaths, in our communities, where there is no training in how to drive an ATV.”

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