Thorold is first in line of six Niagara municipalities to receive a visit when the official Torch Relay for the Niagara 2022 Summer Games gets underway.
On Saturday, June 25, the official Niagara Summer Games torch will touch down in Thorold in partnership with Canada Steamship Lines, which will take the symbol along the Welland Canal.
The Roly McLenahan Torch’s journey will begin in late spring 2022 with a lighting ceremony in Ottawa, before heading to Montreal, where it will embark on the CSL Welland at St. Lambert Lock and make its way to the Niagara Region via the St. Lawrence Seaway.
Following its trek on water, the torch will then disembark from the ship at the Welland Canal, prior to visiting each of Niagara’s twelve municipalities.
After its final leg of the land program is complete, the Roly McLenahan Torch will finally make its way to the Meridian Centre on August 6, 2022 for the Opening Ceremony, where it will ignite the Canada Games cauldron and officially commence the Niagara 2022 Canada Summer Games.
“We can’t wait to bring to life our Niagara 2022 Torch Relay program and this unique vision that was only made possible thanks to CSL,” said Doug Hamilton, Board Chair of the Niagara 2022 Host Society.
“Next summer’s Niagara 2022 Torch Relay will represent an invitation to our country and local Niagara community to join in the journey of the Games as we prepare for the arrival of the next generation of Canadian athletes to the Niagara Region for Canada’s largest multi-sport event.”
