Riding to honour a female pioneer
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Motorcyclists will honour Sadie Grimm’s historic ride in 1914 from Winnipeg to Winnipeg Beach on Sun., June 11.
Manitoba Motorcycle Club member Ross Metcalfe, of Headingley, said the club — which is the fourth oldest in the world and was incorporated in 1911 — offered an award to the first motorcyclist who could drive from Winnipeg to Winnipeg Beach. Winnipeg Beach was then a popular resort destination but was accessible by train, not by road.
The route that most would-be award winners tried to take was similar to the one that will be followed in the Sadie Grimm Memorial Ride – from Headingley to St. Francois Xavier, Marquette, Stonewall, Balmoral, Teulon, Inwood, Fraserwood and ending in Winnipeg Beach.
“It was a goat trail. It was soggy and boggy,” Metcalfe said, adding that Grimm tried and failed to travel this route on her 1914 Indian Twin motorcycle.
“She went up the rail line from Selkirk,” Metcalfe said. Despite a few protests from male motorcyclists about the route she took, the MMC gave Grimm a gold medal at the Empress Hotel in Winnipeg Beach.
The Sadie Grimm Ride participants are raising money to erect a permanent memorial to Grimm’s milestone victory. A covered picnic area and a metal motorcycle sculpture are proposed to be placed near the Empress Hotel’s location.
This year’s ride will begin with registration at Indian Motorcycle of Winnipeg (Headingley Sport Shop, 5160 Portage Ave.). Owner Jill Ruth is excited about being part of the ride and is planning on loaning an Indian motorcycle to one of Grimm’s grandsons who’s coming from California to join the ride.
Advance registration for riders and passengers is $20, and $25 on June 11. Online registration is available at www.eventbrite.com/e/celebrating-sadie-grimm-motorcycle-ride-and-celebration-tickets-32518782554
For additional information, email Mary Johnson wrcchair@gmail.com
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Andrea Geary
St. Vital community correspondent
Andrea Geary was a community correspondent for St. Vital and was once the community journalist for The Headliner.
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