Upper Clements to add a Zip Line / Ropes Course

[larrygator]

Upper Clements, home to one of the most remote wooden coasters in North America is adding an Adventure Park with zip lines and a ropes course that will open this year.

 

Adventure Park will be built over an area that previously housed a wildlife park. It is expected to open June 9th, a week prior to the amusement park opening for the year.

 

http://thechronicleherald.ca/novascotia/89116-upper-clements-welcomes-new-zip-line

 

Upper Clements welcomes new zip line

April 22, 2012 - 6:52am By GLEN PARKER

 

UPPER CLEMENTS – Operators of Upper Clements Parks are looking to the addition of the new $1 million Adventure Park to attract new business when it opens in June.

 

The new park features a zip line network that will create about 20 new jobs complement­ing 180 current jobs at Upper Clements Parks.

 

“The Adventure Park opens up a whole new demographic for us," general manager Gregg Gaul said on Saturday.

 

“We know this will appeal to teenagers and young adults with an active, healthy lifestyle."

 

should be completed by June 4 with an official opening set for the following weekend, June 9 and 10.

 

Board of directors chairman David Brown said the new Adventure Park will complement the existing theme park and build on the mandate to create more jobs and bring more visit­ors to the region.

 

“This is the biggest addition to the facility since the amusement park was built and we are very excited about it," he said on Friday.

 

“These zip lines are very popu­lar all over the world."

 

Prisme Equipment Canada, The design is based on European standards and will include 43 platform stations consisting of elevated challenge courses and bridges, with mul­tiple zip lines of varying lengths.

 

Some lines will have participants zip lining above other zip lines.

 

The new Adventure Park is situated adjacent to the theme park on the site of the old wild­life park that was closed in 2009.

 

“It opens up big possibilities for corporate team building and groups," Gaul said, “and we are going to market that heavily."

 

The theme park is scheduled to open June 15 and plans are to have the zip lines in use before that date. Gaul said construction headquartered in France, was hired to build the Adventure Park. They have built parks in Europe, China and North Amer­ica.

 

Gaul said the development is a “win win" for the region and will create more jobs, more visitors and more economic spinoffs.

 

“It should bring 10,000 to 15,000 more people to the Valley this summer," he said.

 

“This is a major step forward in our development plans to create a true destination area."

 

For more information on the new Upper Clements Adventure Park visit www.upperclementsparks.com.

[gisco]

That is not an easy park to get to. At least there is more to do there now.

[sixflagsguy5]

They were working on this when I was up there in 2010. The park is really unique. There's a lake/ lagoon in the middle and rides around that. The area is over run with trees and located right by the body of water that separates Maine from Nova Scotia. From the top of one of the rides the beach looked like it was loaded with mud and large boulders. It's really reasonably priced and there was barely anyone there when we went in the middle of the summer. I've never been out of North America, but from the videos I've seen, the park (mostly the wood coaster) reminded me of Oakwood. From what I remember, they were building a zipline over the park's main lagoon. They had signs advertising the ziplines all over the park. Hopefully this addition will help them get better attendance. The park seemed kind of bare when I went, even for a more family oriented park. I'd definitely check it out if you're in the mood to spend more time driving than riding rides and doing trip activities. I also think the ferries going to the port by the park had been cancelled or were at really bad times.