2010 Winter Olympics torch relay

none 2010 Winter Vancouver 2010 Olympic Torch Relay Emblem.svg Vancouver, Canada Greece, Canada, United StatesSee full route 12,000 approx. October 30, 2009 February 12, 2010 Leo Obstbaum right|thumb|upright|The torch passing by Memorial University of Newfoundland in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador on November 13th, 2009. right|thumb|upright|The flame is passed in Moncton, New Brunswick, on November 23, 2009. right|thumb|upright|A closeup of the 2010 Olympic Torch. right|thumb|upright|Photo of one of the miniature displays used to show the flame during the community celebrations. The 2010 Winter Olympics Torch Relay was a 106-day run, from October 30, 2009, until February 12, 2010, prior to the 2010 Winter Olympics. Plans for the relay were originally announced November 21, 2008, by the Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (VANOC). Communities were initially informed in June 2008, but the locations were not announced for "security reasons".Douglas Glynn Olympic Torch will pass through Midland in 2009 https://www.midlandfreepress.com/?e=1309032 Midland Free Press Osprey Media Midland, Ontario 22 November 2008 22 November 2008 Exact routes were later announced several weeks before the start of the torch relay. The torches used in the Olympic relay were designed by Leo Obstbaum (1969–2009), the late director of design for the 2010 Winter Games.Josh Wingrove Vancouver Olympic designer dies at age 40 https://www.ctvolympics.ca/about-vancouver/news/newsid=14464.html?cid=rssctv The Globe and Mail CTV Television Network 21 August 2009 14 February 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100130104759/https://www.ctvolympics.ca/about-vancouver/news/newsid%3D14464.html?cid=rssctv 30 January 2010 live There were an estimated 12,000 torchbearers, including notable Canadian celebrities such as Shania Twain, Simon Whitfield, Silken Lauman, Alexandre Despatie, Catriona Le May Doan and John Hayman and past and present NHL hockey stars including Sidney Crosby, Wayne Gretzky, and the captains of the Vancouver Canucks teams that went to the Stanley Cup Final, Trevor Linden (1994) and Stan Smyl (1982). In fact, many television personalities were selected as torchbearers for the relay, mainly from CTV's parent company, CTVglobemedia. Matt Lauer and American actor, bodybuilder, and former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger were also torch bearers.https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/trevor-linden-to-run-olympic-torch-relay-1.840343 Trevor Linden to run Olympic torch relay 15 September 2009 10 January 2010 CBCSports.ca CBC Sports On 22 October 2009, the Olympic Torch was lit during a ceremony held at the Ancient Olympia in Greece. Actress Maria Nafpliotou played the role of the High Priestess and ignited the flame using a parabolic mirror and the sun's ray. The first torch was carried by Olympic skier Vassilis Dimitriadis.https://vancouversun.com/sports/Olympic+flame+begins+journey+Vancouver+2010+Games/2132127/story.html Olympic flame lit, begins journey to Vancouver for 2010 Games 22 October 2009 Jeff Lee Vancouver Sun 22 October 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20091024041049/https://www.vancouversun.com/sports/Olympic%2Bflame%2Bbegins%2Bjourney%2BVancouver%2B2010%2BGames/2132127/story.html 24 October 2009 dead Kept under close secrecy, the final Olympic Torchbearer turned out to be not one, but five final torchbearers. Rick Hansen brought it into BC Place Stadium, in turn lighting Catriona Le May Doan's torch, who lit Steve Nash's torch, and the flame continued to Nancy Greene and Wayne Gretzky. Three of the four torchbearers lit the indoor Olympic Cauldron; Le May Doan remained with her torch due to a malfunction causing only three of the four arms to be raised. Gretzky exited BC Place, with his torch still lit, and caught a ride on the back of a VANOC vehicle, to Coal Harbour, where he lit the outdoor Cauldron. This makes Gretzky the first person to light two official cauldrons in the same Olympics. At the start of the closing ceremony, Le May Doan re-lit the indoor Cauldron after clown and mime Yves Dagenais "fixed" and "raised" the arm that malfunctioned in the opening ceremony. Relay elements Torch Olympic Flame The torches used for 2010 relay and the lighting ceremonies were made by designers at Bombardier Inc.'s Aerospace division.Ruffo Leduc Karina Bombardier Reaches Vancouver 2010 Olympic Torch Production Milestone https://www.marketwired.com/press-release/bombardier-inc-tsx-bbd.a-1062403.htm 13 October 2018 Marketwired marketwired.com 20 October 2009 Route 2010 Winter Olympics torch relay route Before October 30: Olympia, Greece October 30: Victoria, British Columbia, loop October 31: Victoria to Nanaimo November 1: Nanaimo to Tofino November 2: Tofino to Courtenay to Campbell River November 3: Campbell River to Whitehorse, Yukon November 4: Whitehorse to Inuvik, Northwest Territories November 5: Inuvik to Yellowknife, briefly entering Nunavut November 6: Yellowknife to Cold Lake, Alberta November 7: Cold Lake to Churchill, Manitoba, going through Saskatchewan November 8: Churchill to Alert, Nunavut November 9: Alert to Iqaluit November 10: Iqaluit to Gaspé, Quebec November 11: Sept-Îles to Labrador City, Newfoundland and Labrador to Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador November 12: Happy Valley-Goose Bay to St. John's November 13: St. John's loop November 14: St. John's to Grand Falls-Windsor November 15: Grand Falls-Windsor to Channel-Port aux Basques November 16: Channel-Port aux Basques to Port Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia November 17: Port Hawkesbury to Truro November 18: Truro to Halifax, Nova Scotia November 19: Halifax loop November 20: Halifax to Lunenburg November 21: Lunenburg to Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island November 22: Charlottetown to Summerside November 23: Summerside to Moncton, New Brunswick November 24: Moncton to Saint John November 25: Saint John to Fredericton November 26: Not travelling, staying in Fredericton. November 27: Fredericton to Bathurst November 28: Bathurst to Edmundston November 29: Edmundston to Rimouski, Quebec November 30: Rimouski to Baie-Comeau, Quebec December 1: Baie-Comeau to Saguenay (Alma) December 2: Saguenay to Quebec City December 3: Quebec City to Lévis December 4: Lévis to Saint-Georges December 5: Saint-Georges to Sherbrooke December 6: Sherbrooke to Trois-Rivières December 7: Trois-Rivières to Longueuil December 8: Longueuil to Beaconsfield December 8: Beaconsfield to Kahnawake December 9: Kahnawake to Mont-Tremblant December 10: Mont-Tremblant to Montreal December 11: Montreal to Gatineau December 12: Gatineau to Ottawa, Ontario December 13: Ottawa loop December 14: Ottawa to Kingston December 15: Kingston to Peterborough December 16: Peterborough to Oshawa December 17: Oshawa to Toronto December 18: Toronto to Brampton December 19: Brampton to Hamilton December 20: Hamilton to Niagara Falls December 21: Niagara Falls to Brantford December 22: Brantford to Chatham December 23: Chatham to Windsor December 24: Windsor to London December 25: Not travelling, staying in London. December 26: Not travelling, staying in London. December 27: London to Kitchener December 28: Kitchener to Owen Sound December 29: Owen Sound to Barrie December 30: Barrie to North Bay December 31: North Bay to Val-d'Or, Quebec January 1, 2010: Val-d'Or to Timmins, Ontario January 2: Timmins to Sault Ste. Marie January 3: Sault Ste. Marie to Thunder Bay January 4: Thunder Bay to Kenora January 5: Kenora to Winnipeg, Manitoba January 6: Winnipeg loop January 7: Winnipeg to Portage la Prairie January 8: Portage la Prairie to Brandon January 9: Brandon to Regina January 10: Regina to Swift Current January 11: Swift Current to Saskatoon to Prince Albert January 12: Prince Albert to Lloydminster January 13: Lloydminster to Edmonton, Alberta January 14: Not travelling, staying in Edmonton. January 15: Edmonton to Red Deer January 16: Red Deer to Medicine Hat January 17: Medicine Hat to Lethbridge January 18: Lethbridge to Crossfield January 19: Calgary to Airdrie January 20: Calgary to Banff January 21: Banff to Golden, British Columbia January 22: Golden to Cranbrook January 23: Cranbrook to Nelson January 24: Nelson to Osoyoos January 25: Osoyoos to Kelowna January 26: Kelowna to Revelstoke January 27: Revelstoke to Kamloops January 28: Kamloops to Williams Lake January 29: Williams Lake to Prince George January 30: Prince George to Smithers January 31: Smithers to Fort St. John February 1: Fort St. John to Prince Rupert February 2: Prince Rupert to Port Hardy February 3: Port Hardy to Powell River February 4: Powell River to Squamish February 5: Squamish to Whistler February 6: Whistler to Merritt February 7: Merritt to Abbotsford February 8: Abbotsford to Surrey February 9: Surrey to Richmond (The torch briefly went into the United States at the Peace Arch in Surrey, British Columbia, and Blaine, Washington) February 10: Richmond to West Vancouver, British Columbia February 11: West Vancouver to Vancouver February 12: Within Vancouver to BC Place Stadium See also 2010 Winter Paralympics torch relay References External links "Provincial and territorial routes", Vancouver 2010 official site, listing the exact stops on the tour. TorchRelay.net – Torch Relay coverage. Includes torchbearer profiles, photos, videos, and more "Olympic torch cheered in Mohawk community", CBC Category:Winter Olympics torch relays Torch relay