After being open for business for exactly one month, the Sorting Gap Marina is reporting that business has been steady there so far.
“It’s been at least as busy as last year,” manager Carly Robinson said yesterday afternoon.
“And with the new parkway, even more people will be coming by. I mean, look it it—the parkway is beautiful,” she enthused.
Robinson noted despite the fact there’s been a beehive of activity at the waterfront area, with George Armstrong Co. Ltd. and various subcontractors using heavy machinery to complete Phase II of the La Verendrye Parkway, regular foot traffic still has been steady.
“As long as it’s nice [the weather], we’re busy,” she remarked, adding that when it’s as hot as it was this past weekend, the Sorting Gap can’t be beat for its icy treats.
“We’ve gone through tons of ice cream so far,” she said. “It’s a big seller.”^Besides a wider variety of ice cream than last year, the Sorting Gap also offers for sale novelty ice cream treats (Fudgsicles, popsicles, etc.), pop, chips, nachos and cheese, juice, and coffee.
Boaters also can gas up at the docks there.
The public is welcome to stroll by the Sorting Gap Marina anytime from 7 a.m.-10 p.m., seven days a week.
While business has been good, Robinson expects it to get even better when kids get out of school next week—and even moreso during the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship, which runs from Wednesday, July 23 to Saturday, July 26 this year.
While 2002 ended up being a fair one for business at the Sorting Gap, it had it’s rough spots due to the rainy weather and resultant flooding that marred the early summer boating season.
This lack of traffic forced the Sorting Gap to close several times during June.
Fort Frances Times
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