St. Albert walkers met on February 5, 1988 at the Glaewyn Club House to discuss the formation of a club. Zelda Phillips was elected president and the first trail director was Pete Awender. A meeting was called for March 2, 1988 at the Glaewyn Club House for which we have the first recorded minutes followed by an Annual General Meeting on March 22.

Since 1988 the Trekkers have  grown from a St Albert walking club to a Capital Region walking club with members and walks in Edmonton and surrounding communities. This section on the web site has been established to capture the club history and make this history available to everyone.

Trekkers History Narrative link

June 3rd 1989 Mayor Ray Gibbon cutting the bootlace to open the St Albert city PT#002, the first PT in Alberta and the second one in Canada. Trekkers President Dave Phillips and Trail Blazer Doug Harvey are holding the boots.

St Albert Trekkers Past Executive Teams link

The Trekkers have been blessed to have a large number of volunteers contribute their time to making all the walks a success. To see who these executive teams have been over the years hit the link above. 

President List (elections are held in the spring)

2021 – Present Susanne Forbrich
2016 – 21 Kathleen Parr
2012 – 16 Sharon Tchir
2008 – 12  David Hall
2006 – 08 Dave Luscombe
2004 – 06 Phyllis May
2001 – 04 Keith Peters

1997 – 2001 Richard Parr
1995 – 97 Bonnie Beaudry
1993 – 95 Bruce O’Neil
1991 – 93 Phil Sturges
1990 – 91  Bob Pass
1989 – 90  Dave Phillips
1988 – 89  Zelda Phillips

Newsletter – Trekkers’ Trails

The Trekkers’ publish a newsletter that is distributed to all members. Only old issues of the newsletter are available on this site, if you’d like the latest newsletter please join their club.

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