Adventure Passport - Contest Rules and Regulations

CONTEST RULES AND REGULATIONS

1.The "Explore the Bruce Adventure Passport" Contest (the "Contest"), operated by Bruce County Tourism (BCT), will commence May 1st, 2009 at 12:01 a.m. (EDT) and will conclude on December 5th, 2009 at 11:59 p.m. (EST) (the "Contest Closing Date"). In order to participate in the Contest, entrants must fully comply with all the "Explore the Bruce Adventure Passport" rules contained herein (including the terms contained in the release form). A copy of these rules can be obtained from Bruce County Tourism, Box 129, 578 Brown St. Wiarton, ON N0H 2T0 1-800-268-3838 or www.explorethebruce.com.

2.Visit http://passport.explorethebruce.com for a printable version of the "Explore the Bruce Adventure Passport", get it punched at a minimum of 7 out of the 13 stops while you are touring the Bruce, and drop it off at participating Information Centres throughout the County, or mail it to Bruce County Tourism, Box 129, 578 Brown St. Wiarton, ON N0H 2T0 by the contest closing date.

3. The "Explore the Bruce Adventure Passport" contest will also include instant prizing on the radio and at major events throughout the Bruce during the contest period. When the contest closes, winners will be randomly selected from all validated passports to receive one of the six Prize Packages.
6 Prize Package Details:

Member of Wiarton Willie’s Shadow Cabinet
Be on stage February 2nd 2010, as part of Willie’s Shadow Cabinet for the most famous weather prediction ceremony in Canada. This prize includes a 2-night stay, delicious treats, Willie gear and dinner. Approx value: $1,000. Min 7 stops.
2 night Stay (2) Island View B&B - Wiarton
Willie Chocolate Northern Confections
Willie Gear Ram Trophies
Gift Certificate Wiarton Inn
Willie's Shadow Cabinet Town of South Bruce Peninsula

Co-Captain of the Chi-Cheemaun for a Day – Full Completion
All Aboard! Enjoy a beautiful sunset cruise at the helm of the MS Chi-Cheemaun. Indulge in a feast with your family and the Captain. This prize includes 7 nights camping, dinner, Visitor Centre passes, glass-bottom boat cruise, canoe rentals and 3 framed prints. Approx value: $1,100. Min 12 Stops.

7 nights Camping Tobermory Village Campground
Supper Gift Certificate Stone Orchid
Passes (family) Bruce Peninsula National Park
Glass Bottom Boat Cruise (4) Blue Heron Company
2 Canoe Rentals Thorncrest Outfitters
Co-Captain for a day (4) Owen Sound Transportation Co. (ChiCheemaun)
Tobermory Print Apollo Art Productions

Become a Lighthouse keeper
Spend a week back in time as an Assistant Lightkeeper at Cabot Head Lighthouse. This prize includes a paddling excursion, Marmot gear, groceries for your stay and dinner. Approx value: $1,500. Min 7 stops.

Assistant Lighthouse Keeper for the day (2) Cabot Head Lighthouse
Paddling Trip (2) Suntrail Source For Adventure
Gift Card Suntrail Source For Adventure

The Ultimate Sauble Speedway Fan
Get your adrenaline pumping as you fly around the track in a genuine racecar. This prize includes 10 laps around the track, ride in the pace car and waving the green flag as well as a 2-night stay, Provincial Park passes, a round of golf and dinner. Approx value: $700. Min 7 stops.

Gift Certificate Sauble River Marina
Sauble Falls Provincial Park Passes Ontario Parks
Tickets (4) Sauble Speedway
Golf Green Fees Northern Dunes
Gift Certificate Greenhorns Restaurant – Sauble Beach
Sauble Speedway Experience Sauble Speedway

Kincardine Scottish Pipe Band VIP
March down the main street in Kincardine with the oldest street pipe band in Canada. This prize includes 2 dinners, a 2-night stay, Provincial Park passes, local cheese and honey gift baskets, and theatre tickets. Approx Value: $900. Min 7 stops

Restaurant Gift Certificate Harbour Street Brasserie
Honey Lazy J
Theatre Tickets Bluewater Theatre (4)
Park Passes Inverhuron Provincial Park
Cheese Pine River Cheese
2 night stay (4) Inn at the Harbour
March in the Saturday Night Pipe Band Kincardine Pipe band
Restaurant Gift Certificate (brunch) Tramonto

Motorcycle Prize
Get geared up with FXR then cruise all over Bruce County on your bike. This prize includes his and hers gear top to bottom. Approx Value: $2,000. Must have all 7 motorcycle stops and provide proof motorcycle license to claim the prize.

His and Hers, Gloves, Helmet, jackets FXR Racing

NEW! Specially Marked Walking Stick
This year, look for our Walkerton Toyota Explore The Bruce Adventure Tundra or visit South Bruce Hardwood Flooring (Mildmay) to find the one specially marked walking stick. The lucky person who finds this stick will receive $2,000 of Bruce County’s finest hardwood flooring.

$2,000 worth of Walnut Hardwood Flooring South Bruce Flooring

4. You may enter the contest as many times as you like, but only 1 ballot per name will be entered into the final draw.

5. Odds of winning depend on the number of eligible entries received prior to the Contest Closing Date. Bruce County Tourism (BCT), and Contest Sponsors will not accept entries by phone, fax, or any other method not specifically stated herein.

6. Prizewinners must be 19 or older, (Participants under the age of 19 will require parental consent to claim a prize unless otherwise specified).

7. All entries shall become the property of BCT. BCT shall not be responsible for entries not received or not considered eligible due to incomplete, unclear, indecipherable information, or any other reason whatsoever. BCT assumes no liability for lost, stolen, delayed, damaged or misdirected entries during the Contest period. Any attempt to deliberately damage any website or to undermine the legitimate operation of the Contest is a violation of criminal and civil laws, and should an attempt be made to do so, Bruce County Tourism, reserves the right to seek remedies and damages to the fullest extent permitted by law, including criminal prosecution. All entries are subject to verification and will be declared invalid if they are illegible, incomplete, forged, falsified, altered, or tampered with in any way.

8. A BCT employee shall attempt to contact by telephone the selected Prize Winners within 2 weeks of the Contest Closing Date or draw deadline. In order to qualify as a winner, the selected entrants must be reachable by phone within the first 2 weeks of the Contest Closing Date or draw deadline and must meet all of the Contest rules. Should a selected entrant be unreachable during this 2-week time frame, or if they do not meet all of the Contest rules and regulations, BCT, shall select another entrant from the remaining eligible entries. A BCT employee shall attempt to contact the entrant of any such subsequent draws within 2 weeks of such selection and such selection will be otherwise subject to the same conditions as set out in these rules and regulations. The prizes will only be released after the BCT employee has confirmed that the eligible winners have complied with all rules and regulations contained herein.

9. The contest is open to all residents of Canada and the United States. Participants under the age of 19 will require parental consent to claim a prize. Excluded from the contest are all employees, agents and representatives of the Contest organizer (BCT) and all of its divisions, parent corporation (County of Bruce), and of its advertising and promotional agencies, suppliers of products, materials or services related to this contest, as well as members of their immediate family (brothers, sisters, children, father, mother), their legal or common law spouse, and anyone domiciled with these employees, representatives and agents.

10. Information received from all contest entries will remain property of BCT, and will be used in accordance with the Privacy Legislation of the Government of Canada.

11. All winners must sign a standard form releasing BCT, and all of its divisions, parent corporation, and the Contest sponsors and any other person or entity associated in any way with the Contest and their respective parents, affiliates, subsidiaries, directors, officers, stakeholders, employees, agents and their respective advertising and promotional agencies from any and all liabilities arising in connection with the Contest, including, without limitation, liability arising from the acceptance of the prizes as awarded and confirming compliance with the Contest rules and regulations.

12. By entering the Contest, all entrants consent to the use of their names, city of residence, photograph, voice and/or image for any publicity and programming purposes, commercial or otherwise, in all media used by BCT, and the Contest Sponsors and their respective advertising and promotional agencies, without payment or compensation, throughout the world in perpetuity. The use of information from entries of contestants under the age of 18 will not be used for publicity, programming purposes--commercial or otherwise--in any media used by BCT, or the Contest Sponsors and their respective advertising and promotional agencies unless specific parental consent is given.

13. Further, by entering the Contest, each entrant accepts these Contest rules and regulations, which are subject to change without notice to Contest entrants individually and which changes shall be posted only at www.explorethebruce.com. By entering the Contest, each entrant releases BCT, and all of their divisions and the Contest Sponsors and any other person or entity associated in any way with the Contest, their respective parents, affiliates, subsidiaries, directors, officers, employees, agents and their respective advertising and promotional agencies from any and all liability arising in connection with the Contest, including without limitation, the selection of the eligible winner and the administration of the Contest.

14. BCT, and Contest Sponsors reserve the right to substitute, terminate, withdraw, suspend or cancel any portion of the Contest and/or component of the Prize at any time, without notice, for any reason whatsoever in their sole discretion. The Prizes are non-transferable and cannot be exchanged for cash or other substitutes, except where stated. If BCT, and any Contest sponsor decide to substitute a prize, or a portion of a prize, they will do so for a prize of approximately the same value.

15. The decision of the Contest judges is final. No telephone contact will be entered into except with the eligible winners.

16. The Contest is void where prohibited by law and is subject to all Federal, Provincial and Municipal laws and regulations.

17. The Contest and the terms and conditions contained in these rules shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Province of Ontario, without giving effect to any principles of conflicts of law. You, the Contest entrant, agree that any action at law or in equity arising out of or relating to the Contest and these terms and conditions shall be filed only in the provincial or federal courts located in Toronto, Ontario, and you hereby consent and submit to the personal jurisdiction of such courts for the purposes of litigating any such action.