Tourism Moose Jaw has partnered with Battle Creek Adventure Park for a unique Father’s Day fun plan and will be offering free trolley rides to and from Battle Creek on the hour, starting at noon and running until 4 p.m. on Sunday, June 18.
“We are partnering with Battle Creek to run the trolley from Tourism Moose Jaw out to them, and that’s a free ride out there, and once they’re out there, they can enjoy $5 mini golf, and I believe there are a few other options as well,” Tourism Moose Jaw executive director Jacki L’Heureux-Mason said humorously.
Battle Creek Adventures started as the small, family-run Prairie Storm Paintball, and over the last 20 years has grown to include an amazing variety of fun family activities that can easily fill an entire day with no repeats.
“We’ve always specialized in paintball, but now we’ve branched into mini golf — we’ve got Canada’s longest and largest mini golf course, with recent additions this year,” said Levi Dombowsky, owner of Battle Creek. “Recently, we added a coffee bar and ice cream shop … our newest activity is a 2.5 km hiking trail, so that’s bike friendly, you can walk, and it’s stroller friendly, too.”
Beach volleyball at Battle Creek Adventure Park is also new this year, with plans for leagues and tournaments coming soon. There are batting cages and a paintball shooting range in the works, set to open in time for the Father’s Day event, fun lawn games galore, an indoor lounge area with chess sets and ping-pong, and there are plans in 2023 for an off-road dune buggy racing track.
At the peak of their season, Dombowsky said, the park can have upwards of 500 people in it, with room to spare.
“It is a lot,” he laughed. “But I think that’s what a tourist destination really needs, is flexibility and versatility, and we can really offer that now. It’s awesome when a workplace calls or a big family reunion needs a venue, and they think they’re coming just for the paintball, but then we start telling them about everything else.
“That’s a nice thing about the mini golf, as well, people come and drop in for that, and the course takes about an hour and a half, but then they can be surprised and end up staying for three or four hours.”
The heart of Battle Creek is the 20-acre paintball field, with many interconnected maps offering different challenges and themes. Paintball equipment packages are available for rent, and Prairie Storm Paintball stays busy with deathmatch, domination, zombie, capture the flag, and historical battle re-enactments throughout their season.
Dombowsky is hoping to see plenty of dads doing dad-type things this Father’s Day, and credited Tourism Moose Jaw for the idea.
“Obviously, we’re also not limiting people to only joining in through the trolley rides,” he noted. “They can drive out and park in our parking lot.
“It’s really just a no-pressure event where people can come and treat dad to a nice time. Or maybe it’s dad treating the family to a nice time — it’s whatever gives people a great day.”
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