The Olympic Torch left a lasting impression on day 61 of the relay across Canada.
The flame left the City of Owen Sound around 7 AM Tuesday before hitting Meaford.
About 15 hundred residents lined the streets of Meaford to welcome the torch.
The flame also went to Blue Mountain where Olympic snowboarder Brad Martin slid down the hill with the torch.
It also visited Collingwood and Wasaga Beach where hundreds of people lined the streets despite the bad weather to get a glimpse of the Olympic torch.
A parade of floats, and Vancouver 2010 cars pulled into Wasaga around 11 AM yesterday at the start of the torch relay at town hall.
Torchbearers then walked the route from there out past the Stonebridge plaza on River Road West, before quickly making it’s way to Elmvale.
Peggy Brown, who was a torchbearer at the Calgary Olympics in 1988, was there to witness the relay again.
She says that when she had to carry the torch though, there wasn’t a bus to carry them between communities.
Brown says the torch was carried along the entire route, and she had to ride a snowmobile along the highway for her part of that route.
She carried the torch from Huntsville to Sundridge, and adds that the route was very smooth.
One of the torchbearers in Wasaga Beach was Faye Luppe.
She says this was one of the most amazing experiences of her life, and at that moment when she was the only person in the world holding the Olympic flame.
Luppe won the opportunity to carry the flame through an RBC contest.
She adds that she purchased the torch she carried, and adds that it’s surprisingly heavier than it looks, and it was a bit tough keeping the torch high above your head because of the weight.
Luppe’s torch was on display at the Wasaga Beach library until 4 PM for people to see.
The Torch ended the day with a celebration in the City of Barrie last night.