Norman Purvis

Norm has been a long-time community volunteer and has been instrumental in the development and maintenance of the Woodstock Valley Yacht Club. Norm, along with his wife Cathy, have been members since 1988. He’s the guy the Town calls when the docks need put out or taken in or a dock needs repaired, the guy that gets called upon when someone visiting from out of town needs fuel, or anyone needs a boat towed.

Norm has also been a member of the Woodstock Trailmakers Snowmobile Club since it’s inception 50 years ago. He’s been a Director for 30 years, following in his father, Ed’s, footsteps who was the founding member. Again, Norm is the guy that spends countless hours in the off-season fixing the trails, developing new trails, taking care of signage, prepping the sliding hill at the Golf Course, and he’s one of the main groomers of the trails that have contributed to what has given us a reputation of one of the best trails in the province. He’s so good that he was recognized by the Snowmobile Federation as Groomer of the year he was a huge reason why the Woodstock Trailmakers were named club of the year in 2023.

In his spare-time, he also volunteers his time at the St James United Church, doing maintenance work and peeling potatoes for suppers. I understand that Norm is known for his delicious homemade ice cream that he has been known to serve the residents of Carleton County.