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Open Thursday 12 – 5 pm · Saturday 10 am – 2 pm 41 Main Street, Erickson, Manitoba
SCORE Store
Our flagship project

Leda Lake Eco Park

A family-friendly park on the shore of Leda Lake at the foot of Main Street in Erickson, right on the Trans Canada Trail. Built by the community, led by the SCORE Store.

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A freshly surfaced trail winding toward Leda Lake under a big blue sky
New trail, looking out to Leda Lake

A park for everyone

Leda Lake sits at the end of Main Street, beside the Viking Ship. The SCORE Store started planning a park here in 2021, and since 2024 it has been taking shape: new trails, a boardwalk and floating dock, a bike pump track, a zip line and a washroom for park visitors and Trans Canada Trail travellers.

More than $450,000 has been raised, nearly all of it from outside the municipal budget: provincial grants, Trails Manitoba, community foundations, local businesses, service clubs and families, plus profits from the SCORE Store itself.

A transformational project that will impact the community of Erickson for decades.

— Steve Langston, SCORE Store President

At the park

What’s there

Open

Multi-use trails

1.2 km of new trail plus upgraded paths through the aspen, connecting to the Trans Canada Trail.

Open

Boardwalk & floating dock

A boardwalk across the marsh and a floating dock out on Leda Lake.

Open

Pump track

A bike pump track with a kids’ skills loop. Non-motorized bikes only, please.

Open

Zip line

Opened in summer 2026. Kids and grown-ups are both welcome.

Open

Washroom

Installed in 2026 with help from Trans Canada Trail, for park visitors and trail travellers alike.

Open

Lookout

A timber-frame lookout over the lake, made possible by Sunrise Credit Union.

Planned

Playground

Planned beside the zip line.

Planned

Pollinator garden & kayak launch

Part of the master plan for the years ahead.

The plan

Designed by trail and landscape pros

The concept plan by Scatliff + Miller + Murray brings a new park entry by the Viking Ship, a pollinator garden, accessible walkways, flow trails, a pump track with a kids’ skills loop, a lookout, and a boardwalk out to a boat and kayak launch.

The Miller family donated 7 acres of land, and the Municipality of Clanwilliam-Erickson granted access to its land along the lake.

Leda Lake Park conceptual master plan by Scatliff + Miller + Murray
How it came together

The park, step by step

  1. 2021

    Planning the park begins

    A provincial Building Sustainable Communities grant helps pay for a professional concept plan by Scatliff + Miller + Murray.

  2. March 2022

    The plan goes to council

    The design and $300,000 budget are presented to the Municipality of Clanwilliam-Erickson, which agrees to partner on grants.

  3. January 2024

    Leda Lake Eco Park announced

    With almost $240,000 raised, including $20,000 from the SCORE Store and 7 acres of land from the Miller family, the project goes public.

  4. Summer 2024

    Trails, boardwalk and dock

    New multi-use and mountain bike trails go in, and volunteers build the boardwalk and floating dock.

  5. 2025

    The pump track is built

    A bike pump track with a kids’ skills loop joins the trails.

  6. Fall 2025

    $450,000 raised

    The park passes $450,000 raised, nearly all of it from outside the municipal budget.

  7. Summer 2026

    The zip line opens

    Kids and grown-ups take their first rides. A washroom, built with help from Trans Canada Trail, follows soon after.

Thank you

Partners & donors

The park is being built almost entirely with money from outside the municipal tax base. These people and groups made it possible.

Funders & organizations

  • Brandon & Area Community Foundation $30,000
  • Erickson & District Chamber of Commerce $5,000
  • Erickson in Bloom
  • Erickson Legion $2,500
  • Erickson Lions Club
  • Erickson Recreation Commission $5,000
  • Heritage Co-op $10,000
  • Municipality of Clanwilliam-Erickson Land access and partnership
  • Province of Manitoba, Building Sustainable Communities $75,000 trail grant and a planning grant
  • SCORE Store $20,000 and project leadership
  • Sunrise Credit Union $25,000 toward the lookout
  • Trails Manitoba $75,000, plus $10,000 for the trailhead
  • Trans Canada Trail Partner on the park washroom

Businesses

  • Kammingas Kitchen
  • North Star Insurance

Families & friends

  • Beverley Ann Roman
  • Bieber Family
  • Brad & Janice Langston
  • Brenda Hodges
  • Bruce McEwing
  • Colleen and Cam Town
  • Dave & Carolyn Walker
  • Ester Fyk
  • Islay Shellborn
  • John & Sharon Whitaker
  • Laurence & Christine Bertram
  • Laverne Roman
  • Linda Squance
  • Miller Family 7 acres of land
  • Reg & Sharon Nylen
  • Robert James Beatty
  • Rod & Evelyn Lewandowski
  • Sharon Vanderschuit
  • Syslak Family
  • Valerie Soltys

Around the park

Leda Lake and the park site from above
Leda Lake and the park site from above
Sunset over Leda Lake
Sunset over Leda Lake
Right on the Trans Canada Trail
Right on the Trans Canada Trail
The floating dock going in
The floating dock going in
A shady stretch of new trail
A shady stretch of new trail
Fresh trail through the aspen
Fresh trail through the aspen
The end of the boardwalk
The end of the boardwalk
Raising the lookout
Raising the lookout
A community walkabout at the park site
A community walkabout at the park site
Zip line build day
Zip line build day
The zip line frame
The zip line frame