Snowmobilers charged and fined for going off-trail in Wellington County

An OPP officer on a snowmobile near Orillia, Ont.

Three snowmobilers will need to pay up after going off approved trails.

Members of the Wellington County Ontario Provincial Police were patrolling an Ontario Federation of Snowmobile Clubs trail near Erin on Monday when they saw a snowmobiler go off around 2 p.m.

They stopped the 22-year-old from Orangeville and charged them with entering premises when entry is prohibited under the Trespass to Property Act.

Just over two hours later, at 4:15 p.m., police saw two snowmobilers go off trail and cut through a field near Armstrong Mills in Guelph-Eramosa Township.

Two 17-year-olds from Guelph were also charged with entering premises when entry is prohibited.

All three were also fined $65.