In August 1970, a tornado passed through Lively completely destroying all buildings, equipment and many mature trees.  The membership came forward, repaired the damage, planted trees donated by Inco and 250 members each put in $100.00 to assist in the building of a new clubhouse off Sixth Avenue.  In 1972 the club was re-organized and the name was changed to the Lively Golf & Country Club.  In 1974 the club became a corporation without share capital in order to obtain a liquor license.  Also in that year, the club leased 102 acres of land from Inco, which included the existing area plus room for expansion.  From 1974 to 1976 the course went from a par 32 to 35 .  In 1977 the club obtained a Wintario grant to construct the back nine and purchase the necessary equipment to maintain an 18 hole course.  Golf course architect Robert Moote was hired to design and supervise construction of the back nine. The project was completed in the spring of 1978 and the back nine opened for play in August of the same year.  In the spring of 1978, a full time course superintendent was hired.