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Did you know that Sudbury has a Christmas Bird Count that submits data to the Bird Studies Canada atlas every year?  If you enjoy bird-watching and have experience, please consider joining this year's Christmas Bird Count hosted by the Sudbury Ornithological Society.  Please contact Deiter at 705-522-3085. Each group gets a specific area to monitor for one day. "Take a Hike" video on the Hillfield Trail...well worth the 4 minutes. http://www.rainbowroutes.com/index.php/routes/hillfield-to-kelly-lake/
Upcoming Hikes: • January 7^th: Lake Laurentian Moonlight Beach Trail

 • February 4^th: Pond Hockey/Ramsey Lake Hike

 • March 3^rd: Bioski Snowshoe Trail at Lake Laurentian Conservation Area

Rainy River councillors propose a long boat event for the region

Atikokan Progress
Next summer, the event could reverse the route (Rainy River to Atikokan). ... in 1967 as part of theOntario team commemorating the country's centennial. ...

Canoe Trip Leaders 2012, Project Canoe, Temagami, Ontario ...
Green/Environmental Job in Ontario: Canoe Trip Leaders 2012, Project Canoe, Temagami,Ontario, Canada. On Canada's Eco-Job Board, ... www.goodworkcanada.ca/greenjobs.php?id=16177

Toronto Bruce Trail Club - Sunday, January 1 2012  Car hike Level II - Toronto Section, Hilton Falls (Map 11) An opportunity to keep that New Year resolution to get more exercise, and walk off some of the excess of the night before! (Note the late start time.) Join us for the annual loop hike around the many paths and trails in the conservation area. Dogs permitted, but must be leashed. After the hike those who want to can repair to the Mohawk Inn for some of their delicious hot chocolate. We will have earned it. Full details

Old-growth area draws interest The Sudbury Star Wolf Lake, a hiking and canoeing paradise in the Temagami region, ... Balance means southernOntario rules, and let's keep Northern Ontario pristine. ...


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Facebook Photo Contest 

Get your cameras and skis ready...'Tis the season to xc ski with CCC! We want to see your goofiest smiles on skis wearing CCC clothing! Send your photos in by "tagging" them with CCC and get a chance to win fantastic e-store prizes twice a month! Visit CCC's Facebook Photo Contest album to view full contest details and the participating photos! The contest is on until February 29, 2012!

NCC Releases Winterlude Schedule Ottawa Citizen

Events will include historical characters and drummers, storytelling around cozy ... a spectacular musical fireworks display and an outdoor DJ dance party. ...

Reach Outdoors - Snowshoe Adventures Ontario | Reach Outdoors
Reach Outdoors offers guided snowshoe hikes throughout southern Ontario at a variety of locations, guides and rentals included! www.reachoutdoors.com/snowshoe-tours/

Ontario Trail News - Sled, Ski, Hike or Ride Ontario Trails

Ontario Hiking Trails

Winter Hike to Ontario Peak, Mount Baldy ~ Corey Sandler ...
We began the hiking at Ice House Canyon Trail. Because of the snow covering the rest of the trail, it then became a free-for-all scramble up to Ontario Peak, ...
www.csandler.com/2011/12/winter-hike-to-ontario-peak.html

End of the trail? Sault Star
Like all Ontario snowmobile club presidents, Hore is on the verge of anxiety attacks as Christmas draws near and there is neither not enough snow — or no snow — to take to the trails. Hore said that over the last two winters, there has not been ample ...See all stories on this topic »

SAY YES to TRAILS - bring your elected officials to this event. While here they will learn about the economic, health, and social benefits of trails. Teach them how to create jobs, safer communities and have a healthier population when they SAY YES to TRAILS!

Trailhead Ontario 2012

Ontario Cycling Trails
A daily posting of information about Ontario's Cycling Roads, Routes, Paths and Trails. We also post a daily event listing that will take you to an event or an event calendar of a cycling group.

Sydenham Lake Canoe Club holds open house Kingston This Week
By Submitted by Helen Parfitt The Sydenham Lake Canoe Club will be hosting an ... expecting a standard of excellence rarely seen in Ontario's smaller clubs. ...

Caribou conservation plan needs northerners' input CBC.ca
NOMA represents municipalities from Kenora and Rainy River in the west to Hornepayne and Wawa in the east. The Nortwestern Ontario Municipal Association claims Ontario's Caribou Conservation Plan has already reduced the wood supply. See all stories on this topic »

Natives excluded from lake talks YorkRegion.com
While representatives from the island did attend two meetings held in Rama township early in the year, Ms Big Canoe explained those meetings discussed Lake Ontario as the discharge point and it wasn't until June that band members learned Lake Simcoe ... See all stories on this topic »

Ontario Trail News - Paddle, Bike, Hike and Ride Ontario's Trails

Brown adds another cycling medal for Canada MetroNews Canada
Brown's medal comes a day after Max Plaxton claimed silver in the men's mountain bike and Amanda Sin won bronze in the women's event. LONDON, Ont. - Seth Griffith and Vladislav Namestnikov both scored twice Friday as the London Knights downed the Erie ... See all stories on this topic »

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Live coverage: Ontario man wins 2011 Detroit marathon
Detroit Free Press
The Free Press is live-blogging the event this morning here. ... “We're all local cyclists. There's guys from probably 50 bike clubs here,” said Gaioni, ...

Cyclists need to take care Ottawa Citizen
... BC, and during that trip was in only two situations where dangers equalled city bicycling: the first being on a narrow highway with narrow gravel shoulders near Rainy River in Ontario (that road used frequently by high-speed logging trucks); ... See all stories on this topic » 

Hike Ontario needs more youth Elliot Lake Standard - Shannon Quesnel - 5 Oct 2011 The president says there is a great divide between the current leadership of Ontario's hiking trails and the young people who enjoy the outdoors. ...