Ontario Trails News - An Update from Ontario Trails 352018

Ontario Trails supports Sault Ste. Marie Trail Development. We thank the following supporters of Trailhead North Algoma! Tourism Northern Ontario Voyageur Trail Association Sault Ste. Marie Economic Development Commission Sault Ste. Marie is one of the oldest settlements in North America. For at least 2,000 years, people have lived beside the rapids of the St. Marys River such as Jesuit Missionaries, explorers, voyageurs, artists, soldiers, and traders. The rapids provided an ideal environment for fish gathering and for centuries communities of Ojibwa lived close to the river, their livelihood based on whitefish. We thank our Host - The Water Tower Inn Join us for our next Trailhead Event - Trailhead Southwest "Connecting Communities!" Revitalize your Trails - host a Trailhead Trails Education Symposium Make Your Best Trails - 2 OTC Courses starts May 15, 2018   Enjoy spring through your favourite on-trail activity!Be sure to check out all our great outdoor activities here. MANY THANKS to our RENEWING MEMBERS!! As we say - every day, somewhere in Ontario, Ontario Trails makes a difference in trails. Membership renewals were e-mailed at the end of November - we wrote - Your support enables Ontario Trails to make a difference by maintaining an office and helping the 200+ communities that turn to us for help, in your area and everywhere in Ontario. Memberships run from Jan. 1 to Dec. 31 each calendar year. This is why you are being invoiced now. The Ontario Trails Council hosts an award-winning website promoting all of Ontario's trails, including trails in your area! Or via more traditional means: Print the attached invoice and send a cheque to: OTC 500 Main St. Deseronto, ON. K0K 1X0 ​​ Download the Membership Form, complete and send back with an invoice to the address above. The OTC is more though - we offer college-level certificate courses in practical trails we host and organize regional trail symposiums - Trailhead Canada, Trailhead Hastings,  Trailhead Headwaters, for example we open trails, Oshawa trail for example we help open parks with trails, Point Grondine Park we write grants - Horses Help Canada we speak to national issues, Canadian Trails Federation we organized Canada's first national celebration of trails - Trailhead Canada. we publish a bi-monthly trails newsletter - Trailwise Please continue to support our work. Renew today! Ontario Trails All Year Long!  Add an Ontario Trail Logo to your website!  Watch for it on our social media, our facebook page and on our twitter feed. Tell us all about your trail event and join us as we celebrate Ontario's Trails! 1. Log in Your Event  - Event spreadsheet. 2. Add your event to our event calendar -  add it here. 3. Post your personalized decal on your Trail - we have one for every group on our list. (see #5 below) 4. Add your trail user survey to any of your trail pages - we've made one of our members and regions. Get your decal here -  We've checked the links if something isn't working simply give us a call - 613-484-1140. We'll be adding these links to the various relevant trail pages in your regions and RTO's/DMO's over the upcoming year!  ontariotrails.ca/A2ATrail ontariotrails.ca/ABCATrails ontariotrails.ca/AlgomaDistrictTrails ontariotrails.ca/AlgonquinHighlandsTrails ontariotrails.ca/AvonTrail ontariotrails.ca/BarrieTrails ontariotrails.ca/BellevilleTrails ontariotrails.ca/BrockvilleTrails ontariotrails.ca/BruceCountyTrails ontariotrails.ca/BruceTrail ontariotrails.ca/BurlingtonTrails http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/CambridgetoParisRailTrail ontariotrails.ca/CaledonTrails ontariotrails.ca/CambridgeTrails ontariotrails.ca/CCCATrails ontariotrails.ca/ChathamKentTrails ontariotrails.ca/CKTCTrails ontariotrails.ca/ClaringtonTrails ontariotrails.ca/CLOCATrails ontariotrails.ca/CochraneDistrictTrails ontariotrails.ca/CollingwoodTrails ontariotrails.ca/ConservationHaltonTrails ontariotrails.ca/ConservationSudburyTrails ontariotrails.ca/CornwallTrails ontariotrails.ca/CRCATrails ontariotrails.ca/CVCATrails ontariotrails.ca/DiscoveryRoutesTrails http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/DistilleryLaneTrail ontariotrails.ca/DrydenTrails ontariotrails.ca/DufferinCountyTrails ontariotrails.ca/DurhamMountainBikeTrails ontariotrails.ca/DurhamRegionTrails ontariotrails.ca/EaglesNestTrail ontariotrails.ca/EastGwillimburyTrails ontariotrails.ca/ElginCountyTrails ontariotrails.ca/ElliotLakeTrails ontariotrails.ca/EscarpmentBiosphereTrails ontariotrails.ca/EskakwaTrails ontariotrails.ca/EssexCountyTrails ontariotrails.ca/ExplorersEdgeTrails ontariotrails.ca/FABRTrails ontariotrails.ca/FOSMTrails ontariotrails.ca/FrenchRiverTrails ontariotrails.ca/FrontenacCountyTrails ontariotrails.ca/G2GTrail ontariotrails.ca/GananoqueTrails ontariotrails.ca/GanaraskaForestTrails ontariotrails.ca/GananoqueTrails ontariotrails.ca/GBTCTrails ontariotrails.ca/GeorgianBayTownshipTrails ontariotrails.ca/GeorgianBayTownshipTrails ontariotrails.ca/GeorgianSkiCycleTrails http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/GordonGlavesTrail ontariotrails.ca/GravenhurstTrails ontariotrails.ca/GreyCountyTrails ontariotrails.ca/HaldimandCountyTrails ontariotrails.ca/HaliburtonCountyTrails ontariotrails.ca/HaltonHillsTrails ontariotrails.ca/HaltonRegionTrails ontariotrails.ca/HamiltonTrailsSurvey http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/HamiltontoBrantfordRailTrail ontariotrails.ca/HastingsCountyTrails ontariotrails.ca/HBTCTrails ontariotrails.ca/HCATrails ontariotrails.ca/HCIATrails ontariotrails.ca/HearstTrails ontariotrails.ca/HikeOntarioTrails ontariotrails.ca/HorseCountryCampgroundTrails ontariotrails.ca/HuronCountyTrails ontariotrails.ca/KawarthaATVTrails ontariotrails.ca/KawarthaLakesTrails ontariotrails.ca/KenoraDistrictTrails ontariotrails.ca/KolaporeTrails http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/LakeErieandNorthernRailTrail ontariotrails.ca/LakeheadRegionCA ontariotrails.ca/LambtonCountyTrails ontariotrails.ca/LanarkCountyTrails ontariotrails.ca/LeedsandGrenvilleCountyTrails ontariotrails.ca/LennoxandAddingtonTrails ontariotrails.ca/LondonTrails ontariotrails.ca/LSRCATrails ontariotrails.ca/LTVCATrails ontariotrails.ca/ManitoulinDistrictTrails ontariotrails.ca/MarathonTrails ontariotrails.ca/MattawaBonfieldTrails ontariotrails.ca/McMasterUTrails ontariotrails.ca/MiddlesexCountyTrails ontariotrails.ca/MississippiMillsCATrails ontariotrails.ca/MoonbeamTrails ontariotrails.ca/MuskokaDistrictTrails ontariotrails.ca/MuskokaRTCTrails ontariotrails.ca/NBCATrails ontariotrails.ca/NiagaraFallsTrails ontariotrails.ca/NiagaraPC ontariotrails.ca/NiagaraRegionTrails ontariotrails.ca/NipigonTrails ontariotrails.ca/NipissingDistrictTrails ontariotrails.ca/NorthDumfriesTrails ontariotrails.ca/NorthumberlandCountyTrails ontariotrails.ca/NorthumberlandForestTrails ontariotrails.ca/NPCATrails ontariotrails.ca/OakvilleTrails ontariotrails.ca/OF4WD ontariotrails.ca/OFATVTrails ontariotrails.ca/OFSCTrails ontariotrails.ca/OFTRTrails ontariotrails.ca/OntarioNature ontariotrails.ca/OrilliaTrails ontariotrails.ca/OshawaTrails ontariotrails.ca/otra ontariotrails.ca/OttawaTrails ontariotrails.ca/OxfordCountyTrails ontariotrails.ca/ParrySoundDistrictTrails ontariotrails.ca/PeelRegionTrails ontariotrails.ca/PenetanguisheneTrails ontariotrails.ca/PerthCountyTrails ontariotrails.ca/PeterboroughCountyTrails ontariotrails.ca/PeterboroughTrails ontariotrails.ca/PetewawaTrails ontariotrails.ca/PrinceEdwardCountyTrails ontariotrails.ca/QuinteCA ontariotrails.ca/RainyRiverDistrictTrails ontariotrails.ca/RedLake ontariotrails.ca/RenfrewCountyTrails ontariotrails.ca/RideauValleyCA ontariotrails.ca/RRATrails ontariotrails.ca/SarniaTrails ontariotrails.ca/SaugeenShores http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/SCJohnsonTrail ontariotrails.ca/SimcoeCountyTrailsSurvey ontariotrails.ca/SNCATrails https://fr.surveymonkey.com/r/SentierPRfr ontariotrails.ca/SentierPrescottRussell ontariotrails.ca/SRTATrails ontariotrails.ca/StCatharinesTrail ontariotrails.ca/StLawrenceParks ontariotrails.ca/StormontGlengarryDundasTrails ontariotrails.ca/StThomasTrail ontariotrails.ca/SudburyDistrictTrails ontariotrails.ca/TCTOTrails ontariotrails.ca/TemiskamingDistrictTrails ontariotrails.ca/TemiskamingShoresTrails ontariotrails.ca/ThunderBayDistrictTrails ontariotrails.ca/ThunderBayNordicTrails ontariotrails.ca/TorontoTrails ontariotrails.ca/TownshipMadawaskaValleyTrails ontariotrails.ca/TownshipofGeorginaTrails ontariotrails.ca/TRCATrails ontariotrails.ca/UpperGrandTrailwayAssociation ontariotrails.ca/UxbridgeTrails ontariotrails.ca/VaughanTrails ontariotrails.ca/WaterfrontTrustTrail ontariotrails.ca/WaterlooRegionTrails ontariotrails.ca/WellingtonCountyTrails ontariotrails.ca/WellingtonTS ontariotrails.ca/WindsorTrails ontariotrails.ca/YorkRegionalForest ontariotrails.ca/YorkTrailsSurvey ontariotrails.ca/YoursOutdoors 5. Send us your Trails video - we'll be posting content online at https://goo.gl/Fy2bIL and we'd be happy to add to our trails tube - https://www.youtube.com/user/ontrails Missing? You may want to talk to us about OTC Membership. 613-484-1140 We'd be happy to connect with you. Friend on Facebook Follow on Twitter Forward to a Friend Meetings North Hastings Trails - May 7, 2018 PEC Trails Committee - May 16, 2018 Trailhead SouthWest June 1, 2018. Trailhead Toronto June 14, 2018 Trailhead Southwest Registration Live! Details Are you a Trail Business? Join our database today! Details Trailwise Every 2 Weeks in 2018 All the same great news every 2nd week in 2018! Special Postcards will be sent as required. TH and B Detour InfoDetails Here Jane's Walk Toronto Listings Details Here Canadian Trail Awards Nominate a worthy trail or person Link Grand Valley Trails Association Hikes Link Town of Lincoln TMP - Got Trails? Article Here Cootes Park Eco-SystemArticle Here Hardwood Ski and Bike - BikefestDetails Here Looking for a Training Walk in Toronto? Article Here OTF Grant Education Sessions Take a Kid Mountain Biking Day Article Here Learn more about Friends of Temagami Article Here TRCA Preserves Watersheds Link Here Are you a Trillium Recreational Trail? Apply today! Link Here Ontario Boosting Tourism through Festivals and Events Prescott-Russell Feedback TAKE OUR TRAILS SURVEY - ENG TAKE OUR TRAILS SURVEY  - FR We have just been from Montreal to Ottawa using this trail (Prescott and Russell Recreational Trail) from 31 Aug to 1 Sep 2017 using touring bikes (tires 28C). Starting at St-Eugene ( but not before) it has the same quality as Petit Train du Nord all the way to Ottawa. Over the 2 days, we met only 2 cyclists. Quiet and safe, although the small gravel reduced our speed by 10%. We slept in Motel Rouleau of Alfred (65$) where people were friendly and bilingual. We are thinking to use it again for a trip MTL-Ottawa-Kingston-MTL. We had difficulty to find the link with the Ottawa bike trails at the end. Loved it and recommend it. (We have invited the PTBA, Prescott-Russell and the City of Ottawa, the NCC, Ottawa Cyclist Groups, the RDD and Tourism Ottawa to join us at Trailhead Canada to discuss making these Ottawa linkages happen) AccessibilityDownload the guide, complete our survey. Trail HeroesKnow somebody that works hard on trails? If so nominate them to be an Ontario Trails "Trail Hero!" We'd be happy to review your recommendations and acknowledge in a small way their contribution to trails in your community. Trail Blog Every day trails are news! Every day we blog about trails. In communities all over Ontario trails are big news, for cyclists, runners, canoe or horses, every day we capture in one spot all the trail news - local, provincial or national! Join today! Trail Leaders! Join Ontario's first ever series of 13 online trail education courses in the development and management of trails. Designed for both volunteers and professionals. Fall Course seats available 1) Trail Building. Register today  2) Trail Planning Register Today  - registration is open 24/7;  Join OTC The Ontario Trails Council is a nonprofit charitable organization, established in 1988, that promotes the development, preservation, management and use of recreational trails. With over 230 organizational members and 25 individual supporters, the OTC continues to grow! Support trails in Ontario - join the OTC. Learn an Activity Our website contains information on over 2,600 trails and a description for nearly 2,000. Learn about the places where you can bike, cross-country ski, climb or any of another 15 activities. We are linked to over 240 organizations and a variety of provincial groups that can help you learn an activity or become better at one you already love! Add Your Event We post trail or outdoor events on trail specific Facebook pages, the main OTC Facebook page, and the event section of the OTC website. You can send us your event and we'll post it to these extensive networks. Each week we reach over 20,000 people, so if you want your event known, a bit better, send us the information. Add/Edit Trails An important part of the Refreshed OTC Web site will be a dynamic page dedicated to each trail. It is important that you give us as much information as possible - this will be the only source for creating your dedicated page on the OTC Website. If we don't get the information from you, it won't make it onto the site. If you have any questions about the form, please contact Patrick at 613-484-1140. Thank you for taking the time to add or edit your trail on the Ontario Trails Council Web site. Be a Friend of Trails We invite all trail users to support the work of the Ontario Trails Council. As a registered charity we do our community work based on the support of member organizations, individuals and some government grants. We do the work, in the end for the individual families and folks that use the trails every day. Please consider supporting us as your thanks for your trails. Thank you. Member Requests 1) Algonquin College program on-line 2) OTC Website for your Mobile 3) Post Photos to Pinterest 4) OTC on Foursquare 5) Safe Trails Manual 6) OTC Youtube Channel 7) Ontario Trails Maps 8) Enabling Change Program 9) OTC Board 2017-18 Jack De Wit Director Canadian Recreational Horse and Rider Association 905-655-4666                                    Email Dan Andrews Director Lake Simcoe Region CA 705-927-8648                                    Email William Mungall Director Hike Ontario 905-277-4453                                  Email Wayne Terryberry Director McMaster University                         905-525-9140 ext 26384                    Email Jason Davis Director Renfrew County 613-633-9683                                 Email Terri LeRoux Director Credit Valley Conservation Foundation                         800-668-1615 ext. 218                Email Mike McDonald Director Hamilton Trails Committee           Email Dr. Bob Payne Director                                       Individual                                           Email Brad Fauteux Director Independent Trails Consultant          Email Shane Taylor Director Cambridge Trails Committee           Email Patrick Connor Ex-officio - Executive Director Deseronto 613-484-1140 execdir@ontariotrails.ca If you are interested in assisting the OTC, through fundraising, membership development, conference planning or as an educator, please e-mail Jack De Wit to discuss.  cndhrsman@bell.net Disclaimer The ideas, opinions, re-posting of news, editorials and content contained in this newsletter are not necessarily the ideas or opinions of the OTC Board or staff. This news is intended for informational purposes only. Any links or libraries, and the content embedded therein are the responsibility of the third party and the OTC is not responsible for their content. Any photos have been forwarded to the OTC for publication. OTC Event Planning Guide Call 877-668-7245 OTC Trail Committee Manual Call 877-668-7245 Ontario Trails Membership On behalf of OTC we thank you for your support. If there is a group you know that is not a member contact us and we'll send them a note on membership benefits. This past week we received a renewal from Selwyn Township.  Thank you very much for your support! THANKS! MERCI!   Be sure to join one of our lists on our various twitter pages Nature Unexpected Try out a great outdoor experience - close to home, yet far away. A supporter of Trailhead Ontario 2015 Thank-you. Header Photo Credit - Iroquoia Bruce Trail Club Got a photo you want to share? - email photos@ontariotrails.ca COMPLETE THIS SURVEY PLEASE The Ontario Trails Council has collected over 40,000 points of data on Ontario's recreational trails. We know that there is a trail in over 430 communities. We know Ontario maintains over 80,000 km of trails. This means a sizable investment of time, effort and funds has been utilized to create the world's largest system of trails. This survey asks you to provide more detail on the inputs of time, effort and investment that made trails in your area. Thanks

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