Ontario Trails News - May 23, 2011 - Round Up

We are pleased to announce 6 complimentary passes for OTC Members to Leading Edge Conference – Ontario’s Natural Edge - May 26 & 27, 2011 at Brock University! This is a $300.00 plus value!

Please contact Karen Carruthers karen.carruthers@ontario.ca 

or Tel. 905-877-6172 Fax 905-873-7452 

Register by May 18th!

Region becoming a popular destination for cycling races
Waterloo Record
When the space opened up for a race on the Ontario Cup Road Race Series, Day said he “jumped at the chance” to plan the new course as the fourth race on the series. Following along the Nith River – from Nafziger Road across Line 47, up Road 107 and ...
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Featured Ontario Cycling, Maps, News, Tours and more!
celebrate-cycling. Come join us this summer as we hosting 2 events highlighting and celebrating great cycling destinations in Ontario. ...
www.welcomecyclists.ca/featured-cycling/itemlist/category/17

Northumberland Forest Green Mountain Bike Trail in Cobourg ...
Northumberland Forest Green is a singletrack mountain bike trail in Cobourg, Ontario. View maps, videos, photos, and reviews of Northumberland Forest Green ...
www.singletracks.com/bike.../northumberland-forest-green.ht...

Take A Kid Mountain Biking event to take place during Parks Canada ...
Take A Kid Mountain Biking event to take place during Parks Canada Campout. IMBA Canada, the Guelph Off Road Bicycling Association (GORBA), and JOYRIDE150 ...
www.imbacanada.com/.../take-kid-mountain-biking-event-tak...

Ontario Mountain Bike Spring 8HR Relay - Get Out There - Canada's ...
Off-road relays are incredibly popular in Ontario as the event combines the ... Fri, May 20, 2011,Ontario Mountain Bike Spring 8HR Relay – Limited Spots ...
www.getouttheremag.com/GOTnews.php?media_id=1124...

Midlander to share stories of mountain bike experience
Midland Daily News
Burke, a native of Ottawa, Ontario, moved to Midland in 2001 to work for The ... The Transandes Challenge is my next big event -- a six-day mountain bike ...

Sydenham Lake Canoe Club takes the plunge - Kingston This Week ...
The Sydenham Lake Canoe Club, located behind Foodlands in Sydenham, will host another open ...Kingston Aeros bring home medals from Ontario Championships ...
www.ktw.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3131579

Families racing dirt bikes together
Owen Sound Sun Times
With members from all over Southwestern Ontario, the non-profit club is based in ... The Saubleevent was the first of a two-day race weekend, with events ...


Toronto ON : Canada's best bike trails for foodies
Ontario : Just an hour from Toronto, the Niagara River Recreational Trail is a bike-rider's and wine lover's paradise, offering 58 kilometres of paved, ...
m.examiner.com/exToronto/db.../contentdetail.htm?...

The Taste Trail | Ontario Culinary Tourism Alliance
Tag Archives: The Taste Trail ... OCTA is on a mission to make Ontario's regional culinary tourismtreasures, businesses and organizations, our worst kept ...
ontarioculinary.com/?tag=the-taste-trail
(Another example of trail being used in Tourism, as in Wine and Art trails etc.)

Landon Bay - site of 2011 OTC AGM

Ontario Trails Council AGM
Sunday June 26th 2011, Gananoque Ontario. Need 25 members for quorum - RSVP today!

International - Provincial Trails Day

Saturday June 4th, 2011 - Tell us about your trail event

Application Deadline Extended: 

The Ontario Trails Council is looking for a person to manage it's Trails Skills Development Program. View the job description through the link - please respond no later than 4pm June 4th, 2011.  Click the link under the first sentence.

Ontario Trails News - May 22, 2011 - Round Up

Northumberland Forest Red Mountain Bike Trail in Cobourg, Ontario ...
Northumberland Forest Red is a singletrack mountain bike trail in Cobourg, Ontario. View maps, videos, photos, and reviews of Northumberland Forest Red bike ...
www.singletracks.com/bike.../northumberland-forest-red.html

Photo - Mike McIntosh

Find Nature Preserves and Hiking in Ontario - Gardens.com
Skip to navigation Gardens · Home · Local Resources · Nature Preserves and Hiking · Ontario. Find Local Nature Preserves and Hiking in Ontario ...
www.gardens.com/local/nature/ontario/

Iroquoia, Rattlesnake Point - The Toronto Bruce Trail Club - Event ...
The trail here provides beautiful views across Georgian Bay. We will see where Peninsula Club is exploring possible side trails from the escarpment top down ...
www.torontobrucetrailclub.org/online/.../events3.php?...

Bay Street bikers: Not every cyclist is a lefty pinko
National Post
This month Bixi arrived, putting 1000 rental bicycles into Toronto's business core. ... has this sticker on her mountain bike: “Canadian Girls Kick Ass.” ...

Victoria Day Weekend in Toronto 2011
blogTO
We shouldn't have just one bike lane on this road or that road. Cyclists spend money at shops too and need... Toronto malls in need of makeovers: Galleria ...

L.M. Montgomery Walking Tour in Toronto
Those looking to do something fun in Toronto for the May Long Weekend may be interested in a special sightseeing tour dedicated to L.M. Montgomery's old ...
www.roadtoavonlea.com/.../543-lm-montgomery-walking-tou...

Planner seeks city where you can walk home
Winnipeg Free Press
Ken Greenberg's Walking Home may prove the exception. It is an eloquent, personal, compelling and persuasive argument for more enlightened city-building, made all the more convincing by theToronto-based author's 30 years of international experience as ...
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Photo - Mike McIntosh

Sydenham Lake Canoe Club takes the plunge - Frontenac This Week ...
A little bit of rain didn't stop the dedicated paddling enthusiasts at the Sydenham Lake Canoe Clubfrom hitting the water for their first open house ...
www.frontenacthisweek.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3133770

Canoe club ready for another busy season
The North Bay Nugget
By Trish Pecore, For the North Bay Canoe Club Spring training began May 7 for ... for the firstOntario Cup race of the season May 29 in Richmond Hill. ...

Outdoor Adventures - June - Northern Ontario Festivals & Events
Here's a sampling of events happening in Northern Ontario . Go to ontario.travel /outdoor for moreoutdoor events across Ontario. ...
www.northernontario.travel/.../121-june-northern-ontario-festi...

Where to ride in Greater Sudbury
The Sudbury Star
They offer countless kilometres of ATV trails, connecting you to some of the most picturesque and exciting wilderness trails and to some of Ontario's best ...

Ont. kicks in $4M for park facelift
Windsor Star
... powered by provincial cash, Ontario Finance Minister Dwight Duncan announced Friday. ...access to a cycling trail, washrooms and a picnic shelter. ...

Ontario Trails News - May 21, 2011 - Round Up

Great Wilderness Clean-up: Picking up litter in our green spaces and promoting a respectful stewardship of our land and water. Change beginning with the individual. Simply go out, pick up a bit of trash/recycling + post on the group wall to be added to the tally. Or check out below address to join/form a group.

Benefits of trails - Haliburton Echo - Ontario, CA
The trails around Haliburton County are the quiet, meandering types. With the exception of the straight, flat, groomed rail trails, the Highlands...
www.haliburtonecho.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3126011

Paddling through Quetico
Minneapolis Star Tribune
We paddled 30 miles over several days, portaging into the clear waters of Kasakokwog, hiking a route to the black ledges of Sue Falls, paddling down the misty channels of Cirrus. We traveled irresolutely, portaged infrequently, fished often and spent ...
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Twitter / Explore the Bruce: Canoe Kayak Ontario Map & ...
Canoe Kayak Ontario Map & Brochure 2011 http://bit.ly/eNpyYH #pdf # ontariocanoeing #kayak.
twitter.com/explorethebruce/status/69112538708717568

Ontario | Information on Whitewater Rafting, Canoeing, and Kayaking
If you like whitewater rafting, surfing, swimming, canoeing and kayaking, there are plenty of opportunities for these activities on Ontario's waterways. ...
whitewatersports.us/?tag=ontario

Flickr: Explore photos from sr667's Toronto Nature Trails & Parks ...
Flickr is almost certainly the best online photo management and sharing application in the world. Show off your favorite photos and videos to the world, ...
www.flickr.com/photos/sr667/sets/72157607992913545/map/

Festival celebrates sweet tradition
Mississauga
Showing up at the kick-off was, from left, Grant Moreau of Kayak The Credit that's ... Events Ontarioas one of the top 100 festivals and events in Ontario. ...

MTB U mountain bike clinics in the Don - Toronto Mountain Bikers ...
Join us in the Don Valley this summer for MTB U (Mountain Bike Unversity), a series of mountain bike courses designed to improve your riding and give you ...
www.meetup.com/Toronto-Mountain-Bikers/.../18397561/

GO rail: You can build it, but will they come?
St. Catharines Standard
She has gratefully made use of the limited seasonal tourism train between Burlington and Toronto, which starts this weekend for 2011. She finds the VIA Rail station easier to access as a pedestrian and cyclist, for one thing. And walking your bike onto ...
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Toronto BMX battle ramping up
Globe and Mail
Jason Murray, Ontario representative for the International Mountain BicyclingAssociation, another cyclist lobbying group, said members of the biking community tend to take care of the trails they make and use. “Fortunately, in the [BMX and ... See all stories on this topic »

Ontario's Highlands Tourism Organization - Cycle Ontario
Join Cycle Ontario Community today to interact and connect with Ontario's ... Ontario's Highlands Tourism Organization added 4 new photos in Cycling in ...
www.cycleontario.com/cycle-ontario.../262.../profile.html


Holy Rollers: Cyclists get their bikes blessed
National Post (blog)
With the start of the boating season, communities in Ontario and around the world will be holding a Blessing of the Fleet to pray for the safety of local sailors, fishermen or cottagers. There are annual blessings for motorcycles, and, lately, ...See all stories on this topic »

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Hiking Guide - Outside OnlineAlgonquin Provincial Park - Ontario's vast wilderness has ...5373778/Moncler Ontario » Hiking is GreatHiking is a recreational ...
www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid...id...

Ontario Trails News - May 20, 2011 - Morning Round Up

MADD Canada Challenges Canadians to Make This Long Weekend Free ...
SYS-CON Media
OAKVILLE, ONTARIO -- (Marketwire) -- 05/19/11 -- The Victoria Day long weekend ... trails and waterways safer: -- Don't drive a car, boat, ATV or any other ...

Fleeing thieves leave their ATVs behind to get away from the cops
Timmins Times
Ontario Provincial Police are seeking help from the public in trying to ... in the Oil Tank Road area, attempted to stop two persons riding 3-wheel ATV's. ...

Meeting to explore sidewalk cycling - Londoner - Ontario, CA
Joshua Freeman Londoner Citizens will soon have a chance to give their input as to whether they'd like to see by-law restrictions loosened so...
www.thelondoner.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?archive=true&e...

7th Annual Eastern Ontario School Mountain Bike Races Take Place ...
Roebuck - The seventh annual Eastern Ontario High School/Elementary School Mountain Bike Championships are taking place on Friday at Limerick Forest just ...
www.brocknews.ca/index.php?option...

Peace of mind for cyclists Niagarathisweek.com
Niagara residents who run into a problem while cycling can also use their CAA membership to get bike assist in many other regions of southern Ontario, and as far away as Manitoba and British Columbia, said Mauro. Likewise, the GTA cyclists coming to ...

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Frequently Asked Questions about CLTIP - Regional Operations ...
... the MNR boundary takes precedence. For more information regarding Conservation Authorities in Ontario, visit the following site: Conservation Ontario ...
www.mnr.gov.on.ca/en/Business/.../STDPROD_086146.html

horse riding lessons (East of Lakefield) - Peterborough, Ontario ...
horse riding lessons (East of Lakefield) FREE Canadian ADS - 1classifieds.ca - Canada has posts in Services and lessons and a number of other categories. 1classifieds.ca/.../2343722607-horse-riding-lessons-East-of-La...

Toronto Bike Month – Curbside Cycle
Did you know that Toronto Bike Month is in June? It's true! One of my favorite Bike Month events for 2011 is Romance of the Wheel: Love, Hate & Cycling; ... www.curbside.on.ca/blog/tag/toronto-bike-month

Mayor's bike plan to feature physically separated lanes Toronto Star
Ford's election platform included $50 million from the city's bike infrastructure budget to build 100 kilometres of off-road trails. He promised to spend $5 million for on-road bike lanes that wouldn't interfere with cars and said cycling lanes would ... See all stories on this topic »

Toronto Island Tour Of Trees
The Toronto Island Tree festival features both a guided Cycling and walking tour of Toronto Island featured Trees. The tours begine at 10:15 a.m. at Centre ...
wx.toronto.ca/...nsf/.../4c77a52865cc22238525786a0068b5a6...

FREE Toronto Walking Tour: May 13th - September 4th 2011 - Eventbrite
Tour Guys presents FREE Toronto Walking Tour: May 13th - September 4th 2011 -- Weekly Event - Every Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday -- Bannock ...
freetorontotoursummer2011.eventbrite.com/

The Spiritual and Emotional Benefits of Walking Huffington Post (blog)
As I watch other people in groups or walking their dogs, I acknowledge the social aspect of walking as well. When I began walking, it was the middle of January in our often dreary and harsh Toronto winter, but I somehow kept going. ...
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Student walks to raise organ donor awareness Napanee Guide
He was walking from Ottawa to Toronto to raise awareness of the need for organ donors. By Stephen Petrick/Napanee Guide A Montreal man walked through Napanee last week hoping to raise awareness of the need for organ donors. Shaheem Joya arrived in town ... See all stories on this topic »

CPCC hires two new staff members as preparations for season underway
EMC Almonte/Carleton Place
Much of the club's canoe, kayak and Dragon boat structure are recreational rather ... purchased late last year using an Ontario Trillium Foundation grant, ...

Regional Round-Up
EMC Kemptville
Rideau Trail Association. May 28, Rideau Trail Anniversary Relay. .... Ontario Early Years Centre Playgroups, Thursdays, May 19, 26, 10 am Clayton, ...

Community Calendar
Community Press
Then join us at the "Big Rock" on the Rotary Trail across from Tim Hortons as we lay out the trail of Toonies. 149 Grand Road, Campbellford Ontario May 21 ...

If You Like Lilacs, You're Gonna Love The Warkworth Lilac Festival
NorthumberlandView.ca
JANICE ALLEN The Ontario Cultural Attractions Fund, administered by the Ontario ... We thank the Government of Ontario and the Ministry of Tourism and ...

New book includes look at roads in 19th century Lanark County EMC Perth
... Burnstown, Ontario, 1998, p. 17. EMC Lifestyle - The following is an excerpt from Voices of Pike Lake, which will be published by General Store Publishing House in July 2011. The first settlers arrived to find dense forests with nary a trail never ... See all stories on this topic »

Cheltenham Badlands Trail
Planning processslide served Pictures, interesting oct on whether or not the toronto real estate Toronto real estate musing daily video blog ontario trails ... monza.sk/cheltenham-badlands-trail&page=7

Ambitious bike plan proposed Windsor Star
County council received Wednesday a countywide active transportation plan that will add 712 kilometres of cycling and walking trails to the county over the next 20 years. Area municipalities must approve the proposal before it can return to county ... See all stories on this topic »

Walk in the Park insideTORONTO.com
At the end of the tour she pulls out a map of the park with trails marked ... It stretches from the shores of Lake Ontario north to the Oak Ridges Moraine. ...

Ouimet Canyon Provincial Nature Reserve Trails, Hiking, Nipigon, ON
Guidepost > Ontario Hiking >; Ouimet Canyon Provincial Nature Reserve Trails ... The Marsh Trail, and Welburne Lake Trail. See all Hiking in Ontario ... www.rei.com/guidepost/detail/ontario/hiking/.../22864

Welcome! | Bruce Trail
Introduction to hiking in Southern Ontario. Tuesday September 13, 6:30 pm. YMCA, Grosvenor Room 20 Grosvenor St, Toronto (West of Yonge St., between College ...
brucetrail.org/.../57-hiker-initiation-program-september-13-20...

Muskoka Mosaic:Capturing the poles CottageCountryNow.ca
“I spent the bulk of my early years hiking and canoeing in Quebec, Ontario, and the Adirondacks, where my parents had a cottage on Salmon River,” he said. ...

Ontario Trails News - May 19, 2011 - Windsor Bike Plan Proposed

Ambitious bike plan proposed Windsor Star
Tecumseh Mayor Gary McNamara urged county officials to get the Ontario Ministry of Transportation to work with planners to have the county trail system ... Windsor Area Trails South Western Ontario Trail

Invite for Mun workshops - Central Greenbelt
Ontario's Greenbelt. This unprecedented growth is putting great pressure on natural features such as wetlands, and the province is investing significant ... cms.burlington.ca/AssetFactory.aspx?did=17676
Trail Planning Trail Services

'Promise' of national park welcomed at Rouge Alliance meeting
insideTORONTO.com
... Rouge River as "our ecological bridge" between Lake Ontario and the Oak Ridges Moraine, forming a vital part of the province's greenbelt around Toronto, ... 

Toronto Trails 

Toronto Hikes

Conservation Education Liaison - Peterborough - Ontario Federation ...
The Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters (OFAH) is the oldest and largest non-profit, non-government fish and wildlife conservation organization in ...
www.ofah.org/jobs/index.cfm?ID=56
Conservation Ontario

Leslie Laking guided the Royal Botanical Gardens through decades of growth
Globe and Mail
When he returned to civilian life, he took a temporary job as a soils specialist for the Province of Ontario Conservation Branch. From 1946 onward, he only had eyes for the Royal Botanical Gardens, where he was hired as a horticulturist and assistant ...
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Trent Hills Physician Recruitment and Retention Committee Hosts ...
NorthumberlandView.ca
... highlight the agricultural sector, followed by a horseback riding lesson. ... “Rural Weeks are now mandatory in three Ontario medical schools and every ...

Ontario Trails on Youtube
Hundreds of videos by a wide variety of trail topics. Pick your favourite today!

Toronto Mountain Bike Fest
Toronto Mountain Bike Fest Presented by: TORBA (Toronto Offroad Bicycling Association) and the LapDogs Cycling Club. Date: 06/11/2011 ...
wx.toronto.ca/...nsf/.../4bdcb908b53c8ef78525788d00636e5a...
Ontario Off Road Cycling Trails IMBA

City, park protesters find common foe: BMX ramps National Post
... demands that it stop mountain bike riders from ripping up sacred ground. ... we've filed those reports with the Ontario government,” Ms. Patterson said. ...


Glen Major Forest Mountain Bike Trail in Uxbridge, Ontario ...
Glen Major Forest is a singletrack mountain bike trail in Uxbridge, Ontario. View maps, videos, photos, and reviews of Glen Major Forest bike trail in ...
www.singletracks.com/bike-trails/glen-major-forest.html


Local riders place in the top eight
Cambridge Times
Photo Submitted Three local riders hit the course recently for the second race in the Ontario Cup downhill mountain bike series at the Heights of Horseshoe ...

Secord descendant planning walk
Niagara Advance
The main event to honour the national heroine, a signature event of both the NOTL and ... who plans to come from Toronto to attend the signature event. ... 

Trails of 1812 

Discover 1812

Cycling Events
celebrate-cycling. More Details & Event Packages Coming Soon. Listing for Ontario Wide CyclingEvents Coming Soon. Stay Tuned . ... www.welcomecyclists.ca/events 
Ontario Cycling Trails 
Cycle Ontario

May Toronto Girls' Cupcake Ride I want to create a place where all female bike riders can feel comfortable riding on Toronto streets and trails. Whether you are. ...



Lilac festival set to bloom Community Press
The festival features both free and gated events, Rollins said. ... take place at 10 am at the entry to the Millennium Trail from the Percy Fairgrounds. ...
Ontario Trails News and Events

TWO CANOES CAPSIZE ON THE BATCHAWANA RIVER Sault This Week
(Tilley Township, ON) – Yesterday, four males from Tillsonberg, Ontario were up here on a canoetrip on the Batchewana River. The four males were canoeing down the Batchewana River with 2canoes. They approached the Batchewana Falls and misjudged the ...See all stories on this topic »

Ontario Canoe and Kayak Trails 
ORCKA 
Paddle Smart

Hiking Links
Hike Ontario An advocacy group promoting hiking and walking, with the ability to become invovled in the group and to become a certified hike leader (7 hour ... www.firstlexington.org/hiking.html 
Ontario Hiking and Walking Trails 
Ontario Parks Association 
Hike Ontario