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Hike Ontario Summit - Coureurs de Bois Voyageur Trail Outdoors ...
Arrangements for the Hike Ontario Summit Meeting Sept 30-Oct 2, are progressing well and we anticipate a successful meeting will ensue. ...
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Tweeting Toronto's Heritage, One Plaque at a Time
Torontoist
... inclined to join local historical societies or sign up for walking tours. “I wanted a simple idea which could engage this group with Toronto's heritage and which would appeal to people who like exploring different parts of the city,” he notes. ...
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Cyclists need equal rights
The Beacon Herald
Upon crossing the border into Ontario, I was absolutely shocked at the immediate lack of respect for cyclists on Ontario roads. Cars and trucks alike buzzed by so close at times that I thought I was going to die. This happened even when there were no ...
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Bixi bike program off to a spinning start Toronto Star
Perhaps that is where the Toronto Bike Plan (TBP) will come in. Already 10 years old, the TBP hoped to double the number of bike trips by 2011, while reducing the number of bicycle accidents and injuries. In mid-August, the city was given another ...
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Cycling events
Ottawa Citizen
Today: Ontario Time Trial Championships. Open to all UCI championship categories with separate category for triathletes, club riders and children at the Clarence Creek arena on Lemay Street. Sign-in starts 7 am Distances include 20 and 40 kilometres ...
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Five worth the drive
Ottawa Citizen
Here are five ideas for short bike rides (about 10 kilometres) within easy reach of Ottawa. The trip: The Waterfront Trail and Greenway is a collection of paths and bike routes following the shore of Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River from Niagara ...
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Kershaw returns to lead Share the Road
The Sudbury Star
A member of the Walden Mountain Bike Club, Mulligan has taken part in several competitive events, such as the Beaton Classic. "And with the price of gas ...

How to enjoy a Muskoka vacation
Toronto Sun
... hiking trails, horseback riding and Hummer tours to exploring the charming town of Huntsville. Deerhurst also features a number of great golf packages. Deerhurst resort is located two hours north of Toronto bordering the Algonquin Provincial Park. ...
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KEDCO Update: Week Ending August 19, 2011
Kingston Herald
Tourism Kingston and the Kingston Impact Basketball Club announced this week that the city of Kingston has been selected by Ontario Basketball to host the ...

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Van Koeverden wins World Championship Gold
Examiner.com
For the first time in his career, Adam van Koeverden of Oakville, Ontario, has won a Gold medal at the World Canoeing and Kayaking Championships in the 1000m distance. On Friday at Szeged, Hungary, van Koeverden, the three-time Canadian Olympic ...
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Bassin' from a kayak
Belleville Intelligencer
For three anglers en route to Gananoque Friday for a for segment two of the Ontario Kayak Fishing Series, decked out anglers decided to stop and try out the ...

RCC 2011 Ontario Bantam Champions - Rideau Canoe Club
Summer Camps. Canoe Kids ... RCC 2011 Ontario Bantam Champions. posted Aug 16, 2011 7:05 PM. Aug 16, 2011 7:05 PM. by Hector Carranco ...
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 Rodeo riding into Powassan for fall fair
The North Bay Nugget
The Ontario-sanctioned event will showcase seven rodeo events including barrel racing, team roping and bull riding. Lorne Byers, also on the rodeo committee ...

Ontario News North | Tag Archive | Crown land management
McGuinty Government Explores How Northerners Can Provide Input Ontario is exploring how people can help shape Crown land and road management across the ...
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How Ontario's Greenbelt is failing farmers—and the local food movement
This Magazine
Robert Beynon's dairy farm sits just north of the Toronto suburb of Richmond Hill, on one of the southernmost edges of Ontario's greenbelt. It's a small operation (40 cows, 350 acres) set back off of busy Bathurst Street. Behind his 150-year-old brick ...
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Upper Canada Village continues to be hub of activity
EMC St. Lawrence
EMC News - Upper Canada Village had a lot on last weekend - including the opening of a new discovery centre, a heritage carnival, a mistral comedy troupe ...

Unique bike tour offers insights and entertainment for visitors ...
EMC Kingston
"There's so much good stuff happening with tourism promotion in Eastern Ontario, so I decided to put more into it," he says. "It's been a pretty good year. ...

Community calendar NorthernLife.ca
... bicycle and motorcycle run from the Northern Ontario School of Medicine, ... MODEL AIRCRAFT AIRSHOW-Sudbury Model Aircraft Club Flying Field, ...

 Spider Riders captain riding high on Ontario Cup Downhill series ...
Graeme and his mountain bike team, The Kamikaze Spider Riders, recently travelled to Gatineau, Que., to participate in the fifth race in the Ontario Cup ...
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Ride the rails to discover Ontario's history
Toronto Star
The Trillium is home to seven kilometres of hiking trails on 86 acres and also offers canoeing, kayaking and mountain biking. See www.trilliumresort.com. Waterloo's Summer Savers promotion includes one night's accommodation packaged with discounted ...
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On Site: Affordability key draw to east-end Toronto development
Globe and Mail
The infill site is also close to Dentonia Park Golf Course, extensive parkland and trails along Taylor Massey Creek, as well as the subway line and shopping plazas. Retail shops will be added to the ground level of this building, which will also have a ...
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Fatal ATV crash screams for action
The Chronicle Journal
To that point, she was the seventh ATV-related death since January. Over the past six years, we noted, Ontario Provincial Police officers have had to inform ...

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RCC 2011 Ontario Bantam Champions - Rideau Canoe Club
Summer Camps. Canoe Kids ... RCC 2011 Ontario Bantam Champions. posted Aug 16, 2011 7:05 PM ... We are the 2011 Bantam Ontario Champions! ...
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Randy Bird to host Mustang Festival
Northumberland Today
By DON CURTIS HARWOOD -Internationally renowned horse trainer Randy Bird, ... As well as riding and driving demonstrations, there will be seminars on the ...

'Special event' planned for Kayak Challenge - Timmins Daily Press ...
... Winkler - Winkler Times, Winnipeg - The Winnipeg Sun, ---Ontario--- .... the Canadian Red Cross during the Great Canadian Kayak Challenge and Festival. ...
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Harris mill ruins officially re-open
Wellington Advertiser
by Chris Daponte ROCKWOOD - Michael Bradley calls the 194-acre conservation area here “an oasis with a far-north feel in the very midst of urban southern Ontario.” The Rockwood Conservation Area annually hosts thousands of visitors - 43000 day use ...
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Olympian dreams of connecting the city through cycling
NorthernLife.ca
Her husband, OPP Sergeant Greg Stobbart, was killed in a cycling collision in June 2006. She said she's seeing a movement for cycling and active lifestyles across the province. “I see right across Ontario now communities that really want to cycle more ...

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"Go Outside and Play!" It's Great Outdoors Week in WA
Public News Service
More than two-thirds of Americans use public lands for camping, climbing, ... "It could be anything from attending an ice cream social with the Washington ...

Give South Florida more choices on transportation
Sun-Sentinel
... with me that her greatest desire was to enjoy ice cream once again. ... of gas keeps climbing, and there's nothing to suggest it will get any cheaper? ...

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Trail is the missing link - The Orillia Packet & Times - Ontario, CA
The final piece of the local Trans Canada Trail puzzle is about to be slid into place. Severn Township has approval to construct about six...
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The Silver Lining gives audience a 'spirited' walk through history
EMC Perth
After studying theatre at Brock University, Marks worked eight seasons at the Shaw Festival, toured with the Ontario Ballet Theatre and eight seasons spent with Roy Thomson and Massey Halls, among other productions. Marks said the outdoor setting for ...
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atv trail riding on Ontario | www.ideasforthecity.com
atv rentals ontario Yes without a doubt there is so much fun when we ride on an ATV Vehicle. This is a four-wheeled vehicles that are used not only in ...
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Manitouwadge Woman Wins Brokerlink-OFAH ATV in Province wide Contest!
Wawa-news.com
The contest was open to members of the Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters (OFAH) ... Advisor Debbie Bright, were on hand to award the ATV to Candice. ...

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Your Ottawa Region
19 to 21 at the Rideau Ferry Yacht Club. Four teams of four will compete to be crowned kings of canoe construction during a canoe building competition ...

 

Fitness for kids starts with parents, conference is told
Brockville Recorder and Times
STEVE PETTIBONE The Recorder and Times Educators from a large of group of ... as being the Ontario representative for Physical and Health Education Canada. ...

Top 10 university student destinations
Edmonton Sun
Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada: As a college student, it's important to get ... Go ice climbing or glacier hiking, as well as regular hiking - though be ...

Grand Tour Desjardins 2011 brings cycling tour to Thousand Islands
EMC St. Lawrence
Above, cyclists travel through the Brockville Memorial Centre. EMC News - The 18th edition of the Grand Tour Desjardins 2011 brought 1950 cyclists and 200 employees and volunteers on their first cycling tour of Ontario. Arranged through Vélo Québec ...

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Peterborough woman dies
Peterborough Examiner
The Bancroft detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), ... East where the ATV left the road, entered the ditch and struck a fence and tree. ...

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ATV Rentals - Redline Outdoors
Searching for ATV Rentals in Ontario for your Tour or Trail? Redline Outdoors provides Ontario with ATV Rentals in Muskoka, The Near North, Haliburton and ...
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Provincial Police investigate ATV theft - Brantford Expositor ...
Provincial police are investigating the theft of an ATV from a storage container on Garnett Road. The theft took place sometime on Aug. 12 after... ... Local News. Home · News · Local News; Provincial Police investigate ATV theft ...
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Temagami Ontario ATV trip - Polaris ATV Forum
here are some pics of our 1 week ATV trip. ... Temagami Ontario ATV trip ... ATV Logic Rear Storage Pack Front & Rear Deluxe Brushguards ...
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Veterans Way Memorial Park to honour soldiers
Your Ottawa Region
People hiking the FFC trails can stop at the park, which would be the first part ... Board of Eastern Ontario can contribute some money toward the paving, ...

3- Stages Hiking Trail Reviews || Tripleblaze.com Camping & Hiking
3- Stages hiking trail reviews and photos. Plan your hike at 3- Stages or other Collingwood, Ontario hiking trails.
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Three full days of walking in Toronto! | Toronto City Traveler
A 3 days trip in Toronto! We came by train from Montreal and then walked, walked , walked! Amazing city!
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Trails of 1812

-- The Harper government has promised major events next year to commemorate the War of 1812. And on Tuesday it will announce that the names of the armed forces will be restored to those that were discarded more than four decades ago. 

City invests in bike parking
The Barrie Advance
It can store two bikes inside. Toronto rents them out to cyclists for four ... Deneault uses his bike to commute to work at Mountain Equipment Co-op and ...

OPP speaks out on PFDs and water safety — LETTER
Sault Star
Whether in a large motorized vessel, a small paddleboat, canoe or kayak, ... This summer while patrolling our waterways in Northeastern Ontario, ...

Kayakers from Down Under visit RR
Rainy River Record
The girls started their paddle in Kenora, Ontario about one week ago. It is amazing to listen to their stories. How they had their Kayaks sent ahead of time ...



'The County' offers feast for senses
YorkRegion.com
Sandbanks Provincial Park is Ontario's answer to the Caribbean, ... and offer plenty of outdoor activities, such as bird watching, fishing and hiking. ...

Tour for Kids comes to Haliburton County
Haliburton County Echo
By Rebecca Potter More than 500 cyclists will be pedaling through Haliburton County on Aug. 20 and 21 for the eighth annual Tour for Kids event. The cycling weekend raises money for children with cancer to attend camp and for oncology camps in Ontario. ...
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Trip to raise awareness for Parkinson's making Petrolia stop
Petrolia Topic
To train Trevor McLaughlin, 17, of St. Clair Township, will bicycle across Canada in 2013 to raise money and awareness for the Parkinson's Society of Southwestern Ontario. To train for the 4500-kilometre, coast-to-coast trip, he's cycling the same ...
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Car-bike crashes are on the rise
Sarnia Observer
An Ontario Medical Association (OMA) report notes 2000 cyclists are injured in bicycle-vehicle collisions every year. OMA President Dr. Stewart Kennedy released the report, called Enhancing Cycling Safety in Ontario, and urged the provincial government ...
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Trail in need of funding
The Barrie Examiner
Ontario has announced a cash infusion of $3 million in tourism development ... area with gravel in order to improve the trail surface and enable longer use. ...

Rockwood mill reopens against a picturesque backdrop
Guelph Mercury
... is an oasis with a far-north feel in the very midst of urban Southern Ontario. ... a link to its vibrant industrial past and a benefit to local tourism. ...

Heavy medal haul for North Bay Canoe Club in Ottawa
Bay Today
By Chris Dawson North Bay Canoe Club paddlers brought home a total of 34 medals ... This race brought midget and older paddlers together from across Ontario ...


Chico Racing - Plastiglas Ontario Cup # 6 Event Highlights
Plastiglas Ontario Cup # 6 Event Highlights. August 9, 2011 – Kelso Conservation Area, Ontario's longest running mountain bike venue, played host to the ...
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People Returning From Canoe Trip On Lake Of Two Rivers, Ontario ...
Picture of People returning from canoe trip on Lake of Two Rivers, Ontario,.. stock photo, images and stock photography.. Image 10109475.
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Nature Studies - Central Lake Ontario Conservation Authority
That is why the Central Lake Ontario Conservation Authority is committed to supporting individuals or groups interested in carrying out nature studies ...
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Secrecy about the Aberdeen Pavilion
Ottawa Citizen (blog)
The latest release of documents on the state of the Lansdowne redevelopment project includes several references to the deal the city has struck with the Ontario Heritage Trust over the Aberdeen Pavilion. The historic building is at the centre of ...
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Waterford showcases new trail - Simcoe Reformer - Ontario, CA
WATERFORD -- Organizers for the inaugural Trails Open Norfolk event felt they had the perfect time and date. The only thing they couldn't control...
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Walk for Heart: Good exercise for a great cause
Standard Freeholder
Emilie Brown, 18, walks with the Heart and Stoke Foundation Hawk during the Walk for Heart event during Waterfest in Cornwall, Ontario on Sunday, August 14, ...

Roping and riding for a cause
Belleville Intelligencer
Dan Ewart, 15, of London, won Saturday's junior bull riding division. ... He said his father was a rodeo team roper — when two horse-mounted people work to ...

Thar be dragons
Standard Freeholder
... the second annual Waterfest in Lamoureux Park in Cornwall, Ontario. ... an egg drop from the international bridge and kayak, canoe and tubie races, ...

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Wildlife Viewing - Central Lake Ontario Conservation Authority
When you feel like it is time to get back to nature, there is no better place to go than one of the Central Lake Ontario Conservation Authority conservation ...
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Roadway in a park
Windsor Star
After looking at "countless options" for solving Ontario's border problem in ... Twenty-two kilometres of bicycle and hiking paths will bracket the highway ...

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Peterborough woman dies
Peterborough Examiner
The Bancroft detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), ... East where the ATV left the road, entered the ditch and struck a fence and tree. ...

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Safety training key for ATV operators | The Chronicle-Journal
While the body count continues to rise, one wonders why Ontario isn't considering mandatory safety training for ATV riders. And that goes for making safety ...
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Ontario Peak Climber's Log : Climbing, Hiking & Mountaineering ...
Ontario Peak Climber's Log on SummitPost.org : Climbing, hiking, mountaineering.
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Ride the Rideau to make a difference
Ottawa Citizen
The event supports projects at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, ... kilometres a year on his bike, the 51-year-old environmental manager got back on ... 


Ontario doctor's make recommendations on cycling
The Ontario Medical Association is calling for the province to test new drivers on how they handle a machine-powered vehicle around people-powered bicycles ...
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Endless-sphere.com • View topic - Should Cornwall Ontario permit ...
Should Cornwall Ontario permit ebikes on Trails? Post by Lock » Sat Aug 13, 2011 9:24 pm. Please vote? Ya don't have to register on the site or anything, ...
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Cedar canoe on big waters 'a survival game'
National Post (blog)
Dave MacDonald(L) and National Post writer Peter Kuitenbrouwer(R) paddle out from the shore of Cherry beach on Lake Ontario in Toronto on Thursday, August 11th, 2011. Peter Kuitenbrouwer has spent previous summers walking across Toronto, Mississauga, ...
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Ontario-geofish: Temagami 7 Day Canoe Trip - Part 1
We haven't done this in 8 years, and I still have the old-school Kevlar canoe, while the eager-beavers have a fancy carbon-fiber canoe (10 lbs lighter!). ...
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Laura Secord descendant wants bridge for people recreating her walk
St. Catharines Standard
... can claim the War of 1812 heroine as a distant relative — wants the city to build ... Much of it will take place along sections of the Bruce Trail from ...

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Unexpected bequest enriches town of Gravenhurst with $1-million
Globe and Mail
The town of Gravenhurst is a bustling hub in Ontario's cottage country, a place where ... loved the outdoors, swimming, canoeing, snowshoeing and skiing. ...

Southern Ontario Training Centre (SOTC) 2011 Summer Training Camp ... SOTC's mission is to further the development of cross country skiing in Ontario by providing a high performance training centre for athletes who have ...skitrax.com/27166

Ontario Network on Ecosystem Services - AD Latornell Conservation ...
On Tuesday, November 15th the newly formed Ontario Network on Ecosystem Services (ONES) is hosting a full-day forum on ecosystem services in Ontario. ...
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'Art bikes' a sign Toronto becoming more friendly toward cyclists?
Yahoo! News Canada (blog)
By mbolen | Daily Brew – 15 minutes ago It started when artist Caroline Macfarlane decided to turn a bicycle abandoned outside the Ontario College of Art and Design (OCAD) into a piece of urban art. She stripped the bike and painted it an eye-catching ...

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Ride the Rideau to make a difference
Ottawa Citizen
He's a cross-country skier and canoeist and has been mountain climbing in ... but when he learned last year about Ride the Rideau — Eastern Ontario's ...

 

Answer to safer biking is under the helmets of cyclists themselves

Montreal Gazette
Ontario and Alberta have such a law for cyclists under 18. British Columbia, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island have such laws for all. Still, Quebec – keen as it is to cut health costs – might find enforcing such a law to be cost ...

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Travel Picks: Top 10 university student destinations

IBNLive.com
Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada As a college student, it's important to get .... Go ice climbing or glacier hiking, as well as regular hiking - though be ...

There's lots to discover yet
London Free Press
Here are some culinary, parks and fishing outings suggested by Ontario Tourism. "Pick a region or trail, designate a driver or hop on a tour or a bike and ...

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Put coal plants on standby, keep cars one metre from bikes: Ontario NDP
National Post (blog)
Ontario's New Democrats have put cyclists at the centre of their environmental platform, as party leader Andrea Horwath pledged Thursday to make it illegal for motorists to get within a metre of a moving bike. In unveiling the NDP's plans for energy ...

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Cyclist is always in transition
Kawartha Media Group
"It's about trying to help people understand how their behaviour affects either the other drivers or other cyclists around them." As the cycling season cools off here in Ontario, Black is preparing to return to Tucson as the 2011/12 Arizona cycling ...

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Paddle the silent, sanctity of Woodland Caribou

Could it be that paddling through the untouched, silent Canadian wilderness transforms us? For trippers who paddle the remote Woodland Caribou Provincial Park year after year, the answer is a resounding yes.

 


Long Sault Conservation Area - Hiking Buddies

10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Hilly, forest-covered terrain greets the eye at Long Sault Conservation Area. The conservation area is in the middle of the pleasantly hilly Oak Ridges Moraine, which was formed during the last ice age. The rugged terrain is suitable for various activities, such as running, hiking, cross country skiing, snowshoeing, mountain biking, nature walks, and bird watching.
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