New Course:
Trail Risk Management with Direct Bearing - April 9, 10, 2013 - Albion Hills Conservation
ATV:
Ontario boasts over 80,000 km in trails. Whether you're in downtown Toronto or North of Superior, we have a trail for you. The Ontario Trails Council is a registered charity, led by volunteers who promote the development, management, use and conservation of Ontario's trails. You'll find everything from gentle walking trails to rock faces for climbing and water routes to canoe and kayak.
Sunday, April 7, 2013
Ontario Trails Council - find more about Ontario Trails at: http://ontariotrails.on.ca
Local Trails NewsAlbion Hills Conservation Authority:
New Course:
Trail Risk Management with Direct Bearing - April 9, 10, 2013 - Albion Hills Conservation
ATV:
New Course:
Trail Risk Management with Direct Bearing - April 9, 10, 2013 - Albion Hills Conservation
ATV:
Saturday, April 6, 2013
Ontario Trails Council - Ontario Trail News from all members at http://ontariotrails.on.ca
"Our Favorite Place"-Trail StoriesThe Trans Canada Trail has many different landscapes around the County of Peterborough, including the Lang-Hastings Trans Canada Trail, The Kawartha Trans Canada Trail and the City of Peterborough section that runs through town. With progress being made on the trail throughout the region it has become a very well used trail system. The City of Peterborough is undergoing a rejuvenation of its own on the trail. In the fall of 2012 the City started to rebuild the Trans Canada Trail Bridge that crossed the Otonabee River. This bridge allows the user to cross from downtown into the east part of the city on onward to Rogers Cove. The bridge is scheduled to be completed in July of 2013 with the upgrade to Rogers Cove soon following. This will allow the users save passage to cross over into what some say is a city within a city. The trail user community is very excited about this completion and cannot wait until it reopens.
Hotel Reservations and Event Location
More information? Go to - Trailhead Ontario Call Patrick at 1-877-668-7245 or Vanessa Twiddy at 905-373-8752 | www.rto8.com
Dog Sled Trails
Snowmobile Trails
Snow-shoeing Trails
Ontario Trails MembershipOn 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.
Thanks to City of Orillia and Brant Waterways Foundation for taking out a membership, or for renewing this week.
THANKS! MERCI!
Hotel Reservations and Event Location
More information? Go to - Trailhead Ontario Call Patrick at 1-877-668-7245 or Vanessa Twiddy at 905-373-8752 | www.rto8.com
Dog Sled Trails
Snowmobile Trails
Snow-shoeing Trails
Ontario Trails MembershipOn 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.
Thanks to City of Orillia and Brant Waterways Foundation for taking out a membership, or for renewing this week.
THANKS! MERCI!
Friday, April 5, 2013
Ontario Trails Council - check out the countries best trails website - http://ontariotrails.on.ca
Performance Measures - Trail Counts!
Low maintenance - Using weatherproof decals our methods allow users to quickly and easily provide you with information you need to assess, improve, direct, re-direct, or provide information to the user - while on the trail. Our proprietary method has been developed by over 140 trail users and with the input of The City of Thunder Bay and Norfolk County Trail Managers.
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- Maximum 20 sheets of decals
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- Maximum 40 sheets of decals
- Gold - 20 or more trails: Starting at $1,000 plus HST and registration fees
Go to Trail Counts! to purchase. Thanks
2013 Call for Applications Great Lakes Guardian Community Fund
Ontario is providing grants to help communities take action to protect and restore their corner of the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River Basin.
This is the second call for applications under the Great Lakes Guardian Community Fund. Grants are available for projects that take place in Ontario within the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River Basin. The basin includes: Lake Erie, Lake Huron, Lake Ontario, Lake Superior, the St. Lawrence River, the Ottawa River, their connecting channels, and their watersheds. Examples of projects that could qualify include:
- Planting trees to restore stream banks
- Protecting and restoring sensitive and degraded natural habitats by managing the flow of storm water runoff
- Protecting traditional harvesting areas from invasive species by using traditional ecological knowledge
Trailhead Ontario - Updates
June 9-12, 2013 - Peterborough
Join trail advocates, organizations, speakers, builders, use
groups, volunteers, planners and regulators as we discuss, learn and
improve Ontario's Trails
We are working with the full support of Our Favorite Place (RTO8),
Peterborough and the Kawartha’s Tourism and a number of local trails
groups to bring you the best Trailhead Ontario yet!. There are a lot of
new trails and trail tourism partnerships in RTO8. The Ontario Trails
“Trailhead Ontario 2013″ Committee is is pleased to announce the Holiday Inn Waterfront Peterborough as the location of our conferencing. Site locations for our trail education program are being determined now.
General Membership AGM!
The Ontario Trails Council is providing notice to membership and guests that the OTC Annual General Meeting is at Noon June 10, 2013. In accordance with the OTC By-Laws, Notice of Nominations for the Board of Directors is hereby served. Download the nomination letter and forms here.
General Membership AGM!
The Ontario Trails Council is providing notice to membership and guests that the OTC Annual General Meeting is at Noon June 10, 2013. In accordance with the OTC By-Laws, Notice of Nominations for the Board of Directors is hereby served. Download the nomination letter and forms here.
Program Snapshotclick image for all
Thursday, April 4, 2013
Ontario Trails Council - check out our website at http://ontariotrails.on.ca
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Wednesday, April 3, 2013
Ontario Trails Council News - check out http://ontariotrails.on.ca
Ontario Trails NewsTrails Insurance Program AvailableOnce
again, members of the trails community find themselves seeking
alternative trails insurance. The volatility and unpredictability of
your insurance plan keeping you hopping? Wondering what you are getting,
curious if your agent or the underwriter understands trails?
If you want:
Further to our recent discussions, I wanted to let you know that we have investigated various markets to get a sense of the appetite that insurers have for coverage associated with trails.
Our findings suggest that coverage is available - but from a very limited number of carriers and that the cost of insurance in this class is not heading down anytime soon. The reality is that there have been losses associated with trails in general and that the frequency and severity of claims is on the rise.
On the positive side of the issue, we have had several specific discussions of late with our current carriers at Lloyd's of London and we are (collectively) very interested in ramping up our work with OTC to connect with your associates who manage trails. We and the insurers we represent are firm in our commitment to work collaboratively with the OTC trail community to develop a comprehensive risk management strategy that makes sense - and insurance is just one part of that strategy.
As for what trail insurance products we have "in the box” right now:
a) Commercial General Liability coverage —premium costs start at $1,000.00 for $2,000,000 coverage.
In the near future OTC will be bundling these products as a part of membership services and products.
Congratulations to OTC Member - Headwaters Communities in Action
2013 Call for Applications Great Lakes Guardian Community Fund
Ontario is providing grants to help communities take action to protect and restore their corner of the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River Basin.
This is the second call for applications under the Great Lakes Guardian Community Fund. Grants are available for projects that take place in Ontario within the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River Basin. The basin includes: Lake Erie, Lake Huron, Lake Ontario, Lake Superior, the St. Lawrence River, the Ottawa River, their connecting channels, and their watersheds. Examples of projects that could qualify include:
Trailhead Ontario - Updates
If you want:
- cost stability
- product assurance
- insurance perseverance
- a broker that understands trails
Further to our recent discussions, I wanted to let you know that we have investigated various markets to get a sense of the appetite that insurers have for coverage associated with trails.
Our findings suggest that coverage is available - but from a very limited number of carriers and that the cost of insurance in this class is not heading down anytime soon. The reality is that there have been losses associated with trails in general and that the frequency and severity of claims is on the rise.
On the positive side of the issue, we have had several specific discussions of late with our current carriers at Lloyd's of London and we are (collectively) very interested in ramping up our work with OTC to connect with your associates who manage trails. We and the insurers we represent are firm in our commitment to work collaboratively with the OTC trail community to develop a comprehensive risk management strategy that makes sense - and insurance is just one part of that strategy.
As for what trail insurance products we have "in the box” right now:
a) Commercial General Liability coverage —premium costs start at $1,000.00 for $2,000,000 coverage.
b) Directors and Officers liability coverage — premium costs
start at $200.00 for $I,000,000 coverage. We find that even the smallest
community group is seeing the importance of acquiring D and O coverage.
c) Accidental Death and Dismemberment coverage - premiums start
at $250. 00 to cover the Officers, Directors, employees, members. The
limit of coverage is $100,000.In the near future OTC will be bundling these products as a part of membership services and products.
Congratulations to OTC Member - Headwaters Communities in Action
2013 Call for Applications Great Lakes Guardian Community Fund
Ontario is providing grants to help communities take action to protect and restore their corner of the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River Basin.
This is the second call for applications under the Great Lakes Guardian Community Fund. Grants are available for projects that take place in Ontario within the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River Basin. The basin includes: Lake Erie, Lake Huron, Lake Ontario, Lake Superior, the St. Lawrence River, the Ottawa River, their connecting channels, and their watersheds. Examples of projects that could qualify include:
- Planting trees to restore stream banks
- Protecting and restoring sensitive and degraded natural habitats by managing the flow of storm water runoff
- Protecting traditional harvesting areas from invasive species by using traditional ecological knowledge
Trailhead Ontario - Updates
June 9-12, 2013 - Peterborough
Join trail advocates, organizations, speakers, builders, use
groups, volunteers, planners and regulators as we discuss, learn and
improve Ontario's Trails
We are working with the full support of Our Favorite Place (RTO8),
Peterborough and the Kawartha’s Tourism and a number of local trails
groups to bring you the best Trailhead Ontario yet!. There are a lot of
new trails and trail tourism partnerships in RTO8. The Ontario Trails
“Trailhead Ontario 2013″ Committee is is pleased to announce the Holiday Inn Waterfront Peterborough as the location of our conferencing. Site locations for our trail education program are being determined now.
General Membership AGM!
The Ontario Trails Council is providing notice to membership and guests that the OTC Annual General Meeting is at Noon June 10, 2013. In accordance with the OTC By-Laws, Notice of Nominations for the Board of Directors is hereby served. Download the nomination letter and forms here.
General Membership AGM!
The Ontario Trails Council is providing notice to membership and guests that the OTC Annual General Meeting is at Noon June 10, 2013. In accordance with the OTC By-Laws, Notice of Nominations for the Board of Directors is hereby served. Download the nomination letter and forms here.
NEW for 2013!
Regional Tourism development includes trails. Trail packages, trail experiences, trail destinations. This takes a blending of major destinations, natural topographies, parks, conservation, county forest and up to 18 different trail activities. What’s in your “Trail Mix”? What’s our plan for marketing this unique matrix of dynamic outdoor experiences so that the world can find the world’s best range of trail fun right here at home.
Regional Tourism development includes trails. Trail packages, trail experiences, trail destinations. This takes a blending of major destinations, natural topographies, parks, conservation, county forest and up to 18 different trail activities. What’s in your “Trail Mix”? What’s our plan for marketing this unique matrix of dynamic outdoor experiences so that the world can find the world’s best range of trail fun right here at home.
Program Snapshotclick image for all
Tuesday, April 2, 2013
Ontario Trails Council - Ontario Trails News - Come see Ontario Trails
Trail Heroes
Know 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!
Become a trail development leader. Join Ontario's first ever series of 14 trail education courses in the development and management of trails. Designed for both volunteers and professionals. Register today - registration is open 24/7 until the morning of each training event.
Join OTC
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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 130 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.
Member Requests
1) Capital Budgets - link to google doc shared - please share your trail budget we'd like to know who is getting what around the province. Thanks!2) OTC welcomes Jim Crosscombe and Ontario Cycling Association, and Igor Hoogendoorn and Toronto Off-Road Bicycling Association in new partnerships.
3) OTC/Cycle Toronto pursue Ignite endorsement! Secured!
4) OTC going back to Norfolk County in April on horse trails!
5) Met with core leaders Niagara Trails Committee, meeting again in April
6) OTC welcomes new members! Thanks South Western Tourism Corporation!
7) OTC declared "partner" of Cycle Toronto - thanks
8) Algonquin College program on-line
Monday, April 1, 2013
Ontario Trails Council - Ontario Trail News from all the best trails in Ontario!
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