Saturday, June 15, 2013

Ontario Trail News - Algonquin Lands Claim, Cycling on Roads and Walking Rules

The Algonquin Land Claim - Parks and Protected Areas
EMC Frontenac
EMC News -The Algonquins of Ontario (AOO) have long held a way of life deeply rooted in conservation and ecological integrity. Environmental stewardship of land and resources has been an integral practice of the Algonquins since time immemorial.
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CONSERVATION HEROES WIN ONTARIO NATURE AWARDS ...
(Newmarket, Ontario, June 12, 2013) – This past weekend, Ontario Nature, a leading conservation organization, recognized the exceptional contributions of five ...
www.ontarionature.org/media/news_template.php?n_code...


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A view from the cycle path: Ontario Traffic Manual "Bicycle Facilties ...
It is a good thing that Ontario has identified that future cyclists can only come from that part of the population who do not currently cycle. In order for cycling to ...
www.aviewfromthecyclepath.com/.../ontario-traffic-manual-bi...


Kitchener advocates call for one-metre cycling rule
MetroNews Canada
The coroner also recommended that every city in Ontario review all bylaws with an eye to improving the safety of cyclists. “When I joined this committee three years ago, that was the thing I was most interested in having enacted — the one-metre rule ...
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Toronto Walking Policy Resources | Spacing Toronto
A wide range of City of Toronto policies affect walking, but it's not always easy to know about them or find them. This post provides a convenient list of links to ...
spacing.ca/toronto/2013/06/.../toronto-walking-policy-resourc...

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Friday, June 14, 2013

Ontario Trails News - Trail Counts!

Trail Counts - http://www.ontariotrails.on.ca/trail-counts

Ever wondered who is using your trail and when? Looking for more than just a static count of trail activity? Tell others about what type of person is using your trail, what makes your trail a popular destination...and more!


We have your answer.

Utilizing smartphone technology trail users can now complete a short survey that:
  • Logs in the trip
  • Single counts individual users
  • Consolidates results for centralized reporting
  • Consultation on survey content.
  • We ask your questions - the facility manager asks what they want to know!
  • Allows for separate trail counting
  • Multi-season operation
  • 24/7collection
  • Identifies quality of trail experiences
  • Provides you feedback loop
Wherever there is a smartphone signal, and YOUR trailhead you could be gathering and collecting additional information that will make for a better trail! Got great trails? Get the feedback that keeps you in the know!

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.

Low cost

$50.00 per trail per year (max 3 trails) includes:
  • Decal design
  • Decal Printing - max 6 sheets, various size decals
  • More decals option (fee charged)
  • Survey Set-up
  • Survey reports
  • All system maintenance
  • Regional Comparisons
  • Seasonal variances
  • Trail differentiations
  • Use patterns

Packages

OTC Member? - Take $25.00 off each package!
  • Blue - 4-10 trails:  $300.00 plus HST and registration fees
    • Maximum 20 sheets of decals
  • Green - 10-20 trails: $500.00 plus HST and registration fees
    • Maximum 40 sheets of decals
  • Gold - 20 or more trails: Starting at $1,000 plus HST and registration fees
We've kept the price low - comparible pairs of static counters, that provide no demographic or qualitative information start at @$750.00 a pair, per trail - at OTC we are maintenance free, so operating cost is never an issue! Get information on your rural trails - save on gas, training, maintenance and get better connected to your customer: THE TRAIL USER!

Various decal sizes to meet your needs!

8 decals per sheet - each decal is @4.5" (W) X 1.12" (T) or 11.43cm (W) X 2.8cm (T)
4 decals per sheet - each decal is @ 6" (W) X 1.75" (T) or 15.24cm (W) X 4.44cm (T)
2 decals per sheet - each decal is @ 9" (W) X 2.25" (T) or 22.86cm (W) x 5.72cm (T)

Please note this process is copyright to OTC. Thanks


Networked Trail Traffic Service - 

Do you have a trail that comes into your area from somewhere else? Is it managed by someone other than you? Ever want to know how much trail traffic was passing through, staying. or going away from your place - on your trail? Trails network and they cross jurisdictions. How much maintenance are you doing for traffic that comes from someone else's trail? We can answer that! Watch this space for our Trillium Trail (C) Decal. It is designed specifically for trail networks!

Other Facilities?

Do you have a trail that comes into park, runs around the arena or pool and you'd like to know more about cross flow and traffic integration? Ontario Trails can offer this same method to integrate additional feedbak from your other recreation facilities as well - producing for you a comprehensive report on traffic, quality of experience at your arena, pool or tourism destination - giving you a sense of aggregate operation and our 4 F's - "fit, flow, funding and function." 

Your purchase provides survey for one year from date of decal delivery (+/-) 2 days. Thank-you.
Trails to Count
Call Patrick at 877-668-7245
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Thursday, June 13, 2013

Ontario Trails News - Cycling in Toronto, Thorold and Canoeing News

Official opening of Toronto's first separated bike lane/cycle track
The cycle lane, located on Sherbourne Street between Bloor Street and King Street, is the first phase of a 14-kilometre network of cycle tracks planned for the ...
wx.toronto.ca/.../FBE53A6DC502B2DB85257B8600508152
Cycling poised for accelerated growth in Toronto | News with Tags
Article Category: Toronto, Content Date: 06:00 pm 12/31/1969 CST, Description:
newswithtags.com/.../cycleto-cycling-poised-for-accelerated-gr...
Bike to the Future…of Toronto Centre-Rosedale | dandyhorse ...
All these happened in wards 27 and 28, Toronto Centre-Rosedale. Yet, Bike27 and Bike28,Cycle Toronto's ward advocacy groups, are hopeful that the future of  ...
dandyhorsemagazine.com/.../bike-to-the-futureof-toronto-cent...

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Ontario Heritage Trust calls for nominations to recognition programs
Wall Street Journal (press release)
Individuals can also be nominated for the Lifetime Achievement Award or the Lieutenant Governor's Ontario Heritage Award for Lifetime Achievement. 3. The Community Leadership Program recognizes communities for leadership in heritage conservation ...
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Welcome wagon for cyclists
Niagarathisweek.com
Robinson is hoping Thorold will soon see a whole lot more visitors flocking to the city via bicycle, now that the city has been named a bike-friendly community by the Share the Road CyclingCoalition, a non-profit Ontario organization that promotes ...
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Carleton Place Canoe Club gears up for another season on the water
EMC Almonte/Carleton Place
This summer promises to be another busy season, and the canoe club is ready. On May 25,canoe club athletes made the trip to Sydenham, Ontario for the first ...
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Wednesday, June 12, 2013

Ontario Trails News - Manitoulin, Ontario Trails Map and more!

Safer options attract more female cyclists
24 Hours Vancouver
After cycling through Vancouver's streets for more than 20 years, Richard Campbell says it's hard not to notice the shifting demographics among riders as bike lanes continue to sprout up across the city. “On Ontario (Street), for a few minutes ...
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Pave the way for cycling tourism, Manitoulin group says
CBC.ca
A Manitoulin Island cycling group is hoping a new plan will help link cyclists in northern Ontario to the rest of the province. First started in December of last year, the Georgian Bay Cycling Route would travel through the heart of Manitoulin Island...
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Ontario Trails Map | The Wilds of Ontario
Looking to get out for some hiking in Ontario. Check out this handy little interactive map showing trail locations near you!
wildsofontario.wordpress.com/2013/06/10/ontario-trails-map/


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New Heritage Minute spotlights First Nations warriors
CBC.ca
The Historica-Dominion Institute launched its new Heritage Minute, ... on Oct. 13, 1812, was the most important battle in the opening months of the War of ...


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This World Environment Week, Ontario Failed
Huffington Post Canada
The changes also dramatically reduce government oversight of activities affecting Ontario'slakes, rivers, forests and wildlife.

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Tuesday, June 11, 2013

Ontario Trails - Hiking, Walking and Cycling Updates

Wynne walks a mile for Cornerstone
Northumberland Today
Speaking privately to reporters later, Wynne said she thought the Walk A Mile In Her Shoes was a fun way to raise awareness, as well as a high-visibility one that would boost its impact. "Events like this are the kind of thing we need to bring to ...
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Walk to Fight Arthritis raises almost $1.7 million for research, education and ...
The Herald | HeraldOnline.com
Siena was joined at the Toronto walk with her father Pablo, her mother Maria Perez, and her siblings Bianca and Cristian. "It's given back her childhood," explains Maria. "We had to get involved to show our support for the work of the Society, and so ...
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Nice zoo! Huge! Lots of walking! - Toronto Zoo, Toronto Traveller ...
Toronto Zoo: Nice zoo! Huge! Lots of walking! - See 617 traveler reviews, 350 candid photos, and great deals for Toronto, Canada, at TripAdvisor.
www.tripadvisor.ca/ShowUserReviews-g155019-d186704-r16... 


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Toronto's first dedicated bike lanes on Sherbourne start of bigger network
Toronto Star
For the first time in Toronto's history the city will boast dedicated bike lanes when they officially open on Monday morning. And for Michele Cossette, it might spark her to start using her bike to get to work. An avid cyclist, the 27-year-old says it ...
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Gear up for Toronto Bike Month - the newspaper
Biking isn't just exercise, it's a lifestyle. Witness Toronto's Bike Month, a community celebration of cycling in various locations throughout June. B...
www.thenewspaper.ca/the-inside/.../1245-toronto-bike-month


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Re. West Toronto Railpath Extension Study
Please see the attached flyer for the upcoming public open house:
Date: Wednesday June 26th
Time: 5:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Location: New Horizon Tower, 1140 Bloor St. W (at Dufferin St.)
If you are interested in receiving regular updates about this study by email, go to the Toronto E-updates page at: www.toronto.ca/e-updates, enter your email, check "West Toronto Railpath Study," then click "Subscribe" back at the top.
Kind Regards,
Maogosha
 
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Monday, June 10, 2013

Trailhead Ontario - Last reminder!

trailhead ontario

June 9-12, 2013 - Peterborough

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Our Last Reminder for 2013!

Holiday Inn discounted rooms!

Join trail advocates, organizations, speakers, builders, use groups, volunteers, planners and regulators as we discuss, learn and improve Ontario's Trails!
 

Signage Information - We have three different signage companies presenting on the latest techniques and innovations they have brought to market for use in making trails safer, easier to use and that promote wayfinding for tourists!

McCarthy Signs
mccarthy signs

Fontasy Signs

fontasy signs


Tour-Mate
tour mate

Mapping Panel - the best way to assist trail users or trail tourists is through effective communication. One popular way is through maps. Maps assist in telling folks the length of a trip. They tell trail users about trail location, amenities such as accommodation, restaurants, fuel, supplies camping, etc. that are on or near the trail.
backroads mapbooks contest
Maps and map technologies are changing at lightening speed. Google maps, map integration, handheld maps, topographical maps, mash-ups, waterproof, gps - all these are new and innovative techniques that communicate the destination and the experience to the local user or the traveler.

trak maps

More and more municipalities are producing local maps by activity and trail to assist these out-bound adventurers. Our mapping panel has brought together some of Canada's and Ontario's finest map producers for a discussion on their product lines, their market segments and the new techniques they are bringing to market.

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So whether you are a trail user or a trail manager producing maps - you'll want to attend this session!

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Special Presenter:
  • Tourism development includes trails. Trail packages, trail experiences, trail destinations. One such trip is hiking. Hear about "A 1000-MILE GREAT LAKES WALK"
    great lakes walk
    Please join Trailhead Ontario as we present Author Loreen Niewenhuis as she talks about her experience circumnavigating, on foot - the waterfront trails of the Great Lakes! In 2009, Loreen Niewenhuis walked the perimeter of Lake Michigan and wrote the bestselling book, "A 1000-MILE WALK ON THE BEACH".

    In 2012, she took another long journey, covering 1000 miles of shoreline touching all five Great Lakes. The book about this latest adventure, "A 1000-MILE GREAT LAKES WALK",explores the entire Great Lakes system.

    In this presentation, she will take you along the shores of all five Great Lakes and many of the waterways connecting them. In words, photos, and video, you’ll explore the geology, hydrology, and natural history of the largest system of fresh water lakes in the world. She will also illuminate the threats to this massive ecosystem: invasive species, pollution, destruction of wetlands, and the gradual warming of the lakes.

    Niewenhuis speaks with the authority of an expert as she has a M.S. degree in the biological sciences. She raises important questions about preserving our wild places and protecting the fragile ecosystems on which we all depend.
  • International Trail development panel - hear trail association professionals from the states of Minnesota, Michigan, Ohio and New York as we convene our internet panel on cross border trails tourism, promoting the Great Lakes Basin. Hear how trails are developed, managed and promoted by our counterparts just across the Ontario/USA Border.
  • michigan trails and greenways alliance
  • ohio department of natural resources
  • parks and trails of minnesota
  • parks and trails new york
  • Local Initiatives - Kawarthas Northumberland are promoting trails and trails activity in new and exciting ways. Working with trail groups is the cornerstone of the RTO8 trails development agenda. Come and hear how Kawarthas Northumberland is working with Trent University, Fleming and the Trans Canada Trail on the development of regional initiatives such as, heritage trails, provincial trails day (June 1st) and a variety of other seasonal marketing initiatives for trails and trail towns.
  • We would welcome your support, rates are reasonable and it would be great to have a few provincial trail organization booths at the conference.

Kawarthas Northumberland - Trail Events

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Program Snapshot

Trail Risk Management - June 11-12, 2013

This course will provide a comprehensive overview of the elements associated with managing risks related to trail planning, development and management.

Topics will include: Idirect bearingntroduction and Overview, Developing a Risk Management Framework
  • The Canadian and Ontario Legal Systems Negligence and Liability
  • The Law and Trails, Insurance and the Transfer of Risk
  • Occupational Health and Safety
  • Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment (HIRA)
  • HIRA Application on the Trail
  • On the Trail Again
  • Risk Assessment Assignment to work on at home with guidance from the instructor.This course will provide a comprehensive overview of the elements associated with managing risks related to trail planning, development and management.
Instructor: Matt Cruchet

Matt Cruchet founded Direct Bearing Incorporated as a vehicle to help organizations navigate risk. Matt’s strengths lie in operational assessment where he uses his experience in the not-for-profit, youth-service, adventure travel, natural resources and emergency planning industries to evaluate and manage risk. Matt is a recognized outdoor risk management expert, consultant, author and speaker.

Direct Bearing Incorporated has also worked with over 100 other organizations ranging from youth service groups, camps, natural resource companies, adventure tourism.
 

Time Limited? - Register Here
Ticket Type Price Fee
Conference and Education Package - Paypal CA$315.88* CA$9.12
Conference and Education Session Package - Pay by cheque CA$357.50* CA$9.95
Conference Registration - Paypal CA$169.63* CA$5.37
Training - Risk Management CA$203.76* CA$6.24
One Day Registration - Conference Only CA$96.51* CA$3.49
Display Booth  CA$257.86* CA$7.63
Display Booth - discount CA$171.58* CA$5.42
Display Booth - Non-Profit - Provincial CA$171.58* CA$5.42
Display Booth - Provincial Non-profit - discount CA$128.20* CA$4.30
Display Booth - Local, small non-profit CA$42.15* CA$2.10
Display table - literature only CA$20.59* CA$1.54
Ordered Ticket at door - Conference CA$169.63* CA$5.37
Ordered Ticket at Door - Education CA$194.01* CA$5.99
Ordered Ticket at Door - Conference and Education CA$365.55* CA$9.95
Ordered Ticket at Door - One Day Only - Conference Only CA$100.00 CA$3.49
Coffee Break Support CA$194.01* CA$5.99
On-Line Great Lakes Panel - Northern Residents Only - Webinar - Pay by Paypal CA$35.00 CA$1.87
On-Line - Adventure Tourism - Northern Residents Only - Pay by Paypal CA$35.00 CA$1.87

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Regional Trail Profile

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So it looks like it's going to be an exciting time in Peterborough - join us - mark the date June 9-12, 2013 in your calendar NOW!
Hotel Reservations and Event Location

More information? Go to - Trailhead Ontario
Call Patrick at 1-877-668-7245 or
Vanessa Twiddy at 905-373-8752www.rto8.com

Ontario Trails appreciates the support of:
Regional Tourism Organization 8
Ontario Trillium Foundation

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Sunday, June 9, 2013

Ontario Trails News - Activity, Trail Development, Trail Tourism, all happening on Ontario Trails!

10 injured in Ontario buggy crash
Sun News Network
... some of them seriously, when the horse-drawn buggy they were riding in ... The situation is not uncommon in many Southwestern Ontario communities, ...


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Cycling The Niagara River Recreation Trail: Ice Wine, War of 1812 ...
Gadling
They were on a wine tasting tour that brought them to several area vineyards mostly via the Niagara River Recreation Trail (NRRT) a 35-mile trail that hugs ...


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Parks and recreation celebrated this month
InsideHalton.com
... encouraging residents to visit the local parks, trails and bikeways. In celebration of recreation and parks month, which is recognized across Ontario, ...


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Guelph Outdoor Preschool takes the classroom to the meadow
Toronto Star
This is the setting of Ontario's first licensed outdoor preschool, scheduled to open this month on the sprawling pastoral grounds of the Ignatius Jesuit ...


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Minnetonka man dies while canoeing in Quetico; wife rescued
West Central Tribune
Seventy-five-year-old Elaine Barber and her 78-year-old husband, Dick, were on a three-week wilderness trip when their canoe overturned Sunday in the rapids of the Basswood River in Quetico Provincial Park in Ontario. Elaine Barber swam to shore and ...
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Feeling Congested? Cycle Toronto Rides with Chief Planner ...
Join this ride as part of City of Toronto Feeling Congested? consultation process. Meet at noon at the fountain at City Hall. Location: City Hall. 100 Queen Street ...
cycleto.ca/.../feeling-congested-cycle-toronto-rides-chief-plan...


protected bike lanes | I Bike Toronto
If all goes well Richmond and Adelaide will have protected cycle tracks by the end of next year. We don't get many chances like this in Toronto where we missed ...
www.ibiketo.ca/category/tags/protected-bike-lanes


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Missing ATV and trailer
Quinte News
Sometime overnight suspects stole a red ATV with the Ontario plate 40YH8 and a black utility trailer with the Ontario plate C5865W.


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Funding helps rebuild Short Hills trails
Welland Tribune
Members of the ShortHills Cycling Club trail crew work on a section of trail at Short Hills Provincial Park in St. Catharines Saturday morning. The club was given a $14,000 Ontario Trillium Foundation grant to purchase a trailer and equipment. Dan ...
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Why Toronto is putting pedestrians first
Globe and Mail
In Toronto – where huge transit plans threaten to overshadow simpler solutions for moving people, the mayor trumpets a pro-car line, and pedestrian collisions have been largely consistent for years – walking advocates and city staff are watching ...
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