Showing posts with label Niagara Trails Committee. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Niagara Trails Committee. Show all posts

Friday, September 25, 2015

Ontario Trails News - Niagara Builds trails and francophone Group retraces route

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Francophone group retraces historic hike and canoe route

Christian Bode, left, president of the Société d’histoire de Toronto, led his group on the 65-kilometre, three-day journey, which concluded with a celebration of francophone and aboriginal history at the Lucy Maud Montgomery Parkette on Riverside Dr. in the Swansea neighbourhood

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Christian Bode, left, president of the Société d’histoire de Toronto, led his group on the 65-kilometre, three-day journey, which concluded with a celebration of francophone and aboriginal history at the Lucy Maud Montgomery Parkette on Riverside Dr. in the Swansea neighbourhood
Fourteen lovers of history came together this weekend to trace the ancient route taken by French explorer Étienne Brûlé, who was the first known European to travel the Lake Ontario region with the Huron-Wendat in September 1615.
Led by Christian Bode, president of the Société d’histoire de Toronto, the group paddled and hiked roughly 65 kilometres over three days, following the Toronto Carrying-Place Trail from Holland Marsh, south of Lake Simcoe, to the Swansea neighbourhood on the east bank of the Humber River.
“Sometimes it’s lost in suburbia, sometimes it’s there, and sometimes you have to reroute,” Bode said of the trail, which is estimated to have been travelled for up to 8,000 years.
“What has impressed me is not the fact that we walked the whole way, but that everywhere we went we were welcomed sincerely.”
Bode said Brûlé’s quest into Huron-Wendat territory 400 years ago was a seminal event; the Frenchman grew familiar with the routes of the landscape and learned the aboriginals’ language, which facilitated future fur-trade excursions and the infiltration of the area by Jesuit missionaries.
Ever since, Bode said, “there has been a French presence in the province of Ontario.”
The weekend of re-enactments of Brûlé’s travels started Friday, when the group canoed the first stretch in Lake Couchiching and attended a ceremony at the Champlain Monument, named for the man who founded Quebec City in 1608 — then capital of New France — and commissioned Brûlé to help explore and chart the Great Lakes region. The group also attended the opening of a new pavilion that was dedicated to the local Ojibwa.
As Bode’s history buffs resumed their hike south of Lake Simcoe on Saturday and made their way southwest, they planted a tree in East Gwillimbury, took in a French choir performance at a Newmarket farmer’s market, lunched with the local mayor at the Aurora Armoury, unveiled a new plaque to the Carrying-Place Trail in Vaughan and finally made their way to Swansea.
The hike concluded Sunday with a celebration of francophone and aboriginal history at the Lucy Maud Montgomery Parkette on Riverside Dr., with actors dressed in the garb of the early 17th century and an unveiling of a moccasin project for the occasion by Garry Sault, an Ojibwa elder with the Mississaugas of the New Credit First Nation.

Niagara Trails Committee Builds Trail


Sunday, June 1, 2014

Ontario Trail News - community consultations, trail education, new trails and more

TRCA Holds Community Consultation on Trails

Good afternoon, 

For those of you who I have not yet had the pleasure of meeting, my name is Mark Burkholder, and I have replaced Adam Szaflarski as the Project Coordinator for TRCA’s Durham Conservation Lands. 

Please be aware that there is a Glen Major Forest and Walker Woods Stewardship Committee meeting scheduled for June 4th, 2014 from 7pm – 9pm.  The meeting will take place at Goodwood Community Centre located at 268 Hwy. 47 in Goodwood.  An agenda will be sent out prior to the meeting. 

Looking forward to seeing you there. 

Kind regards, 
Mark
Mark Burkholder, BES Coordinator, Conservation Lands | Cell 416.454.6972 | Phone 416.661.6600 x.5597 | Fax: 416.667.6278 | mburkholder@trca.on.ca
Toronto and Region Conservation | 5 Shoreham Drive | Toronto, ON | M3N 1S4
 

Niagara Continues to Pursue Trails

Congratulations to Tracy-Lynn Bell, President of the Niagara Trails Committee. We look forward to continuing to work with you to bring multi-use trails to Niagara.


 

East Don Trail Study - input sought

Project Update – May 2014 www.toronto.ca/eastdontrail

Highlights of Work Completed

 
Since March 2013, fieldwork has been taking place in the study area.  The project team was planning to have all work completed this spring, however with a long and snowy winter survey crews experienced some difficulty getting to the site. The goal now is to complete field work:
·        topographical surveys and tree inventory in June; and
·        geotechnical surveys later this year.
Within the study area you may continue to see temporary orange painted markings and/or stakes in the ground. These markings will remain in place until the design work for the study has been completed.

Before selecting a preferred trail alignment for the next round of public consultation, the project team addressed requests from different stakeholders for a review of additional trail alignments in:
  • Area 1 (north end of the study area near Charles Sauriol Conservation Area);
  • Area 2 (middle of study near the Gatineau Hydro Corridor and Flemingdon Park Golf Club).
The requests were variations of trail alignments presented at the second public meeting last September. Given some of the concerns about impacts to either private property or the natural environment, the project team evaluated these additional trail alignments. The evaluation involved consultation with the Technical Advisory Committee, Community Liaison Committee, and key stakeholders. A preferred trail alignment has been chosen to move forward to the next study phase and public consultation. Visit the East Don Trail Community Liaison Committee webpage under Meeting #5 for a complete list of trail alignments considered.
 
Next Opportunity for Public Input June 24
 
Design concepts for the preferred trail alignment will be presented at the next public event on June 24, 2013. Design concepts will show the physical features (e.g. slope) and potential impacts (e.g. trees) of the trail. Join us to learn more, speak with members of the project team, and be part of the conversation to select the best options for the preferred trail alignment.
 
Date: Tuesday, June 24, 2014
Drop-in: 5:30 PM – 8:30 PM
Presentation: 6:30 PM
Location: Victoria Park Hub, 1527 Victoria Park Avenue (Victoria Park Ave. and Eglinton Ave. East)
 
Thank you again for your interest in the East Don Trail Study.
 

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IMBA Canada Re-structures

        Kitchener, ON - May 15, 2014 -

        Twenty fourteen will be a year of restructuring for the International Mountain Bicycling Association (Canada), the national body that advocates and organizes on behalf of mountain bikers north of the Canada/US border. The organization struggled through a difficult period financially last year while executive director, Lora Woolner, was away on maternity leave, resulting in a halt to regional
programming, decreased operational capacity, and the loss of several staff.

        During Woolner's leave, direction of IMBA Canada's operations was handled by its US counterpart in Boulder, Colorado. Despite good intentions, the lack of Canadian leadership and oversight has led to
the need to revisit current programming and organizational structure.

        In an effort to respond to the continued support of members, partners and corporate sponsors, former executive director, Lora Woolner, and former Ontario Regional Coordinator, Igor Hoogendoorn have resumed
control of Canadian operations. Woolner and Hoogendoorn will be sharing a joint leadership position for 2014 focused on delivering essential programs, improving financial sustainability, and rebuilding organizational capacity.

        The team intends to reduce dependencies on the US office, while at the same time retaining IMBA's mission and core values. As always, Canadian dollars will stay in Canada to support Canadian trails.

        While the future of IMBA Canada beyond 2014 is still to be given much consideration and careful planning, it is clear that in this time of restructuring, IMBA Canada needs your financial support. If you are a mountain biker or make your living via mountain biking, and you value what IMBA has done and is doing to keep the sport viable in Canada, then please consider joining or renewing [2], and/or donating [3] to IMBA Canada today.

IMBA CANADA 537 Frederick Street PO Box 23034 Kitchener, ON N2B 3V1 Canada

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Wednesday, May 28, 2014

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Niagara Continues to Pursue Trails

Congratulations to Tracy-Lynn Bell, President of the Niagara Trails Committee. We look forward to continuing to work with you to bring multi-use trails to Niagara.


 
East Don Trail Study - input sought

Project Update – May 2014 www.toronto.ca/eastdontrail

Highlights of Work Completed

 
Since March 2013, fieldwork has been taking place in the study area.  The project team was planning to have all work completed this spring, however with a long and snowy winter survey crews experienced some difficulty getting to the site. The goal now is to complete field work:
·        topographical surveys and tree inventory in June; and
·        geotechnical surveys later this year.
Within the study area you may continue to see temporary orange painted markings and/or stakes in the ground. These markings will remain in place until the design work for the study has been completed.

Before selecting a preferred trail alignment for the next round of public consultation, the project team addressed requests from different stakeholders for a review of additional trail alignments in:
  • Area 1 (north end of the study area near Charles Sauriol Conservation Area);
  • Area 2 (middle of study near the Gatineau Hydro Corridor and Flemingdon Park Golf Club).
The requests were variations of trail alignments presented at the second public meeting last September. Given some of the concerns about impacts to either private property or the natural environment, the project team evaluated these additional trail alignments. The evaluation involved consultation with the Technical Advisory Committee, Community Liaison Committee, and key stakeholders. A preferred trail alignment has been chosen to move forward to the next study phase and public consultation. Visit the East Don Trail Community Liaison Committee webpage under Meeting #5 for a complete list of trail alignments considered.
 
Next Opportunity for Public Input June 24
 
Design concepts for the preferred trail alignment will be presented at the next public event on June 24, 2013. Design concepts will show the physical features (e.g. slope) and potential impacts (e.g. trees) of the trail. Join us to learn more, speak with members of the project team, and be part of the conversation to select the best options for the preferred trail alignment.
 
Date: Tuesday, June 24, 2014
Drop-in: 5:30 PM – 8:30 PM
Presentation: 6:30 PM
Location: Victoria Park Hub, 1527 Victoria Park Avenue (Victoria Park Ave. and Eglinton Ave. East)
 
Thank you again for your interest in the East Don Trail Study.
 

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