Advocacy and Resources

The Ontario Trails Council promotes the creation and preservation of all types of trails: http://www.ontariotrails.on.ca/

 

Agencies

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Bicycling and Mountain Biking

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Equestrian Trails

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Greenways and Community Trails

Bruce-Grey Trail Network works for a four season regional trail system connecting communities within Bruce and Grey Counties: www.brucegreytrails.com/

Cambridge Trails Advisory Committee and trails in Cambridge: www.city.cambridge.on.ca/cs_community/trails.php

Collingwood Trails Network promotes both alternative transportation and community opportunities for pro-active health on a 60-km network: www.collingwoodtrails.ca/

Gordon Glaves Memorial Pathway runs 40 km along the Grand River as it meanders through Brantford

Haliburton Highlands Trails and Tours includes route descriptions and information for every kind of trail activity: http://www.trailsandtours.com/

The Niagara Greenways Network is an ambitious project to map and promote greenways throughout the Niagra region; the site includes maps, planning information, and descriptions of many existing trails: http://www.brocku.ca/epi/whatsngn.htm

Mississauga, Ontario, is Canada's sixth largest city and has an extensive network of trails and greenways: www.mississauga.ca/portal/discover/trailsandcycling

A guide to Trails in Peterborough County: http://www.trentu.ca/academic/trailstudies/discover.html

Huronia Trails and Greenways works for a sustainable network of trails and greenways in Simcoe County: http://www.simcoecountytrails.net/

Woolwich Trails Group works for trails in the township 150 kilometres west of Toronto: http://www.grandconnections.com/woolwich/trails_group.htm

Hiking Trails

Hike Ontario represents the interests of walkers and hikers in Ontario and includes 21 hiking clubs and trail building associations: www.hikeontario.com/

The Thunder Bay Hiking Association promotes hiking, cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, and canoeing in the Thunder Bay district: http://www.tbha.baynet.net/

Long-Distance Trails

The Avon Trail winds for 100 kilometers from St. Marys, Ontario to Conestogo, Ontario, and forms a link between the Thames Valley and Grand River trail systems: http://www.avontrail.ca/

The Bruce Trail Association is dedicated to the development and maintenance of over 800 kilometers of trails on the Niagara Escarpment: http://www.brucetrail.org/main.htm

The Iroquoia Club is responsible for the maintenance and planning of the 120 km section of Bruce Trail from Grimsby to Kelso: http://www.iroquoia.on.ca/

The Ganaraska Hiking Trail, developed and is maintained entirely by volunteers starts in Port Hope, on the north shore of Lake Ontario and after more than 400 km connects with the Bruce Trail near Glen Huron: http://www3.sympatico.ca/hikers.net/ganarask.htm

Grand Valley Trail is a marked footpath stretching 250 km between Rock Point Provincial Park on Lake Erie to the town of Alton

The Oak Ridges Trail Association has developed 110 km of about 230 km of potential trail on the Oak Ridges Moraine 60 km north of Lake Ontario: www.oakridgestrail.org

The Rideau Trail is a footpath stretching 300 km. between Kingston on the shore of Lake Ontario and Ottawa, Ontario: http://www.rideautrail.org

The Voyageur Trail Association is developing and maintaining a hiking trail across Northern Ontario that will eventually run 1,100 km from Manitoulin Island, along the north shore of Lake Huron, and north around the top of Lake Superior to Thunder Bay: http://www3.sympatico.ca/voyageur.trail

Walter Bean Grand River Trail will run 78 kn in the proximity of the Grand River, extending the Cambridge-to-Hamilton trail system as one continuous pathway through Kitchener, Waterloo, and Woolwich to north of West Montrose: www.sju.ca/grt/

The Waterfront Trail stretches 650 km from Niagara to Quebec along the Canadian Shores of Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River: http://www.waterfronttrail.org

Off-Highway Vehicle Trails

Sault & Area Off-Roaders are located in Sault Ste Marie, Ontario: http://members.shaw.ca/saultandareaoffroaders/index.html

Rail Trails and Canal Trails

Ontario's Rail Trails, 33 trail descriptions compiled by Nancy Elliot: http://www.trentu.ca/academic/trailstudies/rtrails.html

Another site, Ontario Rail Trails, has detailed descriptions with fine photographs: http://webhome.idirect.com/~brown/

The Cataraqui Trail is in Eastern Ontario follows the 104 km former CN Railway line from Strathcona near Napanee to Smiths Falls; the four season trail is for hikers, cyclists, equestrians, snowmobilers, and cross-country skiers: http://www.rideau-info.com/cattrail/index.html

Grand River Rail Trails in southwestern Ontario covers four rail trails

The Rotary Greenway/Scenic River Road Trail is a picturesque 8.5 km path from Trent University to Lakefield: http://www.trentu.ca/academic/trailstudies/rivroad.html; maps and more information are at: http://www.quidnovis.com/rotarytrail/

Cambridge to Paris Rail Trail is a 19 km (12 mile) trail along the east side of the Grand River: http://www.mgl.ca/~wemiller/lentrail.htm

Snow Trails

The Bruce Regional Snowmobile Association has trail system information and links to many clubs in this part of Ontario: http://www.sentex.net/~mstreete/brsa.html

The Ontario Federation of Snowmobile Clubs provides general information and contacts throughout the Province: http://www.transdata.ca/~ofsc/

Beautiful Eastern Association of Snowmobile Trails has maps, events, and volunteer activities: http://www.snowmobile.on.ca

Cross-Country Ski Trails in the Peterborough Area describes several places to ski: http://www.trentu.ca/academic/trailstudies/ptboski.html

Waterway and Boating Trails

Quetico Provincial Park contains over 1,400 kilometres of canoe routes. It bordersthe Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness and Voyageurs National Park in Minnesota along the traditional voyageur routes: http://atikokan.lakeheadu.ca/~town/qpark.html

For Ontario Canoe Routes: http://www.webpan.com/canoeroutes/