Tag: Bruce Trail
Trail Talk: Earning the gold hike badge
Hike Ontario members can earn this recognition by completing 50 hikes in a year
New Wiarton Marina owner plans expansion, to store boats at Bluewater campground
The new owner of Wiarton’s marina is planning an expansion. According to Town of South Bruce Peninsula staff, Robert Caissie purchased the marina in May and aims to expand capacity from 240 to 268 boats. As part of the planned expansion, Caissie and the town have entered into a lease agreement to store boats in […]
Huron Fringe Field Naturalists time travel on the Niagara Escarpment
The promise of a virtual tour of the Bruce Trail given by a geologist and highly experienced guide brought a large crowd to the Oct. 22 meeting of the Huron Fringe Field Naturalists in Point Clark. Beth Gilhespy is the chief executive officer of the Escarpment Biosphere Conservancy with degrees in physical geography and geology. […]
Sydenham club marks Bruce Trail Day with new youth program
The Sydenham Bruce Trail Club has launched a new program designed to get local children and teens out enjoying and exploring the nature that is just steps from their doorways. Local club members were at Harrison Park on Sunday for Bruce Trail Day, where they used the opportunity to introduce their new Youth Hiking Program, […]
Grey-Bruce clubs holding events to mark Bruce Trail Day
Bruce trail clubs in Grey-Bruce are preparing to celebrate Canada’s oldest and longest marked footpath. The Sydenham, Beaver Valley and Bruce Peninsula Bruce Trail clubs are all holding events on Sunday to mark Bruce Trail Day, an annual celebration of the 890-kilometre trail and the the Niagara Escarpment it runs along. The Sydenham club, which […]
Field naturalists begin 40th season with strong membership, hard truths
The Huron Fringe Field Naturalists (HFFN) launched their 40th season of meetings, speakers and outings Sept. 24 at the Point Clark Community Centre. The club has enjoyed strong membership in recent years and welcomed a dozen new members that evening. President Christine Roberts encouraged newcomers to take full advantage of learning and activity opportunities. Prior to […]
Group touts future local ‘ecological corridor’ to limit development
The Escarpment Corridor Alliance wants to see a future, protective “ecological corridor” network in the southern Georgian Bay area to better protect ecologically important lands from development between the Beaver Valley and the Niagara Escarpment. The connected corridor network, it is anticipated, would include two large, local developments, Castle Glen in the Blue Mountains and […]
Bruce Trail volunteers improve fence after dog rescued from 25-foot well near trail
The owner of a dog that jumped a cedar-rail fence and fell into an old hand-dug well near the Bruce Trail in Bognor wants more done to avoid similar incidents. “I’d hope it would be done soon, and continue to be one of the best maintained and historic trails around, then end up reading years […]
Hotel and Nordic spa planned for former Talisman resort property
The owners of the former Talisman Mountain Resort property has announced plans for a large health and wellness community complete with a hotel and Nordic spa at the former ski resort. Brian Ellis and Phil Cavano, who own the property that includes the former resort and ski hills, have announced the proposal that could see […]
Volunteer firefighters save dog from well near Bognor
Volunteer firefighters saved a dog from a 25-foot well accessed by a popular local nature trail near Bognor. The Inter-Township Fire Department responded to a distress call Monday evening for a dog needing rescue from the well of the Wilson property, a historic homesteading property featuring relics of a massive barn and hand-dug well accessed […]