Hiking Greater Toronto & Niagara Peninsula

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1 Hiking Greater Toronto & Niagara Peninsula Chapter taken from Ulysses guide

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3 Hiking in Greater Toronto and the Niagara Peninsula Albion Hills Conservation Area 8 Ball s Falls Conservation Area 9 Cataract Trail 10 Twenty Mile Creek Valley Trail 10 Bruce Trail Side Trail 11 Cootes Paradise, Royal Botanical Gardens 11 Captain Cootes, Marshwalk, Macdonell, Pinetum Trails 12 Hopkins Trail, North Shore 12 Arnotts Walk and Chegwin Trails, South Shore 12 Ravine Road and Calebs Walk, South Shore 13 Ginger Valley Trail, South Shore 13 Sassafras Point Trail, South Shore 13 Crawford Lake Conservation Area and Iroquoian Village 13 Crawford Lake Trail 14 Woodland Trail 14 Pine Ridge Trail 14 Escarpment Trail 15 Nassagaweya Trail 15 Snowshoe Trail 15 Bruce Trail 15 Darlington Provincial Park 15 Burk Trail 18 McLaughlin Bay Trail 18 Robinson Creek Trail 18 Waterfront Trail 18 Dufferin Islands, Niagara Falls 18 Dundas Valley and Tiffany Falls Conservation Areas 19 Durham Regional Forest 24 Glen Haffy Conservation Area 26 Humber Valley Trail 27 McLaughlin Bay Wildlife Reserve and Second Marsh Wildlife Area 28 The McLaughlin Bay Second Marsh Shoreline Trail 28 McLaughlin Bay Loop 29 Dogwood Trail 29 Mountsberg Conservation Area 29 Wildlife Walkway 30 Nature Trivia Trail 30 Sugar Bush Trail 30 Lakeshore Lookout Trail 30 Pioneer Creek Trail 30 Niagara Glen 31 Cliffside Path 32 Eddy Path 32 Woodland Path 32 Terrace Path 32 Trillium Path 32 Cobblestone Path 32 River Path 33 Niagara River Recreation Trail 33 Rouge Trail 34 St. Catharines Trail System 35 Port Dalhousie Harbour Walkway Waterfront Trail 36 Merritt Trail 36 Green Ribbon Trail 37 Participark Trail 37 Welland Canals Parkway Trail 37 Seaton Hiking Trail 37 Ganaraska Forest 25 Index 38

4 GREATER TORONTO AND THE NIAGARA PENINSULA QEW Toronto Concession 7 Goodwood Rd. Newcastle 1 9 Aurora Claremont Oshawa 18 5 Markham Bolton 16 Ajax 12 Caledon Pickering East Brampton Mississauga Uxbridge 8 12 L a k e O n t a r i o N Oakville Campbellville 4 Burlington 13 Dundas 7 Hamilton St. Catharines QEW 81 Jordan Smithville 15 2 Niagara-onthe-Lake Niagara Niagara Falls QEW 6 NEW YORK (U.S.A.) Dunnville Welland L a k e E r i e Port Colborne River Fort Erie 3 Buffalo km 1. Albion Hills Conservation Area 2. Ball s Falls Conservation Area 3. Cootes Paradise, Royal Botanical Gardens 4. Crawford Lake Conservation Area and Iroquoian Village 5. Darlington Provincial Park 6. Dufferin Islands, Niagara Falls Hambourg 90 NEW YORK (U.S.A.) 7. Dundas Valley and Tiffany Falls Conservation Areas 8. Durham Regional Forest 9. Ganaraska Forest 10. Glen Haffy Conservation Area 11. Humber Valley Trail 12. McLaughlin Bay Wildlife Reserve and Second Marsh Wildlife Area 13. Mountsberg Conservation Area 14. Niagara Glen 15. Niagara River Recreation Trail 16. Rouge Trail 17. St. Catharines Trail System 18. Seaton Hiking Trail

5 How to Use This Guide Within each chapter, hiking locations are placed in alphabetical order. In each location, trails appear in recommended order. The only exception to this is for trails that begin in the middle or at the end of another trail. In those cases, the trails are listed in the order they are encountered. The description of each trail includes everything needed to plan a trip, including interesting features, trailheads, services and facilities in the area and contact information for the organization or club in charge of trail maintenance. When dogs are permitted on a trail, this is mentioned. Most parks allow dogs on trails as long as they are kept on a short leash. The length of the trail, in kilometres and miles, is followed by either the word linear or loop to indicate how a hiker will travel. The estimated time for completion is extremely generous and often includes time for lunch and sightseeing. It is often followed by return to indicate that the hiker is completing a loop and expected to return to the trailhead in the time specified, or each way when a hiker will likely double back along the same trail, or begin another trail rather than returning to the trailhead. We hope that, with this guidebook, you ll have a meaningful personal journey hiking through the natural splendour of Ontario. Happy trails! M Trail Rating Information Easy trails can be completed by just about anybody, including a four-year-old child or a parent wearing a child carrier. MM Moderate trails have uneven, rocky or root-covered pathways or include sections that might be difficult for children, backpackers or someone with a mild knee injury, for example. MMM Difficult trails attract experienced hikers, who don t mind rocky climbs and uneven or wet paths. They often include dangerous sections.

6 Hiking in Greater Toronto and the Niagara Peninsula, ISBN (PDF version), is a chapter taken from Ulysses guide Hiking in Ontario, ISBN (printed version), published and legally deposited in Author: Tracey Arial Editor: Pierre Ledoux Copy Editors: Pierre Daveluy, Matthew McLauchlin Computer Graphics: Pascal Biet, Marie-France Denis, Philippe Thomas Editing Assistance: Annie Gilbert This work was produced under the direction of Olivier Gougeon. Acknowledgements: Author: Thanks so much for all of the outdoors enthusiasts who ve shared Ontario s natural wonders with me over the last several years. In particular, I d like to thank the people who answer the phone and greet visitors at parks and conservation areas. These unsung heroes share their passion for a place with everyone who visits and many of them helped me discover highlights I might have overlooked. Thanks also to the staff at great local bookstores, who really care about their customers, including Terry Needham from Novack s and Nancy Frater at Booklore. Thanks also to three exceptional high school teachers: John Nephew for introducing me to glaciers, Hal Babcock for helping me appreciate history and the late Ina Healey, for inspiring my love of words. Thanks also to mom, dad, Lorrey, Kimm, Keelan, Chloe, Manny, Pedro, Paul and Arial for exploring the trails with me. Publisher: Thank you to Lori Waldbrook of Ontario Parks, Jeff Truscott and Guy Thériault of Parks Canada and Suzanne McFarlane of the Morris Island Conservation Area for their help in updating this guide s maps. We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Book Publishing Industry Development Program (BPIDP) for ur publishing activities. We would also like to thank the Government of Québec Tax credit for book publishing Administered by SODEC. No part of this publication may be reproduced or distributed in any form or by any means without the written permission of the publisher. April 2010, Ulysses Travel Guides All rights reserved ISBN (PDF version)