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IROQUOA The Iroquoian Official Newsletter of the Iroquoia Bruce Trail Club SUMMER 2016 SIGHTS FROM THE AGM PHOTO CREDITS - MICHAEL MCDONALD Our AGM was held Sat. April 16th, and it was a great success. It was well attended, and everyone had a great time. The two proceeding hikes had fantastic weather and a great time exploring the Bruce Trail. A new board was ratified, and we made some minor changes to our club by-laws. Congratulations to the following recipients for their awards. Phill Armstrong: Volunteer Hike Leader Vern Erickson: Volunteer Hike Leader Errol Mackenzie: Co-ordinator and Hike Leader for Happy Wanderers Don Matheson: Volunteer Weekly Hike Leader Connie Rusynyk: Co-ordinator for Midweek Hikes/Hike Leader Nancy Stevens: Volunteer Weekly Hike Leader Charlotte Stewart: Co-ordindator and Hike Leader for Hikers R Us Trail Maintenance worker of the year went to a very deserving Peter Rumble. A special thanks to Deputy Environmental Commissioner of Ontario, Ellen Schwartzel for her talk on our environmental rights. IROQUOIA BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2015/2016 THE IROQUOIAN PRESIDENT Doug Stansbury 905-545-2715 The Iroquoian Newsletter is [email protected] published quarterly by the IBTC, 1st Vice-President & BTC Board Rep one of nine member clubs of the Paul Toffoletti - 905-634-2642 Bruce Trail Conservancy, a registered non-profit organization. Iroquoia Bruce Trail Club 2nd Vice-President & Director of PO Box 71507 Media We welcome submission of articles Michael McDonald 905-928-5324 Burlington, ON, L7T 4J8 [email protected] or photographs for publication from our members. All submissions will Hiking Director Anne Armstrong - 905-337-3937 be reviewed and must be approved [email protected] by the Board of Directors. VISIT THE CLUB’S Trail Director Contact the Newsletter Editor at WEBSITE FOR Lynn Desforges [email protected] INFORMATION AND [email protected] ACTIVITIES: Publicity & Public Education Director www.iroquoia.on.ca Allan Meyer [email protected] Membership Director Vern Erickson 905-667-4370 THE IROQUOIAN PUBLICATION [email protected] DEADLINES Landowner Relations Director Leslie Arnott [email protected] SPRING ISSUE - JANUARY 20 SUMMER ISSUE - APRIL 20 www.facebook.com/ IroquoiaBruceTrailClub Treasurer Justin Park FALL ISSUE - JULY 20 [email protected] WINTER ISSUE - OCTOBER 20 Land Stewardship Director Gary Beaudoin 905-335-8076 Land Securement Director Advertising rates, per issue, are Scott Beveridge www.twitter.com/ as follows: [email protected] IroquoiaBruceTr 1/4 page - 3.5 x 5: $60.00 Secretary Cynthia Archer 1/2 page - 7.5 x 5: $90.00 [email protected] Full page - 8 x 10: $150.00 Volunteer Director Ads MUST be sent print ready as PDF or WORD Gloria PennyCook [email protected] For Advertising submissions Director at Large please contact KATHY BOYCE - John Farquharson [email protected] PLEASE SIGN UP 905-639-3092 FOR THE EMAIL EDITION OF THIS NEWSLETTER Fundraising Director Joelle Efford-Gibbons [email protected] 2! IROQUOIA BRUCE TRAIL CLUB Iroquoia Badges Explained Regular End to End - Jack in the Pulpit Badge To receive a badge, you are required to hike the entire Iroquoia Section from Forty Mile Creek in Grimsby to the bottom of Kelso Conservation Area in Milton. Keep a record of the days you hiked, the start and end points, and any other details you wish to add. Send $5 for each badge you require, a self stamped and addressed envelope and your hike log to Iroquoia Bruce Trail Club, P.O. Box 71057, Burlington, ON L7T 4J8. You will receive your badges back in the envelope you supplied in about two weeks. Official End to End - Waterfall Badge The annual Iroquoia Club End to End consists of four hikes over two weekends and will take place over the first and second weekends after Thanksgiving each year. The section is approximately 122.5 km. long and each hike averages 30 km. or more with one being 27.2. This is a challenging, but richly rewarding series of hikes. Volunteers will be at “check points” with water and snacks along the way. The hike will be completed independently and at your own pace, which means there is no official hike leader and you need to understand the blazes marking the trail. The registration fee is $45 for all four hikes, or $15 per day that you wish to hike. The fee covers the cost of transportation, entry to Mount Nemo Conservation Area for two days, snacks and receiving a Waterfall badge for those who complete all four hikes. Badges to be distributed at the end of the last hike. Check the BTC and IBTC websites and our newsletters for full information. Snowshoe Badge Participants must complete four snowshoe hikes within the Iroquoia Bruce Trail Club section which runs between Grimsby and the bottom of Kelso Conservation Area near Milton. You may create and complete your own hikes or take part in the series of four hikes carried out by Club hike leaders or take part in any four snowshoe hikes offered by various leaders throughout the winter. Please send your hike log, a self addressed and stamped envelope plus $5 to receive your Snowshoe Badge. Send to Iroquoia Bruce Trail Club, Box 71507, Burlington, Ontario, L7T 4J8. You will receive your badge in about two weeks. www.iroquoia.on.ca "3 BRUCE TRAIL CLUB Official Iroquoia Club End to End 2016 October 15, 16 October 22, 23 The annual Iroquoia Club End to End consists of four hikes over two weekends and will take place on October 15, 16 and October 22, 23, 2016. The section is approximately 122.5 km. long and each hike averages 30 km. or more with one being 27.2. This is a challenging, but richly rewarding series of hikes. All hikes will start at 7:45 to 8:00 am. at predetermined locations. A bus will take all participants to the start of the hike. Space is limited to the number of people on the bus. Volunteers will be at “check points” with water and snacks along the way. The hike will be completed independently and at your own pace, but it is expected that participants will be able to finish by 5:00 pm. The registration fee is $45 for all four hikes, or $15 per day that you wish to hike. The fee covers the cost of transportation, entry to Mount Nemo Conservation Area for two days, snacks and receiving a Waterfall badge for those who complete all four hikes. Hikes will go rain or shine. As part of the registration process you will receive an email with information re your hiker number, each day’s meeting point and a few guidelines. The first day meeting location is at Mount Nemo Conservation Area (overflow parking area), on the east side of Guelph Line, north of Dundas St., Burlington. Map 10, km. 91.7. Check in is at 7:00 am. with buses departing at 7:30 am. Please make your cheque payable to the Iroquoia Bruce Trail Club, and mail to Suzanne Macpherson 320 - 2040 Cleaver Avenue, Burlington, Ont. L7M 4C4 Please include your phone number and email address. For further information contact Suzanne Macpherson [email protected] or Anne Armstrong at [email protected] or 905-337-3937. Deadline for registration is October 10, 2016. "4 FIRST ANNUAL SNOWSHOE HIKE SERIES Photo Credits - Holly Sluiter 5! Trails to the Past BRUCE TRAIL CLUB By Paul Toffoletti By the summer of 1966, a great deal of trail was opened and blazed in Grimsby and between Guelph Line and the Village of Kilbride. This included a project for Trail Development to come up with a way to cross the 12 Mile Creek without getting your feel wet. This illustration appeared in the July 1966 issue of the Iroquoian with the following caption “ Almost sixty feet long and three feet wide overall, the suspension bridge at Cedar Springs over the 12 Mile Creek, represents the most ambitious construction project in the Iroquoia Section. Designed and constructed by a team led by Mr. W. Ledger and Mr. C. Arnold, the bridge was prefabricated and trucked to the site”. Eventually it was replaced with a strong sturdy metal bridge in the approximate location that is still there today. The following also appeared in the July 1966 issue and summarises the work done to this date to complete the Bruce Trail. “It is the intention of the Association to have the whole Trail complete by July 1967; the Iroquoia BTC plan to complete its section by the end of this year, so as to be able to assist other sections in trail building in thinly populated areas in the spring of 1967. The remaining portion of the Trail for which the Club is responsible, a ten mile stretch between Twiss Road and Kelso Conservation area in under survey, and will be ready for building by the fall. As the trail building activity of the Club comes to a halt for the summer holiday season, it is possible to view with satisfaction the progress made in the last twelve months. The Trail lies blazed and complete from Beamers Falls, through Stoney Creek, King Forest, Hamilton, Ancaster, Copetown, Dundas, Waterdown, Mount Nemo and Cedar Springs without interruption – a distance of sixty miles. The newly organized trail maintenance groups have been active in their appointed sections, and as more trail is completed, further volunteers will be required for these duties.” "6 BRUCE TRAIL CLUB Comfortable Hiking Holidays (416) 445-2628 [email protected] www.letshike.com OPEN HOUSE NEW TRIPS! We’re cooking up something new and we can’t wait to tell you all about it! Sunday, September 11th at 3:30 pm Crescent School Auditorium 2365 Bayview Ave, Toronto (1 light north of Lawrence Ave.