Spring 2019 Caledon Comment
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2019 – Spring Comment Two New Badges Have Been Introduced in 2019! The Trillium Badge will be awarded to hikers who complete an end to end of the Caledon Hills Section and the Discovery Badge will be awarded to hikers who complete a series of five hikes and discover the requested items on Vol 55, 1 No Vol each hike. Full details of how you can earn these badges can be found on our club website Caledon www.caledonbrucetrail.org 2018-2019 EXECUTIVE PRESIDENT FUNDRAISING DIRECTOR Bob Ferguson Janice McClelland Follow us on Instagram & Facebook 647-224-9116 519-833-7261 @caledonhillsbtc for the latest updates, [email protected] [email protected] news and photos from the trail. VICE PRESIDENT LAND STEWARDSHIP Fred Somerville DIRECTOR 705-435-6258 ext 110 Gary Hall Cal E-News is our club email newsletter that keeps [email protected] 905-880-4037 m members up to date on major club activities [email protected] SECRETARY between editions of the Sally Cohen PUBLICITY Caledon Comment. Subscribe at: Julia De Paz [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] TREASURER VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR Andree Zeritsch Visit our website, www.caledonbrucetrail.org for lots [email protected] Colleen Darrell 519-833-2311 more information about us, including the most up to BTC CLUB DIRECTOR [email protected] date hike listings and to sign up for our blog. David Lamb SOCIAL CONVENER [email protected] Jackie Clark HIKE COORDINATOR 519-833-8531 DEADLINE FOR THE SUMMER EDITION: [email protected] Marilyn Ross APRIL 5, 2019 905-453-2254 Send your submissions by email to: PAST PRESIDENT [email protected] [email protected] Jean Kerins TRAIL COORDINATOR [email protected] Joan Richard 647-216-7550 DIRECTORS AT LARGE [email protected] Peter Leeney [email protected] MEMBERSHIP Sally Ker Diane McKenzie 519-938-6926 [email protected] [email protected] Heather Murch LANDOWNER RELATIONS [email protected] Louise Carberry 905-216-7559 Carol Sheppard [email protected] [email protected] Support Volunteers WEBMASTER EDITOR, CAL E-NEWS Heidi Bischof Kristina Zeromskiene webmaster@caledonbrucetrail. [email protected] org EDITOR, CALEDON COMMENT ARCHIVIST Jean Kerins 416-245-8662 Helen Billing 416-225-8448 [email protected] [email protected] SOCIAL MEDIA COORDINATORS ADVERTISING COORDINATOR Colleen Darrell Louise Porter 519-833-2311 [email protected] [email protected] TUESDAY HIKE COORDINATOR Kristina Zeromskiene ADVERTISING Rob Martin [email protected] [email protected] SIZE RATE TRAIL DEVELOPMENT LANDOWNER RELATIONS Dave Moule Business Card (3.5 x 2.0) $30 ASSISTANT 416-225-2069 (H) 647-973-6150 (C) Emily Stitt [email protected] Quarter Page (3.75 x 5.0) $60 [email protected] Column (3.0 x 10.0) $70 Half Page (7.5 x 5.0) $85 Opinions expressed in the Caledon Comment are not necessarily the views of the Caledon Hills Bruce Trail Club unless stated as such. Full Page (7.5 x 10) $145 Advertisements do not necessarily imply endorsement by the Caledon Hills Bruce Trail Club or The Bruce Trail Conservancy. HST must be added Send address changes to: Terms: Cheque or e-transfer with order The Bruce Trail Conservancy Cheque should be made payable to: PO Box 857 Hamilton, ON L8N 3N9 “The Caledon Hills Bruce Trail Club” 2 Comfortable President’s Message — Bob Ferguson Hiking Holidays 1 (866) 449-1908 Wow! 2018 zoomed by with many things to reflect about, and 2019 promises to be another exciting year for the Caledon Hills Bruce Trail Club with lots of hiking, fund [email protected] www.letshike.com raising activities and other Club events. There are more of us than ever before! At the end of 2018 we had just under 1,000 ICELAND members, a new Club record! And the BTC overall reflected similar success with August 17 to 27, 2019 10,400 Members. The enthusiasm of the new members is infectious when you meet The land of the midnight sun! them at the many Club events and listen to their experiences. Trek on volcanic terrain, marvel at the view atop Iceland’s “Grand Canyon”, stand at the edge of the most powerful waterfall 2018 was a sound financial year for the Club with more than $26,000 raised. The in all Europe & relax in the soothing three major fundraising events, the Elora film screening, Christmas tree and decora- thermal waters of the Blue Lagoon. From tions sales, and the Orangeville Theatre night contributed an amazing total of more Reykjavik to the northern fishing village of than $20,000. And the hiking program (Tuesday Hikers, End to Ends, Badges and Husavik, explore the most dramatic landscape anywhere. Trail Angels) garnered an additional $5800! This meant that our Club was able to donate almost $31,000 to the BTC to help secure the Trail. MACHU PICCHU On January 5th this year we held an information meeting for those members who September 13 to 25, 2019 Explore the Sacred Valley of the Incas by wanted to learn more about the recent change in BTC leadership and ask questions hiking through the famed salt pans of of three BTC Board members including Warren Bell, BTC Chair. There was a lively Maras, the ancient ruins of Pisac, and exchange of information, questions and answers. At the end of the day, all members trekking high up into the Urubamba are united in supporting the BTC Mission “Preserving a Ribbon of Wilderness, for mountain range. Then that all important everyone, forever”. day arrives when we hike into Machu Picchu – rounding the corner of the Sun Gate and seeing Machu Picchu with The keys to our successes are the many volunteers who are committed to carrying your own eyes will give you goose out the Bruce Trail Mission. The AGM on April 7 will include the elections of the new bumps! slate of directors and we have some roles not yet filled for next year. If you are inter- NO CAMPING ested in learning more about how you can get involved as a volunteer, feel free to email me at [email protected] or call 647-224-9116. JAPAN October 6 to 20, 2019 If you haven’t done much hiking over the past few months, or attended any Club An intriguing destination offering a mix of events, I urge you to take advantage of all the Club has to offer. Details are available traditional customs intertwined with in this issue of Caledon Comment, and there is a wealth of information on the Club modern realities. Its history and culture are always at the forefront - from a soak in a website http://caledonbrucetrail.ca hot spring to touring ancient Shinto shrines & dining in yukatas. Discover the I hope to see you at many upcoming events planned in 2019 like the Annual General beautiful hiking trails from Tokyo to Kyoto, Meeting on Sunday April 7, the Volunteer Appreciation Picnic in June, Bruce Trail Day including Kamikochi, the slopes of the in October and of course, on the Trail! iconic Mt. Fuji, and Takayama. Accommodations include western-style hotels & traditional Japanese ryokans, and the vibrant fall colours are at their peak in October. Thank You INTERESTED LIST Orangeville Salt & Soil Supply Inc. 2020 If there is a trip that interests you for 2020, email us and we will notify you when it for your generous donation of sand becomes available to book. No obligation necessary. which was used for our Christmas Planters helping us raise over $700 Dominica * Portugal * Amalfi Coast Ireland * Provence & Cote d’Azur for the Bruce Trail Conservancy. Corfu * Camino de Santiago You are a wonderful neighbour! Japan * Galapagos Islands Iceland * Slovenija TICO # 50018498 3 SUSQUEHANNOCK LODGE and TRAIL CENTRE Hiking in the Highlands of North Central Pennsylvania EASTER April 19 - 22, 2019 Spring training on the trails, snow will be gone with spring on the way. Ed promises a Polish Easter dinner. Canada Day - June 28 - July 2, 2019 Great hiking weather with lots of time on the south facing deck to relax, Jeanette will find places to swim. The Lodge is located in Potter County, Pennsylvania, 2.5 hours south of Buffalo. There is no agriculture or industry in the area, just great trails. Daily hikes of 10 to 15 km are led through hardwood forest, many beside mountain streams. Our lodge provides comfortable accommodation & excellent meals for $70.00 semi-private, $75.00 private-double occupancy, $90.00 private-single occupancy, USD per day per person. These outings have proven to be popular with the lodge filling quickly. For more information, including driving directions, please see hikevincent.wordpress.com or contact Greg Vincent at 519-579-8210 or [email protected] For reservations call Carol Szymanik at 1-814-435-2163 4 Jackie and Cec Clark are Club Members Paying it Forward — By Ross McLean Today, our club’s Social Convener is Jackie Clark, and her story of getting involved with the Trail is typical of many of our volunteer leaders. Jackie and her hus- band Cec had a large dog that needed plenty of exer- cise so they were always walking the trails. One day they attended a guided hike and bought a copy of the Trail Reference. “That was it.” says Jackie, “We start- ed picking different hikes each weekend and hiked sec- tions from Niagara to Tobermory. We were hooked.” Then on a hike one day they met Diane McKenzie, a member of the Caledon executive. Diane told them about the club and encouraged them to become mem- bers. Jackie says that they had felt that they “wanted to give back to the trail for all the joy it had brought us so we were happy to join”.