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Grand Opening of the Todd Bardes Meadowlands Side Trail by Nancy Tilt, TBTC Conservation Committee Winter 2016-2017 THE QUARTERLY OF THE TORONTO BRUCE TRAIL CLUB Vol. LIII No. 4 www.torontobrucetrailclub.org | 416-763-9061 | [email protected] Grand Opening of the Todd Bardes Meadowlands Side Trail by Nancy Tilt, TBTC Conservation Committee Friends and family, hikers, and Toronto Bruce Trail Club Conservation Committee members, about 75 in all, gathered at Limehouse Com- munity Hall on a beautiful early September Sunday. The occasion was the Grand Opening of a new Side Trail in memory of Todd Bardes, a dedicated and treasured Bruce Trail volunteer. Car and bus thru-hikes had been organized for the day to coincide with the early afternoon opening of the Trail. Peter Leeney, friend of Todd and currently Land Stewardship Director and past President of the Toronto Club, spoke of Todd's long history with the Bruce Trail. Todd joined the Bruce Trail Association in 1994 and had been actively involved with trail activities since 1996 both at the club level, the broader Board level, and most recently as President. In 2001 the Bruce Trail purchased the 39-acre Springle property just north of Limehouse. Todd and his wife, Christina, subsequently took on the role of Land Stewards. Existing ATV disturbance in the mead- owland portion of the property was an issue needing attention. Fellow Bruce Trail volunteer, Andrew Costley, came up with the idea of a community-based and monitored Side Trail through the meadow. Todd, along with support from other volunteers, wholeheartedly agreed, and through their efforts the Side Trail came to life. Andrew Costley, on behalf of all volunteers who knew Todd, spoke Hike Leader Training 2017 of him as a friend and mentor, providing both advice and leadership with wise and patient counsel. "Todd was a great ambassador for the Saturday April 8th and Sunday April 9th, 2017 Bruce Trail," said Andrew. One of his notable accomplishments was the "Flying Squad", a means of recruiting volunteers from all clubs Have you ever considered becoming a Hike Leader for the to form large work parties to assist with projects requiring significant Toronto Bruce Trail Club (TBTC)? This is your opportunity to labour wherever needed. These parties made huge strides in Trail give back to your Club and be a trailblazer. completion and maintenance along the length of the entire Trail and encouraged increases in local club member numbers. Todd, as well, The Hike Leader Apprenticeship Program: particularly enjoyed recruiting young people to connect with the 1. Attend the two ‐day training workshop. Bruce Trail. 2. Service as an assistant leader on three TBTC hikes. 3. Organize and lead one TBTC hike with a certified leader Todd had a breadth of interest in all aspects of the workings of the from the Club. Bruce Trail Conservancy from providing access to the Niagara Escarp- ment to encouraging continued preservation of its many features. Prerequisites: Andrew noted, "The Springle property, and the Meadowlands Side 1. You must have completed a two ‐day Standard First Aid Trail, have become the inspirational and interactive property Todd and Level C CPR course prior to attending the workshop. envisioned." 2. Hiking experience with the TBTC is recommended. The gathering then hiked a short distance to the start of the Side Trail Register by January 31, 2017 and receive a complimentary where Todd’s family participated in the unveiling of a commemora- copy of the 28th edition of the Bruce trail Reference. tive sign. The sign reads, “Created to honour the memory of long- Upon successful completion of the apprenticeship program time Bruce Trail volunteer, Todd Bardes. The trail meanders through the TBTC will refund the $60 registration fee and $75 towards an open meadow with wildflowers, newly planted trees and milkweed the cost of the First Aid certification. plants coupled with birdhouses, bee and butterfly way stations.” To Register and for more information: Visit the Toronto Bruce ...continued on page 19. Trail Club website, www.torontobrucetrailclub.org or contact the registrar: Andrew Wood, [email protected]. www.torontobrucetrailclub.org Table of Contents Footnotes Toronto Bruce Trail Club is published quarterly by the Board of Directors Todd Bardes Side Trail P1 Toronto Bruce Trail Club President: PO Box 597 John Grandy 2938 Dundas Street West [email protected] Hike Leader Training P1 Toronto, Ontario M6P 4E7 Past President; Land Stewardship Director: [email protected] Peter Leeney, 905-822-1877 President’s Pen P3 www.torontobrucetrailclub.org [email protected] ISSN 0380-9354 BTC Director; Trail Director: A member of the Bruce Trail Conservancy Marlis Butcher, 2017 Ski/Snowshoe Program P4 [email protected] Many thanks to all the volunteers who Hiking Director: helped in the production of this issue. Wayne Crockett, General Information P5 647-786-4537 Send address changes to: [email protected] The Bruce Trail Conservancy Secretary: Activities Calendar P6 PO Box 857, Hamilton, ON L8N 3N9 Robert Gillespie www.brucetrail.org 1-800-665-4453 Treasurer : Malcolm Sanderson, Outreach Hikes P20 For missing copies of Footnotes 905-294-5866 call 1-800-665-4453, [email protected] Monday to Friday 8:30 am - 4:30 pm Public Relations & Education: Hiking Director’s Notes P20 Magdalena Van Der Kooy Opinions expressed in Footnotes are not 647-983-7938 necessarily the views of the TBTC unless [email protected] stated as such. Advertising does not Land Owner Relations imply endorsement by the TBTC. Paul Vanhanen, 905-877-1294 [email protected] Log in to the Members section of Footnotes Resource Support the Club website using your BTC Fundraising: (not members of the Board) membership number and your vacant own password Land Management Committee Chair; Publication Editor: Sharon Magor Land Securement Secretariat BTC Footnotes Editor: Brent Michaluk Representative: Proofreaders: Marilyn MacKellar David Tyson, 416-966-1379 Kathryn Emirzian [email protected] Advertising & Mail Coordinator: Volunteer Co-ordinator: Publication Deadlines Jude Keast Kevin B. Warburton, ISSUE: ADVERTISING/EDITORIAL Activities Editor: Victor Ramautar 416-717-4163 Webmaster: Stephen Kamnitzer [email protected] Spring 2017: Dec.15/Dec.20 e-Notes Editor: Brent Michaluk Membership: Summer 2017: March 11/March 18 Archivist: John Drew Sima Patel, 416-844-5640 Fall 2017: June 17/June 24 Information Line: Judy Leeney [email protected] Winter 2017-18: Sept. 15/Sept. 24 City of Toronto Liaison: Send advertisements to: John Hough Director of Communications: [email protected] Halton Hills Chapter: Sharon Magor Janet Le Lievre Directors at Large: The Toronto Bruce Trail Club is one of nine clubs Olena Stevenson Graham Allen making up the Bruce Trail Conservancy, which is dedicated to the conservation of the Niagara Escarpment. You are invited to visit the Toronto Club’s website at www.torontobrucetrailclub.org 2 Winter 2016-2017 Club Info Line: 416-763-9061 www.torontobrucetrailclub.org President’s Pen: The Future of Footnotes - Part 2 by John Grandy In our last edition, I raised the question of whether it is worthwhile for our club to continue to publish Footnotes. Today, I would like to talk about the current and future forms communication will take within the club as we move forward from Footnotes. The Internet and its associated social media give us a new way to talk to each other. Footnotes, like all publications, is “one-to-all” – that is to say, the club’s executive and our editor decide what material we want to broadcast out to our thousands of members, and we have to hope that this material will be of interest. Our editors have done all they can to encourage interesting content from contributors, and many members have sent in really good stuff about their hiking experiences in Canada and abroad; about conservation work; about the flora and fauna of the Niagara Escarpment, and so many other subjects. But it remains a one-way conversation. Social media, in contrast, are “all-to-all” conversations – free for alls in which anyone who has something to say, or a photograph or other material to post, can contribute in real time. Imagine the kind of get-together we have when we go to the pub after a great day’s hiking. The conversation flows happily back and forth, and everyone is encouraged to contribute. That is the great appeal of social media – it knits our club members together, and through the Internet can make us feel that we truly belong. So my objective, and that of our Communications Director, Sharon Magor, is to encourage the growth of our social media initiatives. How are we doing so far? • The public pages of the Toronto Bruce Trail Club website have been completely rebuilt, and I believe we now have a website we can be proud of. The “Let’s Hike” section is extremely easy and intuitive to use, and has rapidly become very popular with our hiking members. • Our Facebook page recently reported more than 1,100 “likes”, meaning that close to half of our membership – or other interested people - follow our Facebook contributions. Conversations on our page are lively and the photos and other material posted are superb. • Our hike leaders have recently started using Meetup.com as a way of advertising Club hikes to both members and non-members. This initiative has allowed us to reach out to an entirely new, generally younger, audience. So far more than 650 people have regis- tered on the site for the Toronto Bruce Trail Club, three quarters of whom are not members of the Bruce Trail Conservancy. • Our Twitter page has 902 followers. This is a great way for us to stay in touch with people who are mobile, or whose preferred means of communication is a cellphone rather than a computer.
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