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History & Heritage of the Bruce Trail's Toronto Section INSIde: 2017 ANNuAL meetINg VOL. 54, NO.4, FALL 2017 Bruce TrMaAGAilZINE History & Heritage of the Bruce Trail’s Toronto Section 355 OTHHER MOODELS IN SSTORE sail.ca QUEBEC: BELOEIL | BROOSSARD | LAVAL | QUEBEC | VAUDREUIL-DDORION ONTARIO: BURLINGTON | CAMBRIDGE | ETOBICOKE | OSHAWA | OOTTAWA | VAUGHAN CONTENTS FALL 2017 s r e t s a M s e m FeAtuReS a J : o t o h P 12 50 km Challenge 2017 13 History & Heritage of the Bruce Trail’s Toronto Section 16 50th Anniversary Celebration 20 Bruce Remains Fascinating 23 2017 Annual Meeting 26 Nominations for the Board of Directors 2017/2018 29 Governance Committee Update 16 2017/2018 dePARtmeNtS 5 CEO’s Message 6 Blazes 8 Land Acquisition 10 Realizing the Dream 22 Trail Changes 32 Our Donors 34 General Store The Bruce Trail Conservancy is a charitable organization committed to establishing a conservation corridor n a h C containing a public footpath n u h K n along the Niagara Escarpment, a M : o t o in order to protect its natural h 23 P ecosystems and to promote environmentally responsible public access to this UNESCO Cover photo: Hilton Falls by Chee Ling Chong World Biosphere Reserve. WWW.BRUCETRAIL.ORG BRUCE TRAIL MAGAZINE 3 Bruce Trail MAGAZINE the BRuce tRAIL coNSeRvANcy 55 Head St., Unit 101, Dundas, ON L9H 3H8 Toll-Free: 1-800-665-4453 Tel: 905-529-6821 Email: [email protected] Website: brucetrail.org honorary President Dr. Philip Gosling Bruce trail Founders Raymond Lowes, Dr. Philip Gosling, Dr. Norman Pearson, Dr. Robert McLaren BoARd oF dIRectoRS Warren Bell (Board Chair) John Grandy (Board Vice Chair & Land Securement Secretariat Chair) Lynn Allen Stephanie Bird (Finance & Audit Committee Chair) Walter Brewer Marlis Butcher Rob Graham (Governance Committee Chair) David Hass Brian Johnston Corrie Kellestine Bruce King David Lamb (Risk Committee Chair) Janice McClelland (Fundraising Committee Chair) Leah Myers Anjlee Patel Marietta Service Frank Schoenhoeffer Sue Simons Paul Toffoletti StAFF chief executive officer: Beth Gilhespy executive Assistant: Allison Wright director of communications & Fund development: Marsha Russell director of Fundraising: Jan Graves outreach & engagement Specialist: Laura Tuohy membership Administrator: Lyndsey Martin database Administrator: Claire Davidson director of Land Acquisition and management: Antoin Diamond gIS cartographer: Scott Langley ecologists: Adam Brylowski, Brian Popelier director of Finance: Kevin Durfy Bookkeeper: Sharon Fennell director of organizational Resources: Jackie Randle office Administrators: Pat Stainton, Cheryll Sullivan, Lori Thomson Design and Production: Rossi Piedimonte Design Inc. Bruce Trail Magazine is published quarterly by The Bruce Trail Conservancy (BTC). Non-BTC related materials may not be the opinion of the BTC. Advertising herein does not imply the endorsement of the BTC. Trademarks of the BTC published herein are used with the permission of the BTC. No part of this publication may be reproduced without written consent of the BTC. Canadian Publications Mail Agreement #40040698. Return undeliverable copies to BTC, P.O. Box 857, Hamilton, ON L8N 3N9. Charitable Registration # 11921 7578 RR0001. 4 BRUCE TRAIL MAGAZINE FALL 2017 Chief Executive Officer’s Message creating Refuges: for Nature and for ourselves Optimum Route in the Beaver Valley, and rallied friends and family to help The Annual Meeting of the tell us what we’ve accomplished. But fund the land acquisition. By doing so Bruce Trail Conservancy is what can they tell us about why people they were honouring Daphne’s memory coming up this September are so drawn to our mission? and supporting conservation of the natu - 22 to 24, and I am excited to I was fortunate to get out on the Bruce ral environment – something that was be conveying all the impressive successes Trail last week, to join more than 40 peo - vitally important to themselves and of our 2016-2017 Fiscal Year. I must ple who had gathered to officially open Daphne. admit that planning for the Annual the Daphne and Gordon Nicholls Nature We gathered in a beautiful forest Meeting puts me in a reflective mood, as Reserve in the Beaver Valley (see the amongst towering 200-year old maples. I work to tease out what the numbers Summer 2017 edition of the Bruce Trail It occurred to me then – in addition to mean: funds raised, acres preserved, Magazine , page 14). In memory of his the benefits of preserving habitat and memberships achieved, kilometres of the late wife Daphne, Gordon donated funds engaging people in nature – that here Bruce Trail secured. These are data. They to preserve land on the Bruce Trail’s was another reason why our work was so important. Looking around at the people gathered, and at the plaque and bench erected in Daphne’s memory, I was reminded that preserving land is not just about what we are doing for the Bruce Trail and the Niagara Escarpment. It’s also about what preserving land does for us . When we create these refuges for nature, we are also creating refuges for ourselves: places where we can come to remember treasured people in our lives, where we can reflect on our joyful mem - ories of days spent hiking the Bruce Trail and take comfort that these places will be there for the next generation to create their memories. By preserving the Niagara Escarpment we’re creating refuges not just for the plants and animals, but for our own memories of the people and experiences that have been important to us through - out our lives. This is the truly human part of our success equation, which can’t be captured by the data: as a community, Bruce Trail supporters give and give, and the returns are immeasurable. • Beth Gilhespy CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER y p s e h l i G h t e B : o t o h Plaque at the Daphne and Gordon Nicholls Nature Reserve, Beaver Valley km 103.0 to 103.9 P WWW.BRUCETRAIL.ORG BRUCE TRAIL MAGAZINE 5 BLAZES News and Events from the Bruce Trail Clubs content deadline for Blazes for the Winter 2017 issue is September 22, 2017 NIAgARA Send content to: Laura Tuohy, BTC Outreach & Engagement Specialist, at [email protected] merritthon - November 11 Celebrate this Remembrance Day by Iroquoia end-to-end – Milton, ON L9T 2X6. Check in is at 7:00 taking a walk along an historic route. october 14-15 & 21-22 am with buses departing at 7:30 am. The William Hamilton Merritt was creator of The annual Iroquoia Club End-to-End second weekend meeting location is the Welland Canal. The Merritthon is a consists of four hikes over two weekends. Mohawk 4 Ice Centre, 710 Mountain trek approximately 45 km along the first The section is 122.5 km long and each Brow Blvd. Hamilton, ON L8T 5A9. historic canal route. The hike begins at hike averages 30 km or more with one Check in is at 7:00 am with buses depart - Port Colborne, follows the Welland being 27.2 km. This is a challenging, but ing at 7:30 am. Canal and moves onto the Merritt Trail richly rewarding series of hikes. Your MUST register and pay online. in St Catharines to finish in Port All hikes will start between 7:45 to 8:00 There will be no cheques or case accepted Dalhousie. You can expect to keep pace am at predetermined locations. A bus will on any day of the event. Registration with giant laker ships, see industrial take all participants to the start of the begins June 1 through Eventbrite at: remnants, murals and enjoy woods and hike. Space is limited to the number of www.eventbrite.ca/e/iroquoia-bruce-trail- streets along the way. people on the bus. Volunteers will be at official-end-to-end-2017-tickets- Registration is $30. Fee covers bus "check points" with water and snacks 32801949514 transfers, snacks, water check points and along the way. There is no leader. The hike For more information: Visit www.iro - a badge! Check niagarabrucetrailclub.org will be completed independently and at quoia.on.ca/index.php/hiking/end-to-end/ for registration; Event Co-ordinator: your own pace, but it is expected that par - or contact Suzanne Macpherson by email Margaret Northfield, margaret. north - ticipants will be able to finish by 5:00 pm. at [email protected] or after [email protected], 905-324-2707. The registration fee is $45 ($60 for non- September 1 by phone 905-331-7317. members) for all four hikes, or $15 per day that you wish to hike. The fee covers IRoQuoIA the cost of transportation, entry to cALedoN hILLS Mount Nemo Conservation Area for two Steeltown Stomp – September 9 days, snacks and receiving a Waterfall caledon hills end-to-end – october 7-9 Climb 1877 stairs along the Niagara badge for those who complete all four The Caledon Hills Bruce Trail Club Escarpment in Hamilton (6 sets of stairs: hikes. Hikes will go rain or shine. invites you to join us for our annual Chedoke-289, Dundurn-329, James-227, The first weekend meeting location is End-to-End hike of the Caledon Hills sec - Wentworth-498, Kenilworth-229 and at Mount Nemo Conservation Area (over - tion of the Bruce Trail on the Uli’s-305) and hike 10 km along the flow parking area), 5317 Guelph Line, Thanksgiving weekend. Bruce Trail, Chedoke Trail, Radial Trail and the Escarpment Rail Trail back to the beginning. The final event route may be adjusted to accommodate for City of •Hikers of all skills and ages are encouraged Hamilton repairs to the Wentworth stairs. •Prizes will be awarded for most kilometres This event is jointly hosted by the hiked and most funds raised by individuals Niagara and Iroquoia Bruce Trail Clubs.
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