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25 Years of Year In the making 2017

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TCT25 Great Trail AdventuresYea rs On and From the Is Great OldTrail st th March 1 to September 30 , 2017

Highlighting 25 Years Old Trans Trail – a result of Canada 125

Walkers – Cyclists – Equestrians

Choose from 80 feature loop and linear trails or choose any TCT section

Win awards and draw prizes

Walk or cycle or a combination of both, with opportunities for equestrians as well. Many of the walking excursions are wheelchair accessible and are noted as such where applicable. Pedal powered-assist bikes are eligible.

Meet-ups for specified excursions are also offered allowing for small groups to be led by someone that knows a listed route. You will need to sign up as a member of the partner meet- up group called Wanderung to participate in this aspect of the program. It is totally free.

Substitute routing – log any distance travelled on the Trans Canada Trail Route anywhere in Canada emailing ([email protected]) a selfie of your choice noting mode of travel, distance, and place. It can be any distinct or unrepeated TCT sections. This option also makes it easier for equestrians to participate since most of the listed loop courses suggested below do not completely accommodate horses. General Rules: Participants register on the Trails BC website with an option to make a donation to the Trans Canada Trail project in BC. An ID number is then generated back by email when processed. Registration includes: name, address, and email. Acceptance of a waiver is part of the registration. The registration fee is $10 per person/small group/family grouping. A group will be treated the same way as a single person under one name. A donation of $10 or more minus the registration fee will generate a charity receipt. All proceeds will be used to enhance the Trans Canada Trail. Each loop excursion listed provides a pre-selected place to take a selfie. Include the bicycle or any other means used for the excursion and the whole group if participating as a group. The shared selfie or photo of each person is sent using this email address: [email protected]. The email must state your personal ID, trail ID or description and distance travelled. Optional brief comments regarding your experiences are encouraged. A record will be posted on the website along with a personal (group) ID, each trail excursion ID completed, and the accumulated distance travelled on the trail. These will be posted on a weekly basis. Example of what is sent on e-mail: Selfie, John Doe, ID246, Trail c30 (or trail description), cycled (walked) 35k Recording of distances is the total distance completed for a particular excursion including any additional distance while completing the route (not the distances to and from the route). The cumulative distance will be posted on the website. The described routes provide the best estimate of the distance travelled. We depend on you to work out your best estimate of the total distance you actually travelled. This is not a competition. The times provided to complete does not include stops along the way.

Wayfinding Maps can be downloaded to your smartphone from this pdf file if loaded on your smartphone in a program such as DropBox. Otherwise just load the map from www.trailsbc.ca.

Each of the trail routes listed give a description and highlights with links that provide:  The route using Google Maps on a Smartphone, the easiest way to follow the routes: o Make sure that you have downloaded the Google Map App on your smartphone. o Obbtain the Google Map with the route on the Trails BC website www.trailsbc.ca. o Once you have located the loop or linear trail you want to undertake, to get the map that will work with your GPS function, you must select ‘Open in your Google Maps App’ just below the initial map on the description page listing of highlights and features. o Those with data accounts will be able to follow where they are on the map with the Smartphone GPS or location function turned on. Most of the trips are within data range. o The Google Maps menu allows for a printable map.  An optional Google Earth kmz or kml file in ‘GPS Downloads’ – works like Google Maps when loaded and used with Google Earth.  A GPS track that can be downloaded on GPS devices and Smartphone GPS apps from ‘GPS Downloads’. These devices and apps allow for the recording of your path, distance, etc., and can pre-download a map thus eliminating the need for smartphone reception. One such smartphone or tablet app is ViewRanger.

Incentives:

 Certificates for completing 25 or more loops (can be a combination of more than one activity (i.e. cycling, walking, horseback riding,…).  Certificates for completing 15 to 24 loops (can be a combination of two activities (i.e. cycling and walking).  Certificate for the best story sent in with selfies.  Medals and certificates: Gold, Silver, and Bronze for o The most accumulated distance o The most cycle loops completed o The most walking loops completed o The most combined cycle/walking loops completed  Draw prizes for all registered participants: o $250 gift certificate from MEC o 20 bicycle helmets worth $50 each from Caps o 10 or more other sponsored prizes  Have a debriefing event in October at a location to be announced: o Select people to tell their stories o Announce recipient of awards and the draw o Other Partners:  Trans Canada Trail o Prizes featuring the TCT logo o Certificates and medals featuring the TCT logo o Publicity  Wanderung for meet-ups  BC Cycling Coalition and HUB o Putting the word out  MEC o Prize Sponsorship  Westwood CAPs o Prize Sponsorship  Tourism BC – Destination BC o Publicity  Affected communities o Local bulletins  FraserFEST  Media source o Local TV o Radio stations o Social media  Other

25 Walking Loops partly on and/or connected to the TCT Accessibility users are accommodated where indicated knowing that they may need to occasionally work around obstacles (i.e. stairs, rubble,..)

Vancouver Island w1 Victoria Walking Loop 10k – Google Map – Selfie: with Totem Pole in Beacon Hill Park w2 South Saanich Walking Loop 17.5k – Google Map – Selfie: with Old Farmer Roy Statue on Blenkinsop Bridge w3 Cowichan River Provincial Park Walking Loop 13k (can be broken up in two loops: 6k and 8k) – Google Map – Selfie: on Marie Canyon Trestle w4 Chemainus Walking Loop 4.8k – Google Map –Selfie: 3-Chiefs Mural backdrop w5 Newcastle Island Walking Loop 5 or 10k – Google Map – Selfie: with Totem Pole Lower Mainland w6a Crippen Pk-Bowen Is Walking Loop 12k – Google Map – Selfie: with Library in Snug Cove w6 Whyte Lake Walking Loop 7.5k – Google Map – Selfie: with trail intersection signage above the Highway near Nelson Creek w7 North Walking Loop 13k – Google Map – Selfie: Trans Canada Trail Pavilion backdrop ( Accessibility is possible from Esplanade, along the waterfront going west and then north all the way to Sutherland High School only) w8 Capilano R-Mosquito Cr Walking Loop 17k or 10.5k – Google Map – Selfie: in front of the Pemberton Station Pub ( the accessibility friendly Spirit Trail from Lonsdale Quay to Dundarave Park only)

w9 Seawall Walking Loop 9.6k – Google Map –Selfie: with Siwash Rock

w10 False Creek Walking Loop 10.5k – Google Map – Selfie: Trans Canada Trail Pavilion

w11 Vancouver Centre Walking Loop 10.8k – Google Map – Selfie: Roundhouse Train Turntable w12 Burnaby Mountain Walking Loop 9k – Google Map – Selfie: with Japanese Totems w13 Port Moody Shoreline- Heritage Mt Walking Loop 9.6-16.5k – Google Map – Selfie: on Shoreline Trail Boardwalk w14 - River Walking Loop 9.3k– Google Map – Selfie: TCT Pavilion and w15 Eagle Ridge-Westwood Plateau Walking Loop 10.5-16.7k – Google Map – Selfie: with Coquitlam Crunch stairway backdrop (Can be done as two hikes Eagle Ridge 10.5k and Westwood Plateau 6k)

w16 NE Walking Loop 13k – Google Map – Selfie: in front of Trail viewpoint signs

w23 Richmond Walking Loop 17.5k - Google Map – Selfie: with Steveston’s Fishermen Monument w24 University Hill UBC Walking Loop 17k – Google Map – Selfie: WW2 Tower Beach Bunker

Fraser Valley w17 Alouette River Walking Loop 15.6k – Google Map – Selfie: with Trans Canada Trail kiosk

w18 Langley Houston Walking Trail Loop 6k – Google Map – Selfie: with Heritage Barn

w19 Brae Island-Fort Langley Walking Loop 10k – Google Map – Selfie: with TCT Pavilion

w20 Matsqui Trail Walking Loop 8.4k – Google Map – Selfie: with TCT Pavilion w21 West Discovery Trail Walking Loop 8.7-11k – Google Map –Selfi: on Bridge over Fishtrap Creek w22 Vedder-Heronry-Rotary Trail Walking Loop 12k – Google Map – Selfie: with TCT Pavilion Coquihalla w25 Othello Tunnels Walking Loop 5.5k – Google Map –Selfie: at any Tunnel entrance

25 Cycling Loops connected to the TCT and TCT alternatives Vancouver Island c26 Victoria-View Royal-Esquimalt Cycle Loop 18.6 or 30.5k – Google Map – Selfie: with Victoria TCT Pavilion c27 South Saanich Cycle Loop 37k – Google Map – Selfie: with Old Farmer Roy Statue on Blenkinsop Bridge c28 (a and b) Full 100k Cowichan Valley - a two-cycle-loop equivalent – Google Map – 2 Selfies - Selfie 1: Kinsol Trestle backdrop Selfie 2: TCT Portal at Lake Cowichan or totem at Duncan Train Station (This will be the equivalent of doing two loops and can be done in one or two days or more) c29 Nanaimo Cycle Loop 38.5k – Google Map – Selfie: with TCT Pavilion Lower Mainland c30 North Shore Cycle Loop 35k – Google Map – Selfie: with TCT First Nations Pavilion c31 Cycle Loop 40k – Google Map – Selfie: with a Lion at Lion’s Gate Bridge c32 Seymour–Lynn Cycle Loop 35k – Google Map – Selfie: One of the Bear Island Bridges c33 a&b Delta Cycle Loop 66k can be split into 2 smaller loops – Google Map – Selfie: 2 possibilities 1) On Tsawwassen FN Boardwalk and/or 2) Pacific Flyway Monument c34 West Richmond Cycle Loop 33.7k – Google Map – Selfie: at West Dike Trail Sign c35 Arbutus-Point Grey Cycle Loop 41.5k – Google Map – Selfie: at Musqueam Totem c36 Burnaby Cycle Loop 36.5k – Google Map – Selfie: with Tall Tin Soldier at NW Quay c37 N. Burnaby-Vancouver Cycle Loop 52k – Google Map – Selfie: with Gassy Jack. Note: Shorter routing is accepted –as little as 38k. c38 Coquitlam R- Cycle Loop 36k – Google Map – Selfie: with Solar Panel in Spirit Park c39 TriCities Cycle Loop 59k – Google Map – Selfie: with TCT Pavilion at Lafarge Lake c40 PoCo Cycle Loop 25k add 10k to include – Google Map – Selfie: Bridge over the in Colony Farm Regional Park c41 Three Bridges Cycle Loop (Port Mann, Golden Ears, Bridges) 42k – Google Map – Selfie: On Port Mann Bridge with cable and Douglas Island c42 South Cycle Loop 31k – Google Map – Selfie: with the TCT kiosk c43 North Pitt Meadows Cycle Loop 52k – Google Map – Selfie: 2 Places: Harris Bridge over Alouette R. or the Pitt-Addington Kiosk c44 North Langley-Surrey Cycle Loop 46.5k – Google Map – Selfie: with the Colossus Theatre c45 Crescent Beach-White Rock Cycle Loop 32k – Google Map – Selfie: with the White Rock c46 Abbotsford Cycle Loop 45k – Google Map – Selfie: with the Clayburn Heritage Store and Tea House c47 Vedder-Sumas River Cycle Loop 37k – Google Map Selfie: on the Barrowtown Other c48 Whistler Green Lake Cycle Loop 35k – Google Map – Selfie: at Blackcomb c49 and c50 Kelowna Cycle Loops – Google Map – Choose two loops from this chart (pdf file) Selfies: Choose a spot on the routes of your choice.

Recommended Feature linear rides/walks on the TCT Route

In some instances it is possible to combine two cycling trips in one day. For walkers each section described is worth two walks for the TCT25 Program. In other words walkers only need to complete half of the sections or take two days to complete the whole distance and count it for two excursions. Note: the distances listed are one-way only. Multiply by two if you double back to the start. Selfies: While there are suggested selfie locations you may choose your own location for a selfie. You are not limited to these suggested linear TCT sections. You can submit any section of the TCT you have done in BC or anywhere in Canada. You only need to submit the location, the distance travelled on the TCT, and a selfie at a location of your choice from that section. A total distance of 10k or more for any excursion on the TCT can count as one trip; an example of a trip could be 5k in and 5k back for a minimum of 10k total or 10k or more one-way. Strategies for completing linear travel:  Use public transportation  Arrange for a shuttle  Stay overnight and continue on the next leg the following day  Doubling back.

Vancouver Island TCT Sections t51 Clover Point in Victoria to Glen Lake Langford 25k – Google Map - Suggested selfie: Millennium Peace Monument t52 Lochside Trail TCT alternate 30k – Google Map – Suggested selfie: Switch Bridge t54 Langford to Leechtown TCT spur 41k – Google Map - Suggested selfie: Leechtown cairn t55 Langford to Kinsol Trestle 34k (This new routing is dependent on the trail from Langford to Shawnigan Lake being completed during the 2017 year – wait for an announcement – links to this section will be provided at that time t56 Shawnigan Lake to Lake Cowichan 49k – Google Map– Selfie: on the Kinsol Trestle t57 Duncan to Lake Cowichan 37.5k – Google Map – Selfie: TCT Gateway at Lake Cowichan t58 Chemainus to Haslam Creek Suspension Bridge 26k (+4k to Cassidy) – Google Map – Suggested selfie: Haslam Creek Suspension Bridge t59 Nanaimo River Rd. to Departure Bay 24k – Google Map – Selfie: at the TCT Pavilion

Mainland – Sea-to-Sky TCT Sections t60 Wedgewood Estates to Whistler Train Station 18.5k – Google Map – Sugggested selfie: at Blackcomb Skilift t61 Whistler to Brandywine Falls 22k – Google Map – Suggested selfie: Brancywine Falls t62 Chekamus Canyon to Shannon Falls 34k – Google Map – Suggested selfie: Shannon Falls

Lower Mainland t63 Dundarave to Lonsdale Quay 10.5k via Spirit Trail or 21.5k via Capilano Regional Park – Google Map – Suggested selfie: First Nations TCT Pavilion in Waterfront Park t64 Coal Harbour to Science World via Stanley Park 21.5k add 5k by looping back to Coal Harbour via North False Creek and Hornby Bikeway or add 2k by looping back is via . – Google Map – Suggested selfie: Science World t65 New Brighton Park to Lafarge Lake 26.5k – Google Map – Suggested selfie: Market in Newport Village t66 Lafarge Lake to the Fort at Fort Langley 42.5k – Google Map – Selfie: at TCT Pavilion, Lafarge Lake t67 Delta Greenway TCT Alt 32.6k – Google Map – Selfie of your choice t68 Surrey Greenway TCT Alternate 23.5k – Google Map – Selfie of your choice Fraser Valley t69 Douglas Taylor Park to Wilband Park 28k – Google Map – Selfie: Front of Coffee Shop in Clayburn t70 Cemetery on the Discovery Trail to Lickman Rd 30.5k – Google Map – Suggested selfie: Green Champions sign at the trailhead monument at Immel and Mclure t71 Chilliwack Dikes 19k – Google Map - Suggested selfie: Fairfield Park sign t72 Cultus Lake to Tamihi Rec Site 16k – Google Map – Suggested selfie: Cultus entrance sign t73 Chilliwack Lake to Thurston Rec Site 29k – Google Map – Suggested selfie: Chilliwack Lake Provincial Park sign t74 Hope Tourist Info to Othello 10k – Google Map – Suggested selfie: Coquihalla Canyon Provincial Park sign t75 45k – Google Map – Suggested selfie: Coquihalla Lakes Station TCT sign

Other Trans Canada Trail Feature Sections in BC Submit any 10k or greater sections on the Trans Canada Trail anywhere in B.C. or Canada. Other feature sections on the Trans Canada Trail in BC include: t53 Trout Creek Trestle to Glenfir Station 39k – Google Map – Selfie: at Little Tunnel t76 Myra Canyon 13k – Google Map – Selfie: at Myra Station t77 Grand Forks to Fife 28k – Google Map – Suggested selfie: Trestle over Kettle River Gorge t78 Kimberley to Cranbrook 28k (plus 10.6k when Kimberley Nature Park is added) – Google Map t79 Cranbrook to Wardner 45.5k – Google Map – Selfie: of your choosing t80 Slocan Valley Rail Trail 50k – Google Map – Selfie: of your choosing

4 Excursions for FraserFEST Inclusion Aug 9-12

These 4 land excursions will be led by Trails BC. They involve cycling the land route over 4 days following the canoeists and rafters on the Fraser River for FraserFEST between Hope and the Salish Sea. We will accept a limited number of people to join us. There are 3 different ways you can register:

 Register as part of the TCt25 Great Trail Adventures Program for Canada 150 o If you have already registered in this program, just send an email to [email protected] letting us know which excursion(s) you want. It can be up to four choices. See the choices in the menus under FraserFest. You will get information regarding whether or not the ride(s) is (are) full. We will follow-up with details about meeting places, starting times, etc. o If are not already registered for the program you may do so here and enter in the comment section your choice of FraserFest Excursion(s). We will follow up in an email with details about metting places, starting time, etc.  You just want to register for one or more FraserFest excursions but not participate in the T25 Program. o First, register here but do not go to the pay section unless you wish to make a donation. o Second, in the registration go to the comment section detailing your choice of FraserFest excursions. We will email you regarding whether or not the ride(s) is (are) full. We will follow-up with details about meeting places, starting times, etc.  If you are a Wanderung member, the excursions will be announced to the members and these members will join as a meet-up group as they usually do. Wanderung members can also be part of the TCT25 program if they have registered with that program. Register here for the TCT25 program. *We will limit the number of participants depending on the number of leaders we have. Do not show up unless you have received a confirmation from Trails BC.

*These are the only excursions with set dates for the TCT25 Program

f101- Hope to Agassiz Aug 9 – Google Map – Selfie: of your choosing f102 – Abbotsford Loop Aug 10 – Google Map – Selfie: of your choosing c41 – Three Bridges Loop Aug 11 - Google Map – Selfie: On Port Mann Bridge with cable and Douglas Island c35 – Musqueam Loop Aug 12 - Google Map – Selfie: at Musqueam Totem

For your Information

Lower Mainland and Fraser Valley Greenways on the TCT

 Seaview Trail (Ferry Terminal to above Baden-Powell Staging Area)  Skyline Trail  Dundarave Seawall – walking only  The North Shore Spirit Trail  Capilano Regional Park  Mosquito Creek Trail  Coal Harbour Seawall  Stanley Park Seawall  English Bay Seaside Greenway  Vanier Park  South False Creek Seaside Greenway  New Brighton Park  Burnaby North Greenway  Burnaby Mountain Greenway with Burnaby Mountain Park  Port Moody Inlet Trail  Port Moody Shoreline Trail  Coquitlam Hoy Creek-Coquitlam River Trail  North PoCo TraboulayTrail  Pitt River Greenway  Golden Ears Bridge to Fort Langley Greenway  The Matsqui Trail  The Abbotsford Discovery Trail  Sumas-Vedder dike Trail  The Vedder Rotary Trail  The Cultus Lake Trail and Provincial Park  Chilliwack Fraser Dike Trail  Othello Tunnels Provincial Park 

TCT Alternates

 Boundary Bay Greenway with Mud Bay Regional Park  Delta-South Surrey Regional Greenway  Cross Surrey Greenway  Tynehead Regional Park  Arbutus Corridor  Steveston and West Dike Trail in Richmond – Greenway  Central Valley Greenway  BC Parkway (7-11 Trail)

2017 is also the 50th Anniversary of… Regional Parks (and Greenways)

All have great trails – Most have trails for either or both walkers and cyclists – Almost all are part of the excursions offered by TCT25 program Parks  Capilano River Regional Park  Iona Beach Regional Park  Campbell Valley Regional Park  Aldergrove Regional Park  Colony Farm Regional Park  Tynehead Regional Park  Burnaby Lake Regional Park  Minnekhada Regional Park  Lynn Headwaters Regional Park  Boundary Bay regional Park and Greenway   Crippen Regional Park  Kanaka Creek Regional Park  Pacific Spirit Regional Park  Surrey Bend Regional Park  Deas Island Regional Park  Brae Island Regional Park  Barnston Island Regional Park

Greenways  Brunette-Fraser Greenway  Grouse Grind  Lower Seymour Conservation Reserve  City of North Vancouver ‘Green Necklace’  Pitt River Greenway  Seymour River Regional Greenway and Lower Seymour Conservation Reserve  Matsqui Trail Regional Park and Greenway  Glen Valley Regional Park and Greenway  Brunette-Fraser Regional Greenway Derby Reach Regional Park with the 208 to Fort Langley Greenway  Delta-South Surrey Regional Greenway