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` Includes Equestrian Options 25 Years of Year In the making 2017 Is Invitation to Celebrate… aking 25 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 Canada 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 Vancouver 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 Stanley Park 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 Town Centre Park-Coquitlam River Walking Loop 9.3k– Google Map – Selfie: TCT Pavilion and Lafarge Lake 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 Port Coquitlam 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 Burrard Inlet 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 New Westminster Cycle Loop 36.5k – Google Map – Selfie: with Tall Tin Soldier at NW Quay c37 N.
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