Parks, Open Spaces and Trails Supporting recreational activities and environmental protection for our health and quality of life

The Parks and Open Space System (NEPOSS) • A network of over 155 publicly-owned parks, nature preserves and open spaces acquired G e o r g i a n B a y to protect distinctive features and significant areas along the Niagara Escarpment

• Includes six classifications for parks and open spaces: recreation, nature reserve, CITY OF CITY OF KAWARTHA natural environment, historical, escarpment access and resource management area L a k e H u r o n COUNTY OF COUNTY OF ORILLIA LAKES PETERBOROUGH SIMCOE • Some examples of NEPOSS properties include: Photo Credit: Friends of the Foundation L a k e CITY OF CITY OF COUNTY OF S i m c o e COUNTY OF BARRIE PETERBOROUGH BRUCE GREY

REGION OF DURHAM COUNTY OF NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY OF REGION DUFFERIN OF YORK Hilton Falls Conservation Area Country Heritage Park

REGION OF (Recreation) (Natural Environment) (Escarpment Access) (Historical) PEEL COUNTY OF WELLINGTON CITY OF LEGEND TORONTO Oak Ridges Moraine Trail TransCanada Operational Land Trail Waterfront Trail REGION OF CITY OF Niagara Escarpment Parks and Open Space System Trails WATERLOO GUELPH L a k e O n t a r i o REGION OF Growth Plan for the Greater HALTON Greenbelt Area* The Greenbelt is home to the largest network of hiking trails in Canada. Major trails Greenbelt Plan (Protected Countryside) Oak Ridges Moraine Conservation Plan include the Bruce Trail, the Oak Ridges Moraine Trail, the Trans Canada Trail, the CITY OF HAMILTON Niagara Escarpment Plan Urban River Valley Niagara Greenway and the Lake Waterfront Trail. CITY OF River Valley Connections Outside the Greenbelt BRANTFORD Settlement Areas Outside the Greenbelt First Nation Reserves COUNTY The Bruce Trail OF BRANT Projection: NAD83 UTM 17N REGION OF Data Sources: Ministry of Natural Resources and HALDIMAND NIAGARA Forestry, Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing COUNTY * Ontario Regulation 59/05, as amended • Canada’s oldest and longest marked footpath, running along the This map is provided for information purposes only. Escarpment from Queenston to Tobermory 0 25 50 100 This map was created to provide a broad sense of relevant geographical features and L a k e E r i e should not be relied on at a precise scale. For more information, please contact the KM ¯ Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing and the relevant municipality. • Spans over 890km of Main Trails and over 400km of associated Side Trails

The Growth Plan for the Greater Golden The Oak Ridges Moraine Conservation Plan • Essential component of the NEPOSS, linking the majority of parks, open Horseshoe encourages a system of publicly provides for a continuous and accessible non- spaces and natural features accessible parkland, open space and trails, including motorized recreational trail through the Oak Ridges shoreline areas, within the Greater Golden Horseshoe. Moraine Area. The Oak Ridges Moraine Trail

• Recreational trail spanning the length of the Oak Ridges Moraine, from the The Niagara Escarpment Plan provides the The Greenbelt Plan encourages a system of publicly Niagara Escarpment in the West to the Northumberland Forest in the east accessible parkland, open spaces, water bodies and framework for the establishment and coordination trails across the Protected Countryside, Oak Ridges of a system of publicly-owned lands along the • Stretches over 260km in the vicinity of the most populated area of Ontario Moraine Conservation Plan and Niagara Escarpment Escarpment known as the Niagara Escarpment Plan areas. Parks and Open Space System.

View the public notice at ontario.ca/ebr (Registry # 012-3256). ontario.ca/landuseplanningreview • 1-800-665-1120 • [email protected]

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