Spring 2018 THE QUARTERLY OF THE TORONTO BRUCE TRAIL CLUB Vol. LV No. 1 www.torontobrucetrailclub.org | 416-763-9061 | [email protected] Toronto Club 2018 Annual General Meeting Saturday, April 21, 2018 Kortright Centre, 9550 Pine Valley Drive, Woodbridge, ON This year your Toronto Bruce Trail Club Annual General Meeting will once again be held at the Kortright Centre. Parking will be free and the gate will be opened at 9:00 am. Participants will be asked to contribute $10 per person towards covering a portion of the cost of lunch and the venue rental. Please note that space is limited, and online pre-registration is required for lunch. See the club’s web site for details. HIKING: There will be four hikes featured; see the hiking program on pages 23-24 for details. THE AGENDA OF THE DAY Meet and Greet 11:30 am to 12:30 pm Lunch 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm Business Meeting 1:30 pm to 3:00 pm Keynote Speaker & Questions 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm Our Keynote Speaker: Éric Hébert-Daly, National Executive Director, Canadian Parks & Wilderness Society The Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS) is Canada’s only nationwide charity dedicated solely to the protection of our public land and water, and ensuring our parks are managed to protect the nature within them. In the past 50+ years, CPAWS has played a lead role in protecting over half a million square kilometres. Their vision is to protect at least half of our public land and water so that future generations can experience Canada’s irreplaceable wilderness. Éric Hébert-Daly has been CPAWS’ National Executive Director since April 2009. He was previously National Director and Chief Financial Officer for one of Canada’s major political parties. He has worked with municipal, regional and national groups across Canada and has focussed his attention on social justice, ecological and human rights issues throughout his career. Éric is an avid cyclist and hiker and has travelled extensively throughout Canada, with a particular interest in remote and northern regions from Labrador to Inuvik. Please support your club with your attendance and keep checking E-Notes and our website www.torontobrucetrailclub.org for additional information. Directions to the TBTC 2018 Annual General Meeting at the Kortright Centre By car: the Kortright Centre is located 3 km west of Highway 400, north of Rutherford Road and south of Major Mackenzie Drive on Pine Valley Drive. Personalized directions are available online at: http://www.kortright.org/visitorinformation/directions. By transit: take the Yonge Subway to Finch. Walk to the York Region-Go Transit Transfer Station and take the VIVA Blue Line bus to Yonge St. and 16th Avenue, remember to get a transfer. At 16th Avenue, take the Rutherford/16th Avenue #85 bus westbound to Pine Valley Drive. Hike North on Pine Valley Drive 1.5 km to the entrance to Kortright Centre. Alternate Route is #13 Islington TTC bus to 16th Avenue. Pine Valley Drive is approximately 1 km east of Islington. You will have about a twenty- minute hilly walk up Pine Valley Drive and into the site. www.torontobrucetrailclub.org Table of Contents Footnotes Toronto Bruce Trail Club is published quarterly by the Board of Directors (as of January 17th, 2018) TBTC 2018 AGM P1 Toronto Bruce Trail Club President: P.O. Box 597 John Grandy Hiking Director Lucy Leung P3 2938 Dundas Street West [email protected] Volunteer Awards P4 Toronto, Ontario M6P 4E7 Vice-President; Volunteer Co-ordinator: Call for Nominations P4 Graham Allen [email protected] [email protected] Hiker Initiation Program P6 www.torontobrucetrailclub.org Past President; Land Stewardship: Bruce Trail end to end P8 ISSN 0380-9354 Peter Leeney A member of the Bruce Trail Conservancy 905-822-1877 Landowner Appreciation Dinner P9 [email protected] Hocking Hills Weekend P10 Many thanks to all the volunteers who BTC Director; Trail Director: Amazing Daisy P11 helped in the production of this issue. Marlis Butcher [email protected] Hike-a-Thon P12 Send address changes to: Secretary: Walking Wounded and Chili P13 The Bruce Trail Conservancy Robert Gillespie PO Box 857, Hamilton, ON L8N 3N9 General Information P14 [email protected] www.brucetrail.org 1-800-665-4453 Treasurer: Hike Program (March to May) P15 Karim Mishriki Looking Ahead (June) P29 For missing copies of Footnotes 416-543-6107 call 1-800-665-4453, [email protected] Side Trail Badge winners P31 Monday to Friday 8:30 am - 4:30 pm Public Relations & Education; End to End Badge winners P32 Communications Director: Opinions expressed in Footnotes are not Brigette Peters necessarily the views of the TBTC unless 416-938-8334 stated as such. Advertising does not imply [email protected] endorsement by the TBTC. Land Owner Relations: Log in to the Members section of Paul Vanhanen [email protected] the Club website using your BTC Footnotes Resource Support membership number and your Land Management Committee Chair; BTC Land Securement Secretariat Rep. own password. Footnotes Editor: Malcolm Sanderson David Tyson Proofreaders: Marilyn MacKellar 416-966-1379 Kathryn Emirzian [email protected] Advertising & Mail Coordinator: Membership: Jude Keast Alina Lin Publication Deadlines Activities Editor: Victor Ramautar [email protected] ISSUE: ADVERTISING/EDITORIAL Webmaster: Stephen Kamnitzer Social Director E-Notes Editor: Brent Michaluk Jenna Nensi Summer 2018: March 23, 2018 Archivist: vacant [email protected] Fall 2018: June 28, 2018 Information Line: Judy Leeney Hiking Director Winter 2018-19: Sept. 30, 2018 City of Toronto Liaison: Lucy Leung Spring 2019: January 15, 2019 vacant [email protected] Halton Hills Chapter: Directors at Large: Send advertisements to: Janet Le Lievre Malcolm Sanderson [email protected] [email protected] vacancies - volunteers needed: The Toronto Bruce Trail Club is one of nine clubs Fundraising making up the Bruce Trail Conservancy, which Archivist is dedicated to the conservation of the Niagara Footnotes Editor Escarpment. You are invited to visit the Toronto City of Toronto Liaison Club’s website at www.torontobrucetrailclub.org 2 Spring 2018 Club Info Line: 416-763-9061 www.torontobrucetrailclub.org Hiking Director’s Notes By Lucy Leung, Hiking Director It was with great honour that I accepted the role of Hiking Director last November and joined the Board of Directors at the same time. In a few short months, I can see the many challenges ahead to uphold an interesting and varied hiking program for our members while adapting to advancing technology, the influence of social media and a shift in demographics. Going forward I intend to build on my fourteen years of experience leading hikes and count on the support of our seventy dedicated hike leaders to continue to enhance our extensive program of organized events. Meanwhile join me in thanking Wayne Crockett for his wonderful stewardship as Hiking Director in the previous two years. As we welcome spring with optimism, I want to personally thank you for your ongoing support for our ski and snowshoe program as well as our day hikes and weekend trips. 2018 will no doubt bring continued renewals as our team of enthusiastic hike leaders steadfastly put together an entertaining program to appeal to all levels of hikers. In addition to those published in the Footnotes, many more hikes will be added to the Club’s online calendar when our volunteer hike leaders are able to schedule new events throughout the seasons. I look forward to seeing you at the Club’s Annual General Meeting on April 21st at the Kortright Centre for Conservation. You are invited to come and take part in one of the four hikes scheduled before lunch. For the convenience of members who do not or prefer not to drive, we have chartered two AGM buses, one each departing from York Mills and Islington. This year a $10 subsidized bus fare is put in place to avert a $1,000 deficit similar to what was incurred last year when the AGM bus rides were free. As mentioned elsewhere in the Footnotes, it has become necessary to implement a moderate fare increase to cover the cost of running our bus program. Unless bus fares are raised forthwith, the Club stands to lose money. We have seen First Student, the bus charter service provider, increase its pricing gradually over the last few years while the Club kept its bus fare unchanged for almost eight years (since 2010). The Board decided that starting April 1st, bus fares will increase by $1 for members and $2 for non-members. For short distance hikes members will pay $18 and non-members $25; for long distance travel, members will pay $23 and non-members $30; child fare remains unchanged at $5. On a different note, if you are interested in taking on a more active role contributing your leadership skills and personality to help the Club, consider being a hike leader and participate in our Hike Leader Training Workshop in the weekend of April 7th and 8th. If you know any friends or colleagues at work who are novice outdoor adventurers and would like to learn more about day hiking, introduce them to our three part Hiker Initiation Program: an information session at Central YMCA on April 11th, a presentation and club night at both MEC Toronto and North York stores on the following day April 12th and concluding with an introductory hike on April 14th. Remember, there is always an adventure waiting in the woods and I hope to see you on the trail. * * * * e-mail: [email protected] Spring 2018 3 www.torontobrucetrailclub.org TBTC AGM (continued): Volunteer Awards The TBTC invites nominations for the Club’s two volunteer awards: The Nina Carlisle Award is given to a longstanding volunteer (at least five years) who is actively involved in the activities of the Toronto Bruce Trail Club.