Anytime, Anywhere in Hiking The most complete guide the World! with descriptions of some 400 trails in in Ontario 70 parks and conservation areas. In-depth coverage Hiking in Ontario in Hiking Ulysses Travel Guides in of all Ontario’s regions, with an overview of their many natural and cultural Digital PDF Format treasures. Practical information www.ulyssesguides.com from trail diffi culty ratings to trailheads and services, to enable you to carefully plan your hiking adventure. Handy trail lists including our favourite hikes, wheelchair accessible paths, trails with scenic views, historical journeys and animal lover walks. Clear maps and directions to keep you on the right track and help you get the most out of your walks. Take a hike... in Ontario! $ 24.95 CAD ISBN: 978-289464-827-8 This guide is also available in digital format (PDF). Travel better, enjoy more Extrait de la publication See the trail lists on p.287-288 A. Southern Ontario D. Eastern Ontario B. Greater Toronto and the Niagara Peninsula E. Northeastern Ontario Hiking in Ontario C. Central Ontario F. Northwestern Ontario Sudbury Sturgeon 0 150 300 km ntario Warren Falls North Bay Mattawa Rolphton NorthernSee Inset O 17 Whitefish 17 Deux l Lake Nipissing Callander Rivières rai Ottawa a T Deep River Trans Canad Espanola Killarney 69 Massey Waltham 6 Prov. Park 11 Petawawa QUÉBEC National Whitefish French River River 18 Falls Algonquin Campbell's Bay Gatineau North Channel Trail Port Loring Pembroke Plantagenet Little Current Provincial Park 17 Park Gore Bay Sundridge Shawville 17 Vankleek 1 Killaloe Gatineau Hill ManitoulinExcelsior Island Evansville Byng Inlet Magnetawan Sand Station Renfrew Fitzroy Ottawa 417 Manitowaning Lake 9 Harbour Ardbeg Madawaska Barry's 11 Alexandria Ahmic Burk's 60 60 Bay Pointe au Harbour Falls 41 Carp Providence Baril Station Whitney Calabogie Bay 11 Combermere Richmond 2 15 13 Cornwall South 69 13 127 Griffith Carleton Baymouth 62 401 Orrville Huntsville Place 16 43 Denbigh Kemptville Parry Rosseau Dorset Maynooth 28 Morrisburg River Sound 7 D Lanark 12 Bancroft National Spencerville e Tobermory 3 Perth Foot's Bay Carnarvon Haliburton 1 Trail Smith Falls Prescott B Georgian Bracebridge Tory Hill r Sharbot 10 8 N u 5 Big Chute Minden Cloyne Lake a c Bay 17 Trans Canada Elizabethtown t e G 7 Westport St. Lawrenc i Gravenhurst o T 3 an Trail 15 Brockville n r a Kinmount a 69 C r Kaladar 4 6 i a l 11 a Parham 2 l l Penetanguishene s 12 62 i 16 a T k 16 Port Coboconk Bobcaygeon r r Midland a Madoc Verona 5 T a Wiarton McNicoll Burleigh Falls 8 t L a k e T il Kirkfield Tamworth on r 6 Waverley Orillia Marmora fr a 15 ter i Owen Sound 26 6 14 Lake i Lakefield 41 a NEW YORK l H u r o n l Norwood W Meaford Simcoe Beaverton (U.S.A.) Southampton Thornbury CamCampbellfordpbellford Napanee 7 Kingston Chatsworth Barrie Lindsay Hastings 401 8 4 Creemore Angus Peterborough Bath 10 Sutton Belleville Bethany Gores Landing Tiverton Cookstown Trenton Picton Adolphustown Flesherton 9 Bewdley Durham Alliston 10Port Perry Wicklow Kincardine 400 14 Walkerton Shelburne 8 N Port Hope Cobourg Schomberg l 6 Mount 9 rai 5 Amberley esT 12 Port Austin Forest 8 Orangeville 1 idg 86 Harriston 10 11 k R Oshawa A a Ajax 21 O Harbor Arthur Alton 10 16,18 Lake Ontario Beach Wingham Elora Listowel Brampton Toronto Goderich 10 Fergus Trans Canada Elmira and National Trails Clinton Guelph Acton Mississauga Bayfield 1 Waterloo 6 4,13B Oakville Other Trails Mitchell Port Kitchener Burlington Sanilac 8 Niagara-on- Lake St.Joseph Russeldale Stratford 11 Hearst Hamilton 17 the-Lake Nipigon Grand Bend Cambridge 17 7 QEW 1,9 Northern Ontario Exeter St.Marys 3 Niagara 5 6 St.Catharines Falls 11 F 6 3 MICHIGAN 12 401 Brantford 8 4 11 Parkhill Elginfield Woodstock G 6,14,15 2 10 Chapleau Crown QUÉBEC (U.S.A.) rand Smithville 2 Marathon Game Preserve Va Timmins l 53 Thunder 17 Rouyn- Ingersol le Welland Buffalo 7 Noranda London Norwich y Trail Fort Bay 10 Port Huron Erie Wawa Sarnia 402 5 3 Port MINNESOTA 6 Réserve Watford Dunnville (U.S.A.) Lake Superior 101 Chapleau Tillsonburg Colborne Faunique 69 Delhi Simcoe 9 La Vérendrye 15 61 9 129 11 E 11 Petrolia St.Thomas Aylmer 5 4 Courtright 4 2 Voyageur, National 94 Port Rowan and Trans Canada Trails Sudbury 12 11 Port Port 28 Sault 3 1 7 Mattawa Port Burwell 7 N Ste. Marie Dresden Stanley Bruce MICHIGAN North Thamesville (U.S.A.) 17 Wallaceburg Eagle 8 Bay n Manitoulin Algonquin Lake 3 a 2 Prov. Park g Island Parry St. Clair i Sound Chatham Ridgetown h Geo ic Huntsville Detroit Blenheim M Bayrgian il 14 e 75 Lake Huron 401 a k Tilbury r 0 300 600 km a Owen T L Sound Windsor da L a k e PENNSYLVANIA Peterborough na Ca (U.S.A.) Amherstburg Trans www.ulyssesguides.comExtrait de la publication Leamington 13 E r i e © Chase Jarvis/Photodisk Hiking in Ontario Tracey Arial 3rd Edition Travel better, enjoy more Extrait de la publication Author: Tracey Arial Editor: Pierre Ledoux Copy Editors: Pierre Daveluy, Matthew McLauchlin Computer Graphics: Pascal Biet, Marie-France Denis, Philippe Thomas Editing Assistance: Annie Gilbert Front cover photo: Front cover, George Lake, Killarney Provincial Park: © HP Canada / Alamy This work was produced under the direction of Olivier Gougeon. Acknowledgements: Author: Thanks so much for all of the outdoors enthusiasts who’ve shared Ontario’s natural wonders with me over the last several years. In particular, I’d like to thank the people who answer the phone and greet visitors at parks and conservation areas. These unsung heroes share their passion for a place with everyone who visits and many of them helped me discover highlights I might have overlooked. Thanks also to the staff at great local bookstores, who really care about their customers, including Terry Needham from Novack’s and Nancy Frater at Booklore. Thanks also to three exceptional high school teachers: John Nephew for introducing me to glaciers, Hal Babcock for helping me appreciate history and the late Ina Healey, for inspiring my love of words. Thanks also to mom, dad, Lorrey, Kimm, Keelan, Chloe, Manny, Pedro, Paul and Arial for exploring the trails with me. Publisher: Thank you to Lori Waldbrook of Ontario Parks, Jeff Truscott and Guy Thériault of Parks Canada and Suzanne McFarlane of the Morris Island Conservation Area for their help in updating this guide’s maps. We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Book Publishing Industry Development Program (BPIDP) for ur publishing activities. We would also like to thank the Government of Québec – Tax credit for book publishing – Administered by SODEC. Note to Readers The information contained in this guide was correct at press time. However, mistakes may slip by, omissions are always possible, establishments may move, etc. The authors and publisher hereby disclaim any liability for loss or damage resulting from omissions or errors. Write to Us We value your comments, corrections and suggestions, as they allow us to keep each guide up to date. You can send your comments to us in writing at the following address; the best contributions will be rewarded with a free book from Ulysses Travel Guides (please indicate which title you would like to receive). Ulysses Travel Guides 4176 St. Denis Street, Montréal, Québec, Canada H2W 2M5, www.ulyssesguides.com [email protected] Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec and Library and Archives Canada cataloguing in publication Arial, Tracey, 1963- Hiking in Ontario 3rd ed. (Ulysses green escapes) Includes index. ISBN 978-2-89464-827-8 (print version) 1. Hiking - Ontario - Guidebooks. 2. Trails - Ontario - Guidebooks. I. Title. II. Series: Ulysses green escapes. GV199.44.C22O582 2010 796.5109713 C2009-941717-0 No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form or by any means, including photocopying, without the written permission of the publisher. © April 2010, Ulysses Travel Guides All rights reserved Printed in Canada ISBN 978-2-89464-827-8 (print version) ISBN 978-2-89665-007-1 (digital version) Extrait de la publication 3 Table of Contents Introduction 15 Elgin Trail 89 Chapter Overview 17 Fanshawe Conservation Area 90 How to Use This Guide 19 Gordon Glaves Memorial Pathway, Brantford 93 Practical information 21 Long Point World Equipment 22 Biosphere Reserve 95 Potential Health Risks Luther Marsh Wildlife on the Trail 23 Management Area 97 Trail Ethics 25 Lynn Valley Trail 99 Maitland Trail 100 Ontario Overview 27 McKeough Conservation Area Geography 28 and Floodway 101 Flora 35 Pinery Provincial Park 101 Fauna 38 Point Pelee National Park 106 Public Lands 42 Rondeau Provincial Park 109 Cultural History Thames Valley Trail 112 and Architecture 46 Greater Toronto and Multi-Regional Trails 53 the Niagara Peninsula 115 National Trail 55 Albion Hills Conservation Area 118 Trans Canada Trail 55 Ball’s Falls Conservation Area 119 Bruce Trail 57 Cootes Paradise, Ganaraska Trail 61 Royal Botanical Gardens 121 Grand Valley Trail 64 Crawford Lake Oak Ridges Trail 66 Conservation Area and Iroquoian Village 123 Voyageur Trail 70 Darlington Provincial Park 125 Waterfront Trail 71 Dufferin Islands, Niagara Falls 128 Table of Contents Southern Ontario 79 Dundas Valley and Tiffany Avon Trail 82 Falls Conservation Areas 129 Backus Heritage Durham Regional Forest 134 Conservation Area 84 Ganaraska Forest 135 Glen Haffy Conservation Area 136 Bruce Peninsula National Park 86 ulyssesguides.com Humber Valley Trail 137 Eastern Ontario 183 McLaughlin Bay Wildlife Bon Echo Provincial Park 185 Reserve and Second Marsh Charleston Lake Wildlife Area 138 Provincial Park 187 Mountsberg Conservation Area 139 Foley Mountain Niagara Glen 141 Conservation Area 189 Niagara River Recreation Trail 143 Frontenac Provincial Park 191 Rouge Trail 144 Gould Lake Conservation Area 196 St.