New Year's Day Public Hikes 
 Friday January 1st - 1:30 pm
 Royal Botanical Gardens Arbouritum Nature Centre
 16 Old Guelph Road, Dundas. No admission charge.
  
 Come out and start the new year on the right foot with a free hike with the Iroquoia Bruce Trail Club. You have a choice of a one hour or two hour long hike through the North Shore Trails of Coote's Paradise.  Both hikes start at 1:30 pm.
 
 After each hike we will have hot refreshments and snacks in the Nature Centre.
 
 Club members will be available to answer questions on volunteering, trail maintenance, and the year round hiking programme. This event is not suitable for children in strollers or under seven years of age, and persons with walking difficulties. No pets please.
 
 Directions from Hamilton: Take York Blvd. toward Burlington (stay in left lane), cross over the High Level bridge, take the first left lane exit onto Old Guelph Road, go under the 403 bridge and look for the Arbouritum on your left.
 
 Directions from Burlington: Take Plains Road West toward Hamilton, go past the RBG main building,  continue straight as the street name changes into York  Blvd., look for Old Guelph Road on your right ( you will also see signs for the Arbouritum), go under the 403 bridge and look for the Arbouritum on your left.
 
 Via Highway No. 6 ( Flamborough): Take Highway 6 toward Hamilton and the 403, once3 past Highway 5 / Dundas Street you start going down the escarpment ( stay to the right lane), exit onto York Road and turn right, continue to the stop sign at Old Guelph Road and turn left, the Arbouritum will be on your right about a km down the road.
 
 Via Highway 403 from Ancaster: Take 403 down the escarpment toward Hamilton, once past Main Street  exit go into the left lane, exit onto Highway 6 and make your way into the right lane, further down exit onto York Road and turn left onto York Road, continue to the stop sign at Old Guelph Road and turn left, the Arbouritum will be on your right about a km down the road.

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The Iroquoia Bruce Trail Club is one of nine regional clubs of the Bruce Trail Conservancy. This membership organization governs and coordinates maintenance and public relations for the Bruce Trail. A world-renowned Hiking Trail winding 782km from Queenston on the Niagara Peninsula, to Tobermory at the tip of the Bruce Peninsula, the Bruce Trail boasts picturesque views, scenic landscapes and 290km of additional side trails.


Membership in the Bruce Trail Conservancy helps us in our goal to preserve and protect the Niagara Escarpment and the flora and fauna of this unique habitat. As well as other membership benefits, members receive The Bruce Trail News, a quarterly publication of the Association, and The Iroquoian, the quarterly newsletter of our Club.


The Iroquoia Club is responsible for the maintenance and planning of the125km section of Bruce Trail from Grimsby to Kelso, plus another 40km of Side Trails. The Club also offers an assortment of hikes and activities, organized by volunteer members.



We welcome you to explore with us the beauty and wonder of the Niagara Escarpment and the Bruce Trail...