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Trail News & Events
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Trail Re-routes
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Fundraising News & Events
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IROQUOIA MEMOIRS BY IAN REID
Our own Ian Reid has written his memoirs in a 24 page book.
It is an interesting read about the early growth of the
club and the events that have shaped it over
The past 40 plus years. The book also includes a number
of photos, and some wonderful shots in colour.
The book can be purchased at the Raspberry House for
$10.00.
Call 905-529-6821
Proceeds from the book will go to the escarpment legacy
campaign.
BOOK
IS ALSO FUNDRAISING EFFORT
The Bruce Trail – More than just a hike.
By Don Cangiano
Six volunteer trail workers hike the entire 810 kilometres of the Bruce
Trail. The book includes daily logs, pictures, and interesting stories of
happenings along the way plus helpful hints on hiking the Bruce Trail.
To order your copy of this 156 page book, open and print this PDF file and fill out the form.
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Nominations Open for the 2009 Hamilton
Environmentalists of the Year Awards
Hamilton’s
Environmentalists’ of the Year Award Committee is looking for
individuals, groups and businesses who have taken an active role in
environmental activity and leadership in Hamilton.
Sponsored by the Conserver Society of Hamilton and
District, the Hamilton Naturalists' Club, the Hamilton Conservation
Authority, the Bay Area Restoration Council, Environment Hamilton, the
United Nations Association in Canada- Hamilton Branch, Friends of Red Hill
Valley, the Iroquoia Bruce Trail
Club and Royal Botanical Gardens, the awards are in their 31st year and
will be presented at a dinner at Michelangelo Banquet Centre on Upper
Ottawa Street on Wednesday, June 2nd.
Nominations are being accepted for a variety of awards.
The Dr. Victor Cecilioni Award is presented in recognition of outstanding
contribution to environmental activity and leadership, usually over a
number of years. Awards of Merit are also offered each year, to recognize
excellence in environmental effort on particular projects, or over a number
of years. Two other awards are also
presented at the dinner. The Hamilton Conservation Foundation recognizes a
student graduating from secondary school and entering a post-secondary
institution, with a Student Bursary for Environmental Conservation, and
Environment Hamilton presents the Betty Blashill Environmental Prize.
Nominations for all awards are due by March 31 and must
be accompanied by a detailed nomination package. Information and forms can
be downloaded from the Environmentalists of the Year website at www.eoyawards.org.
The Iroquoia Club will once again have a table or two reserved for Iroquoia
members who would like to sit together. For more information on the dinner
or for tickets call Paul Toffoletti at 905-634-2642. Please let him know if
you wish to sit at the Bruce Trail table. Tickets will also be available
starting in mid April at the Royal Botanical Gardens, Environment Hamilton,
Gray’s Florist in Dundas, and in East Hamilton by contacting John
Struger at 905-336-4966 john.struger@sympatico.ca
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Spencer Gorge Trail Closure - Posted
July 3, 2008
The Iroquoia Bruce Trail Club has had to close a
six-kilometre portion of the main Bruce Trail around the popular Spencer
Gorge Wilderness Area in the communities of Greensville and Dundas in
Hamilton. The closure was requested by landowner Canadian National
Railway Company.
The entire main trail section between km. 59.6, near the
intersection of Woodley Lane and King Street/Highway 8 in Dundas at the
west, and the point where the Trail crosses Sydenham Road part way up the
Escarpment to the east (km. 65.6 on Map 8) has been
closed. The 800-metre long “Old Dundas Station Side
Trail” which ran east and west parallel with the tracks has also been
closed.
The main Trail has been re-routed for 2.5 kilometres
through Dundas streets between Woodley Lane and Sydenham Road. This
is the route all through hikers must use. White blazes have been
posted, primarily on utility posts.
Hikers visiting Webster’s Falls may continue to
hike the trail down Spencer Gorge alongside Spencer Creek, but cannot
continue down to the railroad property. They must reverse
direction. Similarly, hikers may use the Trail east from Tew’s
Falls to the Dundas Valley Lookout and the Glen Ferguson Side Trail, but
must reverse direction before reaching the railroad property.
The Club hopes this re-route will be temporary, and is
actively looking at alternatives that might permit continued use of the
Spencer Gorge as a continuous route of the Bruce Trail.
Please check the PDF File for
maps.
Access
To Conservation Areas
Access for BTA members is granted by Conservation Halton and Hamilton
Conservation Authority to their properties on the Niagara Escarpment --
with some limitations. Please note
these details:
The free access is for hiking on “Bruce
Trail” trails only. Cycling,
skiing, picnics, & canoeing, or use of facilities such as museums,
visitor centres, or the Crawford Lake Iroquois Long House, require payment
of the full admission fee charged to the general public.
Admission fee varies from one area to another; some
charge per person, others per vehicle. Free access may be granted only to
the person, couple or family named on the BTA membership card; others may
be charged an admission fee.
Some conservation areas on the Niagara Escarpment may
require an admission fee during a "special event;" on these dates
BTA members are not granted any free access. Check the Authorities website.
In the following areas owned and managed by the Hamilton
Conservation Authority, free passage along the “Bruce Trail”
trails only is provided, but you must pay a $2.00 fee if you intend to use
the parking lots of: Tew's Falls, Webster's Falls, and Dundas Valley
(including the Governor's Road entrance, the Hermitage entrance on Sulphur
Springs Road, and the Monarch Trail parking lot on Old Dundas Road. If you enter the Dundas Valley
Conservation Area from outside, but use trails in addition to the main
Bruce Trail, you must pay the $2.00 fee at any self-payment fee
“station/machine.”
WE NEED YOUR
HELP. IF YOU SEE ANY OBSTRUCTION, CONSTRUCTION OR DESTRUCTION AFFECTING OUR
TRAIL, CALL OUR TRAIL DIRECTOR, KLAUS TRUDERUNG
905-319-6488
WEEKEND WORK PARTIES
We are having trail workparties on most weekends,
usually on Sundays . They normally
start at 9.00 am and last to about 1.00 - 2.00 pm. Please contact
Eric Best if you are interested.
Phone 905 335 8669
e-mail emosquito@aol.com
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WANTED OLD TRAIL GUIDE
BOOKS
I am still interested in good intact editions of our trail
Guide, especially the earlier additions. These or any other maps or info
showing the location of the main trail through the years in Iroquoia would
be very helpful for my research. Please contact Paul Beneteau Project /
Trail Development coordinator at 905-335-0707.
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IROQUOIA ARCHIVES
We need your help to bring our archives up to date. Our Minutes
and Iroquoians go back 40 odd years but we're missing copies for some of
that time. Could you have a look in your attic or basement to see whether
you have copies of Minutes for 1977,1978, 1979, 1986, 1987, 1988 and 1996
and Iroquoians for 1972, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1987 and 1996?
We would like to make our records complete by the time we hand them over to
the Hamilton Public Library for safe keeping. They will be available to
people for who want to conduct research or to do a history of the Iroquoia
section of the Bruce Trail.
Please contact Robert Ellison at 905 627 0072 or by e-mail, rellison@ca.inter.net
and we'll arrange to pick up what you have.
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TRAIL MAINTENANCE
We need Trail Monitors in the area from Stoney Creek to Grimsby.
If you can help, please, call Paul Beneteau at 1-905-335-0707.
Many thanks to those who called since the last newsletter
with offers of items they thought we could use for trail construction and
maintenance.
In some cases we could not use the materials or tools
offered, and in some cases we could, and so we thank you.
Our tool shed is nearing completion and we will have
more room for tools such as shovels, leaf rakes, and loopers. We still
require rail road ties, pressure treated lumber, steel T posts, 1 ½ inch
galvanized pipe, plastic pipe, and cedar posts. All must be in sound
condition. We could also use landscaping and construction tools, such as
wheelbarrows and cont hooks, as well as galvanized nails and bolts.
If you’ve got stuff and don’t know if we can
use it, call us and we’ll come over and take a look. Thanks for your
help. Paul Beneteau 905-335-0707
WE NEED YOUR HELP. IF YOU SEE ANY OBSTRUCTION,
CONSTRUCTION OR DESTRUCTION AFFECTING OUR TRAIL, CALL OUR TRAIL DIRECTOR,
KLAUS TRUDERUNG
905-319-6488
List of materials required for Trail
Maintenance
-Good, old railway ties
-Good pressure treated wood - various sizes, min. 4 ft long
-7to 8 feet long steel T-posts
-Galvanized pipe-min. 7 feet long
-Cedar posts-min six feet long
-Pressure treated plywood any size
-Heavy duty landscaping + construction tools
-Gas powered construction cut-off saw
-Wheelbarrows
-Picks, rakes, shovels, sledge hammers and other tools in good condition.
-Plastic peanut butter jars
-11to 12 inch pails with metal handles
-8 inch plastic culverts- min 6 feet long
Also, if you have small trees and bushes which can be transplanted in the
early spring, we will be happy to give them a new home on the escarpment.
For pickup contact Paul Beneteau, 905-335-0707
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IROQUOIA MEMOIRS BY IAN REID
Our own Ian Reid has written his memoirs in a 24 page
book.
It is an interesting read about the early growth of the
club and the events that have shaped it over
The past 40 plus years. The book also includes a number
of photos, and some wonderful shots in colour.
The book can be purchased at the Raspberry House for
$10.00.
Call 905-529-6821
Proceeds from the book will go to the escarpment legacy
campaign.
New Book is also
Fundraising Effort
The Bruce Trail – More than just a hike.
By Don Cangiano
Six volunteer trail workers hike the entire 810 kilometres of the Bruce
Trail. The book includes daily logs, pictures, and interesting stories of
happenings along the way plus helpful hints on hiking the Bruce Trail.
To order your copy of this 156 page book, open and print this PDF file and fill out the form.
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The Making of the Bruce
Trail, 1954-2004
A new book by Dr. Norman Pearson, is available from:
Norman Pearson & Associates Limited
550 George Street
Port Stanley, ON N5L 1H4
for $ 26.75 (paperback, 137 pages, 22 illustrations) by cheque or money
order. The publisher will pay postage and GST.
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Trail Re-routes
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Crawford Lake Re-route Posted July 2 2009
Click here to
see the recent change to the Main Trail and Crawford Lake Side Trail, just
east of Guelph Line
Spencer Gorge
Trail Closure Posted July 3
2008
The Iroquoia Bruce Trail Club
has had to close a six-kilometre portion of the main Bruce Trail around the
popular Spencer Gorge Wilderness Area in the communities of Greensville and
Dundas in Hamilton. The closure was requested by landowner Canadian
National Railway Company.
The entire main trail
section between km. 59.6, near the intersection of Woodley Lane and King
Street/Highway 8 in Dundas at the west, and the point where the Trail
crosses Sydenham Road part way up the Escarpment to the east (km. 65.6 on
Map 8) has been closed. The 800-metre long “Old Dundas
Station Side Trail” which ran east and west parallel with the tracks
has also been closed.
The main Trail has been
re-routed for 2.5 kilometres through Dundas streets between Woodley Lane
and Sydenham Road. This is the route all through hikers must
use. White blazes have been posted, primarily on utility posts.
Hikers visiting
Webster’s Falls may continue to hike the trail down Spencer Gorge
alongside Spencer Creek, but cannot continue down to the railroad property.
They must reverse direction. Similarly, hikers may use the Trail east
from Tew’s Falls to the Dundas Valley Lookout and the Glen Ferguson
Side Trail, but must reverse direction before reaching the railroad
property.
The Club hopes this
re-route will be temporary, and is actively looking at alternatives that
might permit continued use of the Spencer Gorge as a continuous route of
the Bruce Trail.
Please
check the PDF File for maps.
Highway No. 6 Re-route is over.
We are happy to
announce that the Highway 6 tunnel is now open for use by The Bruce Trail.
New blazes have been put in place on either side of the steps leading from
the tunnel. If you notice any damage to the lights, please send us an email
so that they can be repaired quickly.
Posted November 16, 2009.
If you know of any construction, obstruction,
destruction or erosion affecting our trail, please call our Trail Director
or our Project Co-coordinator. The sooner we know of problems, the sooner
we can repair them.
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Contents
& Copy: Copyright © 2006 Iroquoia Bruce Trail Club
Comments or Questions? info@iroquoia.on.ca
If you need to mail something to us through Canada Post our address is:
Iroquoia Bruce Trail Club
P.O. Box 71057
Burlington, ON L7T 4J8
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