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Changes to parking agreement with
Conservation Halton –
Effective July 1, 2010
Conservation Halton and Bruce
Trail Conservancy
A Message from Conservation
Halton Regarding Access
(May 4, 2010)
Conservation
Halton (CH) and the Bruce Trail Conservancy (BTC) have had a long term
relationship working in partnership to support the sustainability of the
Bruce Trail. In appreciation of this co-operative relationship, CH has
provided access to the trail for
BTC
members through CH gated parks without charging an admission fee. CH is
currently in the process of installing electronic gates as a supplementary
means of collecting gate admissions. This operational change has
precipitated a review of the previous admissions arrangement with the BTC.
The
following are proposed options to continue supporting our valuable
relationship with the BTC membership while addressing our operational
logistics;
1.
BTC members accessing the trail by foot will continue with past practice.
No additional admission requirements will be needed to access the trail in
CH gated parks.
2.
Where BTC members require access and parking for vehicles the following
options will apply;
a) Pay the applicable daily admission rate at the gate.
b) Purchase a limited access CH-BTC Annual
Membership for a
nominal administrative fee of $25 per
person. This
membership will provide access to gated
parks where the Bruce
Trail is located on weekdays
throughout the year. This membership will not allow
access on weekends
and during major special events.
c) CH invites BTC members to purchase, at a discounted
price, a full CH
Annual Membership which allows them
to take advantage of
all associated CH benefits,
promotions and
discounts. BTC members may
purchase the full
CH-BTC Annual Membership for a
special BTC price of
$45 for an individual membership
(regularly $95) or
$65 for a family membership
(regularly $115). This upgraded membership will
provide full access
to all CH gated parks and
applicable services
throughout the year.
The
electronic gates are scheduled to be implemented in CH parks during the
spring of 2010. The implementation will be staggered over the course of the
summer and likely into early fall. CH is proposing that the new agreement
with BTC take effect as of July 1, 2010. BTC members must purchase their
upgraded membership through the CH Administrative Office located at 2596
Britannia Rd W during regular office hours.
Please
direct any inquiries to Shanie VanRossum (Conservation Halton) at 905-336- 1158 ext
239.
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 through on “Bruce
Trail” trails only. You must
pay the required entrance fee if you are parking a vehicle at any
Conservation Halton or Hamilton Conservation Authority park. 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. 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 $8.00 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 $4.00 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,
KEN LAWDAY 905-876-2527
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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