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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 $6.00 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 $3.00 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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