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White blazes on fence posts, _ trees. _ stiles _ and rocks mark the trail beginâ€" ning at Queenston‘s monuâ€" ment to Sir Isaac Brock. the general who died a hero‘s death in the War of 1812 Nearby is a memorial to Laura Secord (best known today for her candy and The trail was completed in 1967 to mark Canada‘s 100th birthday. Since then club members have continâ€" ued to maintain and improve it and Steilco transferred Mr. Lowes to the company‘s public _ relations _ departâ€" ment so he could work fullâ€" time for the association A walking trail from Niâ€" agara to Tobermory was first proposed in 1959 to the Hamilton Naturalists® Club by Ray Lowes. an openâ€" hearth metallurgist at Stelâ€" co (the Steel Co. of Canâ€" ada). A trail association was formed a yvear later and in â€"1963. recruitment â€" of members begean Also in the future is a linkâ€" up with the Finger Lakes Trail in New York State which hooks into the Long Trail of Vermont and Appaâ€" lachian Trail. â€" When comâ€" pleted hikers will be able to walk a ©2,000â€"mile footâ€" path from Georgian Bay to Georgia . It all started with the Bruce. Two other trail associâ€" ations are in the embryonic stage at Thunder Bay and Stratford. _ All are being built and extended by volunâ€" teers. â€" _ the â€" Bruce, Thames Valley (London to St. Marys), _ Grand _ Valley (Elora _ to _ Brantford). Voyageur (Sault Ste. Marie to Espanola), Quinteâ€"Hastâ€" ings (north from Belleâ€" ville), â€" Rideau (Kingston to Ottawa); plus four trails that now hook into the Bruce Trail. The federation, formed in 1974, represents 10 trail associations in the province Longâ€"range plans in Onâ€" tario call for a network of trails around the Great Lakes which Henry Graupâ€" ner, spokesman for the Fedâ€" eration of Ontario Hiking Trail Associations â€" calis, ‘"more than a dream". An estimated 100,000 perâ€" sons go for a walk on the trail (or connecting footâ€" paths) in a year and more than 7,000 are members of 11 Bruce Trail Clubs across the province. The trail is a footpath, about 690 kilometres along the Niagara Escarpment, a great ridge of limestone rock formed 450 million years ago. It starts beside Sir Isaac Brock‘s monuâ€" ment at Queenston on the Niagara River, and ends at Tobermory at the tip of the Bruce Peninsula. It passes through the lush fruitâ€"growing belt of Niagara, rolling farmilands, silent woods and flowered meadows; past modern inâ€" dustrial cities and towns; and ends up following the rugged, â€" rocky â€" shoreline of the Bruce Peninsula where it is washed by Georgian Bay. By Mary Jane Charters The 430â€"mile Bruce Trail is a microcosm of Ontario. Bruce Trail offers yearâ€"round fun Four other trails are conâ€" nected to the Bruce Trail. They include the Ganarâ€" aska (from Port Hope to Glen Huron) Credit Valâ€" ley Footpath (Norval to Georgetown ): Guelph Radial Line (Limehouse to Guelph);: and Speed Rivâ€" At _ Tobermory, _ trail‘s end. hikers can take a waâ€" terâ€"taxi from Little Tub Harbor to Flowerpot Island. a continuation of the escarpâ€" ment. _ The island. shaped like a flowerpot. is a nationâ€" al park with more hiking trails leading to caves in the limestone cliffs. Campsites range from provincial parks and city campgrounds to permission from a farmer to pitch a tent on his field. _ Other sites are available from priâ€" vate commercial ventures and tourist lodges. One is loâ€" cated at Cape Crocker Inâ€" dian Reservation run by Ojibway Indians as a proâ€" vincial park. A series of campsites or threeâ€"sided shelters along the trail make it possible for backpackers to cover the entire distance., 578 Coronation Blvd. across from Babcox & Wilcox Cambridge By Appointment Only Before, the trail heads up the east shore cliffs of the Bruce â€" Peninsula _ along Georgian Bay, it follows the Beaver River Valley, a slash in the escarpment that reaches six miles in width at its mouth on the Nottawasaga Bay. From Owen Sound the trail hugs the shoreline along the blueâ€"green waâ€" ters of Georgian â€" Bay, covering 135 miles of grey rock bluffs and green valâ€" leys with rare ferns such as heart‘s tongue and walkâ€" ing fern. At â€" Malcolm Bluff, 300 feet above Colpoy Bay, look down. The water is 40 fathoms deep. It skirts exurbia â€" the city sprawl of Toronto and the Golden Horseshoe; then winds its way through typiâ€" cal Ontario farmland to the Blue Mountains, an area of high bluffs and wide valâ€" leys full of small wildlife, rare flowers and ferns. Between Noisy and Pretty Rivers, the escarpment reaches its highest elevaâ€" tion at 1,775 feet above sea level. Astrology Reader & Advisor CARD READINGS ice cream). It was Laura Secord who led a cow away from her house and set out on a desparate 20â€"mile hike to warn Lt. James Fitz Gibbon that the Americans were planning an attack. Heading north, the trail follows ancient shores of postâ€"glacial Lake \Iroquois around the western end of Lake Ontario. As a result FitzGibbon won the Battle of Beaver Dams in 1812. * Call 623â€"48 10 Mrs. Anne Regional news and views Essential to exploring the Bruce is The Bruce Trail Guide Book, available for $6 to nonâ€"members from the Bruce Trail Association, 33 Hardale Ave., Hamilâ€" ton, Ontario. The book proâ€" vides detailed maps, tells where to buy food, where to er Trail, which follows the Speed River. Eventually the Voyageur Trail from Espanola to Sauit Ste. Marie will be accessible from the northâ€" ern end of the Bruce Trail. Hikers will be able to take a ferry from Tobermory to Manitoulin _ Island, ~ hike across the island and over the bridge on the north shore to Espanola. PRECAST CONCRETE STEPS SAVE MESS, FUSS & TIME The Bruce Trail begins at Queenston on the Niaâ€" gara Peninsula beside a monument to Sir Isaac Brock. The trail crosses southern Ontario and ends at the tip of the Bruce Peninsula. 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