Iroquoia

Cave Springs Halloween Hike - Nov 15 - Meet at the parking area on Quarry Rd at 8:15am for an 8:30am start.

Hosting Club: Niagara, Iroquoia
Category: Special Event
Location (Google Maps): Quarry Rd to Cave Springs Conservation Area
Hike Leader(s): Ruth Moffatt Click here to contact Hike Leader(s)
Pace: Medium – 3 to 4 km/hr
Terrain: Strenuous – Hilly with steep climbs and some poor footing
Distance: 5-6km

Description

Another chance to earn the coveted Halloween Badge – We will make our way over to the Cave Springs Conservation Area and explore this unique area.

This is a small group hike, limited to 6 hikers, due to limited parking capacity at Quarry Rd which has space for 6 vehicles. If you are car pooling to attend this hike, please let me know so I can open more space up. Please do not show up for this hike as an unregistered participant.  

Please familiarize yourself with the current rules: https://brucetrail.org/pages/explore-the-trail/hike-schedule#guidelines

Fletcher Creek

Hosting Club: Iroquoia
Category: Happy Wanderers
Location (Google Maps): Concession Road 7, north of Gore Road, Puslinch

Pace: Medium – 3 to 4 km/hr
Terrain: Easy – Mostly flat and usually good footing

Description

he Fletcher Creek Ecological Preserve is a unique natural area. The area is 414 acres in size and is located at the headwaters of the Spencer Creek Watershed. The area is an important groundwater recharge area and is considered a provincially significant wetland.

An abandoned quarry at the site was rehabilitated, resulting in the creation of a rare type of wetland. Environmental improvements to the area resulting from the restoration are significant and include the expansion of a fen plant community — the rarest form of wetland in Ontario — creation of additional habitat for rare plants and animals already in the area, a new breeding area for leopard frogs, snakes, and a variety of small mammals, such as groundhogs, foxes and bats. A mix of coniferous and deciduous trees will create a canopy that, over time, will provide valuable shelter for wintering birds and mammals. The area contains a trail system and interpretive panels.

Hike Leader: Louise Langlais;  Email:  langlaislouise@gmail.com.  Cell: 519-222-4040 on day of hike. At other times, email is the best way to contact me. Wear appropriate quick-dry clothing and hiking boots. Bring sunscreen, insect repellent (summer), icers (winter), snacks, lunch, a personal first aid kit, and 1-2 litres of water. Please email me at least 24 hours before the hike to register. Sometimes last minute changes are made to hikes; registering means you won’t be waiting around the meeting place not knowing why no-one else is there! For personalized driving directions, just copy and paste the GPS coordinates into a Google search window and voila!