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To view all Bruce Trail Conservancy Hikes click here- 13March 13, 2023
9:00 In Honour Of Chloe Cooley
https://hikes.brucetrail.org/event/900-in-honour-of-chloe-cooley/Sorry, the registration cut-off time for this hike has been reached.Not a member? Click here to join today!Hosting Club: Niagara
Category: In and Out
Location (Google Maps): General Brock Side Trail Parking Area- on Niagara River Parkway, east of the John St. E intersectionHike Leader(s): Karen Couch Click here to contact Hike Leader(s)
Pace: Brisk
Terrain: Easy
Distance: 15 kmsDescription
On March 14, 1793 Chloe Cooley, an enslaved Black woman in Queenston, was bound, thrown in a boat and sold across the river to a new owner in the United States. Her brave act of resistance paved the way to freedom for so many others like her & set the stage for the great freedom movement of enslaved African Americans to Canada known as the Underground Railway. Participants will walk along the Niagara Parkway to the site where a plaque marks the place where this incident took place, and then return along the same route.