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September | September | September | September | September | September | 1   Bus Hike: Beaver Valley End to End Part V 8:00 AM-7:00 PM 10/01/2022 https://hikes.brucetrail.org/event/beaver-valley-end-to-end-part-v/2022-10-01/  Trip Information
Departure Time: 08:00
Return to City Time: 19:00
Departure Point: Kipling Departure Point Click here for more information or to register Optional Items
Hosting Club: Toronto
Category: Bus Hike
Location (Google Maps): Old Baldy Hike Leader(s): Wayne Crockett Click here to contact Hike Leader(s) Pace: Moderate
Terrain: Hilly, Rocky
Distance: 15 km Description
Join us for Part V of the Beaver Valley End to End. Today we will explore the area between McCluskey’s Rock and and the village of Eugenia, completing the eastern portion of the Beaver Valley Section. This will include Old Baldy with nice views of the Valley and if it is a clear day, Georgian Bay in the distance. If time permits we will make a quick visit to Eugenia Falls before heading back to Toronto. I will email everyone about a week prior to the trip asking them to let me know if they wish to order a badge. I will collect the $5 on the morning of October 1st in cash. Bring your lunch and at least 2 litres of water. Bug spray and sunscreen are recommended. Following the hike we will make a refreshment stop at Primrose for about forty minutes. Please note that we will be returning after 6 pm.
 Car Hike: Hike of 2 lakes King City 8:15 AM-1:45 PM 10/01/2022 https://hikes.brucetrail.org/event/car-hike-hike-of-2-lakes-king-city-2/2022-10-01/ Click here for more information or to register Hosting Club: Toronto
Category: Car Hike
Location (Google Maps): 14350 Dufferin Street,3km North of King Road Park along Dufferin Street or Fairfield Dr. Gathering in front of Trail on Dufferin Street Hike Leader(s): Mohammad Aghamiri Click here to contact Hike Leader(s) Pace: Brisk, Moderate
Terrain: Variable
Distance: 16-17KM Description
Will explore trails between Dufferin and Jane and visit 2 lakes in our way, you have also a chance to visit Pine Farm coffee shop and enjoy their tasteful coffee,tea,pies and cakes. Some safety procedure you need to know and follow during the hikes: Covid 19 protocol and procedure is in effect in parking lot and during hike, social distancing is mandatory all the time. Have proper shoes/boots, clothing and lots of water with you.
 Urban Walk: Early Fall Walk to Evergreen Brick Works 10:00 AM-1:30 PM 10/01/2022 https://hikes.brucetrail.org/event/urban-walk-early-fall-walk-to-evergreen-brick-works/2022-10-01/ Click here for more information or to register Hosting Club: Toronto
Category: Urban Walk
Location (Google Maps): Meet in front of the Yorkminster Park Baptist Church (1585 Yonge St.). Walk will begin promptly at 10 a.m. and will end in the same location. Hike Leader(s): Danny Pivnick Click here to contact Hike Leader(s) Pace: Leisurely
Terrain: Variable
Distance: 8k Description
Please join us for a pleasant early Fall walk down the David Balfour Park Trail to the Evergreen Brick Works where we will spend some time enjoying the Saturday Farmers Market there (and eat an early lunch). We will then return to the starting point walking mainly in the very pretty Moore Park Ravine.
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2 - Preserving Biodiversity on the Escarpment – Bruce Trail Day
8:30 AM-5:00 PM 10/02/2022 https://hikes.brucetrail.org/event/preserving-biodiversity-on-the-escarpment-bruce-trail-day/2022-10-02/  Trip Information
Departure Time: 08:30
Return to City Time: 17:00
Departure Point: York Mills Bus Pickup Click here for more information or to register Optional Items
The Toronto Club's Bruce Trail Day organising committee is holding additional short hikes on Bruce Trail Day. Bus hikers who wish may drop out from this 12.5 km hike at 5.5 km and join a shorter hike in the afternoon. ($)
Hosting Club: Toronto
Category: Bus Hike
Location (Google Maps): South Speyside Trail parking on #15 Side Road Hike Leader(s): George Lennon; Martina Furrer Click here to contact Hike Leader(s) Pace: Moderate
Terrain: Rocky
Distance: 12.5 km Description
Beginning from the Speyside South Side Trail, our route will take us through eight properties that are owned by the Bruce Trail Conservancy and looked after by our Toronto Club. We will end at the Maple Ridge property on Fifth Line north of Limehouse. Along our way we will hear about the measures the Conservancy undertakes to preserve and care for the ecosystems along the Niagara Escarpment. We will learn more about how our local Toronto Club volunteer land stewards and members of the Biodiversity Team work alongside BTC staff ecologists to protect lands along the Bruce Trail from destructive human impact and to restore native habitats.
- Car Hike: Toronto Club Bruce Trail Day Biodiversity Hike
10:00 AM-12:00 PM 10/02/2022 https://hikes.brucetrail.org/event/car-hike-toronto-club-bruce-trail-day-biodiversity-hike/2022-10-02/ Click here for more information or to register Hosting Club: Toronto
Category: Car Hike
Location (Google Maps): Limehouse Memorial Hall, Limehouse Ontario, Fifth Line and 22nd Sideroad Just outside of Georgetown. Hike Leader(s): Patricia Lynn McFerran Click here to contact Hike Leader(s) Pace: Leisurely
Terrain: Flat, Variable
Distance: 4-5 km return Description
This is a short educational loop hike ideal for new hikers and families. This is the first Bruce Trail Day event since 2019. This is an opportunity to take a hike through a section of the Toronto trail that has been involved in a number of Biodiversity activities. Learn a bit about milkweed and the monarch butterflies, some of the invasive species and visit the naturalized planting areas along this short loop.
- Car Hike: Nature Appreciation – Exploring with the iNaturalist app
10:00 AM-12:00 PM 10/02/2022 https://hikes.brucetrail.org/event/car-hike-nature-appreciation-exploring-with-the-inaturalist-app/2022-10-02/  Click here for more information or to register Hosting Club: Toronto
Category: Car Hike
Location (Google Maps): Limehouse Memorial Hall, Limehouse Ontario, Fifth Line and 22nd Sideroad Just outside of Georgetown. Hike Leader(s): Janet Patterson Click here to contact Hike Leader(s) Pace: Leisurely
Terrain: Variable
Distance: approx 4 km Description This hike offers a slower pace, and covers a shorter distance, so that we can take the time to observe and identify the wildflowers, ferns, and fungi growing along the trail. Hike leaders will also share their knowledge of the birds, insects and perhaps other small creatures we encounter. Using the iNaturalist app, participants will be encouraged to take photos with their smartphones and contribute them to the Bruce Trail Conservancy’s iNaturalist Project. https://brucetrail.org/pages/get-involved/volunteering/citizen-science NOTE: this will be a small group, limited to 10 registrants.
| 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 - Bus Hike: Queenston Heights to Niagara-on-the-Lake History Walk (and Talk)
8:30 AM-6:00 PM 10/08/2022 https://hikes.brucetrail.org/event/queenston-heights-to-niagara-on-the-lake-history-walk-and-talk/2022-10-08/  Trip Information
Departure Time: 08:30
Return to City Time: 18:00
Departure Point: Kipling Departure Point Click here for more information or to register Optional Items
Hosting Club: Toronto
Category: Bus Hike
Location (Google Maps): Queenston Heights Hike Leader(s): Wayne Crockett Click here to contact Hike Leader(s) Pace: Leisurely
Terrain: Variable
Distance: 13 km Description
Please read the following closely, particularly the information on the extended refreshment stop at the end of the walk. Join us for an historical walk and talk along the beautiful Niagara River. We’ll begin with a stroll around the Queenston Heights battlefield (October 13, 1812) with an overview of the War of 1812 and an explanation of how the battle was fought and its results. We’ll take in the memorials to the First Nations and the ‘Coloured Corps’, a unit made up primarily of former slaves from the West Indies and the United States. Due to time constraints we won’t be able to climb Brock’s Monument but you will have a little time to enjoy the park before we begin the second part of the walk. We’ll reboard the bus for a short drive to avoid road walking in the Village of Queenston and take up the hike along the General Brock Side Trail which runs along the Niagara River. I’ll makes several stops along the route to explain the War of 1812 and other historical events along the Niagara. We’ll finish the walk at the parking lot for Fort George National Historic Site. For those interested, I will offer a short bonus walk from that point to the ruins of Fort Mississauga, about 30 minutes each way from the Parking lot or to downtown Niagara-on-the-Lake. If you do the bonus walk you will still have about 4o minutes to enjoy the downtown area. There is a free shuttle service from the parking area to downtown Niagara-on-the-Lake (a 15 minute walk). It will drop you off and pick up on Market Street, a two minute walk from Queen Street. You will have at least 90 minutes to enjoy Niagara-on-the-Lake and or Fort Mississauga. There are numerous locations for refreshments including ice cream and coffee shops, pubs and wine boutiques. Or just stroll the streets of one of Ontario’s oldest towns. The Route: Please note, this just shows the second part of the walk along the General Brock Side Trail to Fort George and Fort Mississauga. The battlefield walk is another 2 kilometers. https://onthegomap.com/s/t5mm2jk0 I anticipate being back at Kipling by 6 pm, traffic and the QEW cooperating.
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9 | 10 - Urban Walk: Toronto Islands
9:30 AM-2:30 PM 10/10/2022 https://hikes.brucetrail.org/event/urban-walk-toronto-islands/2022-10-10/  Click here for more information or to register Hosting Club: Toronto
Category: Urban Walk
Location (Google Maps): Meet Jack Layton Ferry Docks, bottom of Bay Street between 9:00 AM and 9:20 AM to take the ferry to Wards Island departing at 9:30. We will return from Hanlan’s Point at 2:15 to be back in the city at 2:30 or you may drop out and take the Centre Island ferry. Hike Leader(s): Tom Swales Click here to contact Hike Leader(s) Pace: Moderate
Terrain: Flat
Distance: 10-12 KM Description
Join us for our annual Thanksgiving Monday walk on Toronto Islands. We’ll explore various parts of the Islands between Ward’s Island and Hanlan’s Point, some less often visited. We will start at the Wards Island dock and finish at the Hanlan’s Point dock. The Island Park is usually peaceful and colourful this time of year. The Bring water, lunch, snacks, sun protection and rain gear (if applicable). Ferry tickets are $8.70 for adults, 5.60 for seniors/youth under 19 return ($4.10 for children). They may be purchased at the gate (allow extra time to line up to purchase your ticket) or your may purchase in advance online at: Ferry Tickets
| 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 - Bus Hike: Beaver Valley End to End Part VI km 119.9 to km 104.5
8:00 AM-7:00 PM 10/15/2022 https://hikes.brucetrail.org/event/beaver-valley-end-to-end-part-vi-km-119-9-to-km-104-5/2022-10-15/ Trip Information
Departure Time: 08:00
Return to City Time: 19:00
Departure Point: Kipling Departure Point Click here for more information or to register Optional Items
Hosting Club: Toronto
Category: Bus Hike
Location (Google Maps): Blantyre to Fairmount Hike Leader(s): Wayne Crockett Click here to contact Hike Leader(s) Pace: Moderate
Terrain: Hilly, Rocky
Distance: 15 km Description
Join us for Part Six of the Beaver Valley End to End. Today we will be starting at the north end of the Section on the west side of the Beaver River and hiking south from Blantyre to Fairmount. It will be the usual mix of meadows, forests and hills with some nice views. Route: https://onthegomap.com/s/0vvggqa9 Bring your lunch and at least two litres of water. As usual we will stop in Primrose for post-hike refreshments and washrooms.
- Car Hike: Erindale Park Mississaga
8:15 AM-1:30 PM 10/15/2022 https://hikes.brucetrail.org/event/car-hike-erindale-park-mississaga/2022-10-15/ - #1/3 Toronto Bruce Trail Club 60th Anniversary Badge Hike – 24km
9:30 AM-4:30 PM 10/15/2022 https://hikes.brucetrail.org/event/1-3-toronto-bruce-trail-club-60th-anniversary-badge-hike-24km/2022-10-15/  Click here for more information or to register Hosting Club: Toronto
Category: Car Hike
Location (Google Maps): Roadside parking -km8.9 on St. Helena Rd, near its junction with Regional Rd 25. Hike Leader(s): Alina Lin Pace: Moderate
Terrain: Challenging, Hilly, Rocky, Variable
Distance: 24km Description
Founded in 1962, Toronto Bruce Trail Club is 60 years young ! To celebrate its birth year and the first blaze painted on the Bruce Trail, the Club has launched the 60th Anniversary badge. We are going to do a series of three hikes for a total of 60+ km to earn this badge. If you are a badge hunter, or simply just want to enjoy a long hike along the Niagara Escarpment during this golden season, join us! Depart 9:30 am. Please arrive a bit early to give yourself enough time to get ready. Prepare to walk for around 7 hours with only a 15-minute lunch break. Hiking poles are highly recommended. Terrain: hilly, rocky, variable and challenging
Difficulty – intermediate to advanced
Pace – 4km/hour
Bring lunch and at least 1.5L water
No dropouts
No dogs
Hiking boots
- Car Hike: Hockley Valley
10:00 AM-3:30 PM 10/15/2022 https://hikes.brucetrail.org/event/car-hike-hockley-valley-2/2022-10-15/ Click here for more information or to register Hosting Club: Toronto
Category: Car Hike
Location (Google Maps): Hockley Valley Provincial Nature Reserve. Hike Leader(s): Alex Brown Click here to contact Hike Leader(s) Pace: Moderate
Terrain: Hilly
Distance: 14 KM Description
We will complete a 14 km loop hike through the Hockley Valley Nature Reserve. Fall colours should still be visible. After the hike those interested may go to the Hockley Valley resort for refreshments.
- Urban Walk: Coote’s Paradise/Hamilton Waterfront Trail
10:15 AM-2:30 PM 10/15/2022 https://hikes.brucetrail.org/event/urban-walk-cootes-paradise-hamilton-waterfront-trail/2022-10-15/ Click here for more information or to register Hosting Club: Toronto
Category: Urban Walk
Location (Google Maps): Hike will start from McMaster University GO Bus Terminal. We will meet at Toronto’s Union Station 8:30 AM to take the 8:45 AM Train to Aldershot where we will transfer to the GO Bus for a short ride to McMaster University. On the return we take the GO Train to Toronto from West Harbour GO Train Station. If you have a smart phone then the return fare is just $10 with GO’s Weekend Pass. Seniors fare return from Union is $11.44. Hikers without a smartphone may purchase pass from Hike Leader at Union Station. If meeting us at McMaster you will have to make your way back to start by local transit or Uber and parking fee would apply. Hike Leader(s): Tom Swales Click here to contact Hike Leader(s) Pace: Moderate
Terrain: Flat, Hilly, Variable
Distance: 12-13 km Description
This will be a one way hike through the trails of the RBG’s (Royal Botanical Gardens) South Shore Cootes Paradise Trails to Princess Point and then continuing on Hamilton’s Waterfront Trail along Burlington Bay to Bayfront Park which is a 7 minute walk to the West Harbour GO Station. Cootes Paradise is the largest and most diverse of RBG’s sanctuaries. Nestled between the Niagara Escarpment and Lake Ontario the picturesque area is significant as a migratory bird flyover zone and home to a wide variety of flora and fauna. There will be a few hills including one steeper one. This will be a repeat of my May 21st hike but hopefully with some Fall Colours, less heat, and no “Derecho” storm.
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16 - Mississauga: Old Meadowvale Village Pumpkin Pie Tour
10:45 AM-3:15 PM 10/16/2022 https://hikes.brucetrail.org/event/mississauga-old-meadowvale-village-pumpkin-pie-tour/2022-10-16/  Click here for more information or to register Hosting Club: Toronto
Category: Urban Walk
Location (Google Maps): Meet at Kipling Terminal by 9:00 a.m. for a 9:09 a.m. departure on MiWay bus # 11 to Goreway Dr & Derry Rd. We will be transferring to Bus # 42 leaving at 9:48 to Derry Rd at Bellshire Gate arriving at 10:14 to begin the hike, a 1.4 km walk-in. Or if driving your car to the hike, meet the rest of us at 10:35 in the parking lot of the Credit Valley Conservation Authority, 1255 Old Derry Road. Hike Leader(s): Andrew Proczek Click here to contact Hike Leader(s) Pace: Leisurely
Terrain: Flat
Distance: 6.5 km car users; 9.3 km transit users Description
Come and join us for an encore tour of Meadowvale Village with local resident, Terry Wilson, and sample some homemade pumpkin pie in the bargain. If you’ve missed the previous tours, here is your chance to meet and hear a wonderful storyteller. To begin Terry will guide us through his replica miniature pioneer village, a labor of love created with his late mother Rosemary in a desperate and loving response to what was quickly being lost in an ever-encroaching city. After exploring his miniature Meadowvale Village, Terry will accompany and guide us through the life-size one. If you have an interest in Canadian Painting and the Group of Seven you will find the tour all the more interesting. It is said, if Meadowvale Village hadn’t existed, a collective of artists would have had to invent it. Fred Haines, a colleague and friend of the Group of Seven, is probably the village’s most revered artist who lived there for 26 years until 1930. Starting from the Credit Valley Conservation Authority parking we will hike a section of the former Radial Railway within the Meadowvale Conservation Area and then back and over the pedestrian bridge spanning the Credit and work our way East to the Old Village. Together, the hike/tour will take approx. 3.5 hours including a 30-minute lunch/pumpkin pie stop in Rosemary’s Garden. Terry’s latest volume of stories, titled, “Home with Rosemary” 2022, can now be purchased from Amazon.ca. I will be raffling a few copies of this volume and some premium bakery goods. Please bring loonies or twonies. Each ticket will cost only $1. I will also have a few copies of Terry’s book on hand for a $30 reduced price for any takers. Terry does not charge for his tours, so it is always with hope that you purchase his stories. The tour will be done in two loops and car users will also have the opportunity to drop out early on the second loop shortly after lunch. Public Washrooms available inside the Conservation Area grounds that we can access before and after our village tour. Please bring minimum 1.5 L of water, a lunch or snacks, and your questions for Terry. You can watch Terry’s YouTube video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sv3xliKZtYE
| 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 - Coach Trip: Algonquin Park – Centennial Ridges Trail
7:00 AM-7:30 PM 10/22/2022 https://hikes.brucetrail.org/event/algonquin-park-centennial-ridges-trail/2022-10-22/  Click here for more information or to register Hosting Club: Toronto
Category: Day Coach Trips
Location (Google Maps): Centennial Ridges Trail, Algonquin Provincial Park Hike Leader(s): Martina Furrer, Duro Vukman, Michael Humpage, Leonora Rochwerger Click here to contact Hike Leader(s) Pace: Moderate
Terrain: Hilly
Distance: 11.5 KM Description
Bus departure time: 7 AM Bus departure location: 10 York Mills Rd. Join us for an awesome fall hike with spectacular views of the Algonquin Park wilderness. We will split into two groups and hike the Centennial Ridges Trail in opposite directions. Both groups will hike the entire trail at similar paces so that we finish around the same time. The trail is hilly and challenging, with some rocks and routes underfoot. We hope to complete the loop in about 5 hours (including all breaks), no drop-outs. There will be many great view and water stops along the way, and a scenic lunch spot. Bring lunch, snacks, water (at least 2 litres), sun and rain protection. We will be travelling in a washroom equipped highway coach. The cost includes coach fare and park admission/bus parking fee.
- Car Hike: Fall in Happy Valley King City
8:15 AM-1:30 PM 10/22/2022 https://hikes.brucetrail.org/event/car-hike-fall-in-happy-valley-king-city/2022-10-22/ - Urban Walk: 16 Mile Creek, Oakville
9:15 AM-3:30 PM 10/22/2022 https://hikes.brucetrail.org/event/16-mile-creek-oakville-3/2022-10-22/  Click here for more information or to register Hosting Club: Toronto
Category: Urban Walk
Location (Google Maps): Starts and ends at Oakville GO Station Hike Leader(s): Ginny Giraudi, Wayne Crockett Click here to contact Hike Leader(s) Pace: Moderate
Terrain: Other (Refer to Description)
Distance: 15 km Description
If you are planning to travel by GO train to Oakville please meet Wayne Crockett by the information desk with the clock over it in Union Station in the Great Hall (off Front Street). You will be taking the 8:44 am westbound train, so please arrive 15 minutes prior to that. Please use the bathroom while on the GO train as there is little time for it at the Oakville GO station. You can also drive to the Oakville Station and meet us there. Parking is free on the weekends. We will all meet at 9:25 am at the Oakville Transit Bus Platform 27 at the Oakville GO Station (click here for station diagram.) From here we will board Bus 13 at 9:40 am and take a short bus ride to the start point of our hike. Oakville Transit buses accept Presto, and if you have paid for the GO train, the fare for the Oakville bus will register as zero. We will walk a 15 km looping trail through the 16-Mile Creek ravine (click here for route map), stopping at the halfway point for lunch (port-a-potties only; bring hand sanitizer and tp) and return to the Oakville GO Station. The trail is stone dust gravel or asphalt and mostly flat except for two steep declines and two long climbs. There is one long set of stairs to descend. The after-hike pub stop is at the Beertown Public House (click here for menu) near the Oakville GO Station.
- #2/3 Toronto Bruce Trail Club 60th Anniversary Badge Hike – 22km
9:30 AM-4:30 PM 10/22/2022 https://hikes.brucetrail.org/event/2-3-toronto-bruce-trail-club-60th-anniversary-badge-hike-20km/2022-10-22/  Click here for more information or to register Hosting Club: Toronto
Category: Car Hike
Location (Google Maps): Limehouse Conservation Area – west of km20.4 at the baseball diamond. Access from the Fifth Line, just southeast of the village of Limehouse. Hike Leader(s): Alina Lin Pace: Moderate
Terrain: Challenging, Hilly, Rocky, Variable
Distance: 22km Description
Founded in 1962, Toronto Bruce Trail Club is 60 years young ! To celebrate its birth year and the first blaze painted on the Bruce Trail, the Club has launched the 60th Anniversary badge. We are going to do a series of three hikes for a total of 60+ km to earn this badge. If you are a badge hunter, or simply just want to enjoy a long hike along the Niagara Escarpment during this golden season, join us! Depart 9:30 am. Please arrive a bit early to give yourself enough time to get ready. Prepare to walk for around 7 hours with only a 15-minute lunch break. Hiking poles are highly recommended. Terrain: hilly, rocky, variable and challenging
Difficulty – intermediate to advanced
Pace – 4km/hour
Bring lunch and at least 1.5L water
No dropouts
No dogs
Hiking boots
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23 - Car Hike: Hockley Valley There and Back
9:00 AM-2:00 PM 10/23/2022 https://hikes.brucetrail.org/event/car-hike-hockley-valley-there-and-back/2022-10-23/  Click here for more information or to register Hosting Club: Toronto
Category: Car Hike
Location (Google Maps): Hockley Road Parking Area, located on the north side of Hockley Road at the Hockley Road Side Trail. Hike Leader(s): Liz Hemmerick – Leader, Peter Leeney – Sweep Click here to contact Hike Leader(s) Pace: Moderate
Terrain: Variable
Distance: 15 km Description
Enjoy the rolling trails of the Hockley Valley passing babbling brooks. We will walk to Dunby Road on the main trail and then take in the Cam Snell Side Trail on our return. The pace will be moderate/brisk. Please bring a minimum of 2 litres of water and lunch. Hiking boots are strongly recommended. You may find hiking poles helpful on the hilly sections. Depending on the weather, there can be muddy/slippery sections. Please arrive by 8:45 a.m. as we will be departing promptly at 9:00 a.m.
- Urban Walk: Fall walk in North York
9:45 AM-12:00 PM 10/23/2022 https://hikes.brucetrail.org/event/urban-walk-fall-walk-in-north-york/2022-10-23/ Click here for more information or to register Hosting Club: Toronto
Category: Urban Walk
Location (Google Maps): Meet in front of the Starbucks at North York Centre. Note that the walk will end near Bathurst and Wilson. Hike Leader(s): Danny Pivnick Click here to contact Hike Leader(s) Pace: Moderate
Terrain: Variable
Distance: 7 kms Description
Please join us for a lovely fall walk in North York. Beginning at North York Centre, we will through Mel Lastman Square and York Cemetery into the trail system that leads to Earl Bales Park. After exploring the park, we will emerge in the very pretty Armour Heights neighbourhood of the city. Stick around after the walk to sample of the best bagels in the city at Bagel World on Wilson Avenue!
- Lynde Shores Conservation Area
10:30 AM-2:30 PM 10/23/2022 https://hikes.brucetrail.org/event/lynde-shores-conservation-area-2/2022-10-23/ Click here for more information or to register Hosting Club: Toronto
Category: Urban Walk
Location (Google Maps): Lyne Shores Conservation Area – New Parking Lot on Halls Road Transit riders coming from Toronto can meet Tom Swales at Union Station in the Great Hall at 8.35 am. You will be taking the 8.50 GO Train to Whitby, taking a short bus ride, and will be walking down Halls Rd. to meet the drivers. Note that due to construction on the Lakeshore West line there will be no train service west of Union Station of the Lakeshore Line on Sun Oct 23rd so you will have to take the TTC to Union or Danforth GO stations to take the train to Whitby if coming from the west end of the city. Hike Leader(s): Lisa R. Lifshitz, Tom Swales Click here to contact Hike Leader(s) Pace: Moderate
Terrain: Flat
Distance: 10 km Description
Come support Lisa on her “graduation hike” to become a certified TBTC Hike Leader and join us for a lovely and relaxing car hike/urban walk at Lynde Shores Conservation Area, 1225 Victoria Street, Whitby on Sunday, October 23rd. We expect to see fall colours and hopefully, birds and other wildlife at the Cranberry Marsh. We will cover almost all of the trails, including the Chickadee Trail. Depending on the mood of the group we may also go for refreshments afterwards. Terrain and Speed – Flat, 3.5k, with stops for photos (approximately 4 hours)
| 24 | 25 | 26 - LIMEHOUSE AND BEYOND: Exploring history and landscape in the Halton Hills (BTRG Map 12)
8:30 AM-2:00 PM 10/26/2022 https://hikes.brucetrail.org/event/limehouse-and-beyond-exploring-history-and-landscape-in-the-halton-hills-btrg-map-12/2022-10-26/  Hike open to BTC Members only. Click here for more information or to register Hosting Club: Toronto
Category: Car Hike
Location (Google Maps): Meet at Public parking across from Limehouse Public School
11122 22 Side road
Limehouse On Hike Leader(s): Martha Wheaton, Fayyaz Mahmood Click here to contact Hike Leader(s) Pace: Brisk, Moderate
Terrain: Rocky, Variable
Distance: 15km Description
Join us for a fall exploration of pretty wooded and meadowland trails, local history and interesting geologic features as we hike the Black Creek side trail and main trail in Limehouse Conservation Area as well as the nearby Canada Goose side trail and main trail. Depending on interest we will finish our hike with the Todd Bardes Meadowland Trail. NB Since we will be connecting trails to form our loop we will have a short 1.5km road walk along the Canada Goose side trail. Make sure to bring a lunch as we will be stopping to eat. A litre of water and trail shoes/boots are a must! This hike is suited to experienced hikers who are comfortable with a moderate to brisk pace and some challenging terrain that will include rocky scrambles, steep ladders, stiles and potentially some slippery muddy sections depending on weather. Please arrive 15 minutes early to complete your registration as the hike will depart at 8:30. See you there!
| 27 | 28 | 29 - Bus Hike: Beaver Valley End to End Part VII km 104.5 to km 89.5
8:00 AM-7:00 PM 10/29/2022 https://hikes.brucetrail.org/event/beaver-valley-end-to-end-part-vii-km-104-5-to-km-89-5/2022-10-29/ Trip Information
Departure Time: 08:00
Return to City Time: 19:00
Departure Point: Kipling Departure Point Click here for more information or to register Optional Items
Hosting Club: Toronto
Category: Bus Hike
Location (Google Maps): Webwood Falls Nature Preserve to the Beaverdale Forest Area Hike Leader(s): Wayne Crockett Click here to contact Hike Leader(s) Pace: Moderate
Terrain: Hilly, Rocky, Variable
Distance: 15 km Description
We continue southward today on the west side of the Beaver Valley from the Webwood Nature Preserve to the Beaverdale Forest Area. As parking is limited we will have to walk out an extra km on country road to meet the bus at the end of the day. The route will be the usual mixture of meadows, forestland, hills and some road walking to link the interesting parts. Bring at least two litres of water and your lunch. After the hike we will make our usual refreshment stop in Primrose.
- Car Hike:Fall sceneries’ of Uxbridge
8:15 AM-2:00 PM 10/29/2022 https://hikes.brucetrail.org/event/car-hike-rouge-national-park-toronto-2/2022-10-29/ - #3/3 Toronto Bruce Trail Club 60th Anniversary Badge Hike – 18km
9:30 AM-4:00 PM 10/29/2022 https://hikes.brucetrail.org/event/3-3-toronto-bruce-trail-club-60th-anniversary-badge-hike-18km/2022-10-29/  Click here for more information or to register Hosting Club: Toronto
Category: Car Hike
Location (Google Maps): Scotsdale Farm -North of km29.7.Enter from Trafalgar Rd, 1.7 km nothwest of Highway 7. PS: 43.687772, -79.990300 Hike Leader(s): Alina Lin Pace: Moderate
Terrain: Challenging, Hilly, Rocky, Variable
Distance: 18km Description
Founded in 1962, Toronto Bruce Trail Club is 60 years young ! To celebrate its birth year and the first blaze painted on the Bruce Trail, the Club has launched the 60th Anniversary badge. We are going to do a series of three hikes for a total of 60+ km to earn this badge. If you are a badge hunter, or simply just want to enjoy a long hike along the Niagara Escarpment during this golden season, join us! Depart 9:30 am. Please arrive a bit early to give yourself enough time to get ready. Prepare to walk for around 6 hours with only a 15-minute lunch break. Hiking poles are highly recommended. Terrain: hilly, rocky, variable and challenging
Difficulty – intermediate to advanced
Pace – 4km/hour
Bring lunch and at least 1.5L water
No dropouts
No dogs
Hiking boots
- Urban Walk: Unionville – Markham, Rouge River Trail
10:00 AM-2:30 PM 10/29/2022 https://hikes.brucetrail.org/event/urban-walk-unionville-markham-rouge-river-trail/2022-10-29/  Click here for more information or to register Hosting Club: Toronto
Category: Urban Walk
Location (Google Maps): Unionville GO Station. Meet outside station building for arrival of GO Train from Union Station arriving at 9:51 AM Hike Leader(s): Tom Swales Click here to contact Hike Leader(s) Pace: Moderate
Terrain: Flat
Distance: 13 km Description
The villages of Unionville & Markham are connected by the Rouge Valley Trail System following the Rouge River and running behind the historic buildings on Main Street Unionville, by Waldon Pond in Austin Drive Park, through Milne Dam Conservation Area, and ending with a 143 metre long suspension bridge over the dam. We will walk into the village of Markham and finish with a short boardwalk trail through Tannery Pond which is close to the Markham GO Station. We begin the hike at Unionville GO Station hiking north to the historic Main Street and picking up the Rouge Valley Trail at Carlton Road. Return to Toronto or the starting point by GO Train or York Region Transit bus. This will be a repeat of my August 27th Hike but hopefully with some Fall Colours. As it will be Halloween weekend there will be the option of bringing treats for sharing (individually packaged unless they can be dispensed hands free to remain Covid safe/compliant). Terrain is easy, mostly paved path/boardwalk with some dirt trails. On The Go Maps Link: https://onthegomap.com/s/g5rhpj1s Those wishing to arrive by GO Train may take the 9:14 train from Union Station (also passes by Kennedy Subway Station) arriving at 9:51 $10 GO Transit Weekend Day Pass available on Smart Phones only (not available at the ticket counter) or can be purchased from Hike Leader at Union Station morning of the hike. If travelling from the north end of Toronto by public transit contact hike leader for directions from Finch Subway Station. Bring lunch, water, snacks, hat. Possible optional pub stop at the end of the walk
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30 - Urban Walk: Ajax GO to Pickering GO
10:15 AM-2:00 PM 10/30/2022 https://hikes.brucetrail.org/event/urban-walk-ajax-go-to-pickering-go/2022-10-30/  Click here for more information or to register Hosting Club: Toronto
Category: Urban Walk
Location (Google Maps): Great Lakes Waterfront Trail, Ajax/Pickering Hike Leader(s): Brian Rideout Click here to contact Hike Leader(s) Pace: Moderate
Terrain: Flat
Distance: 11 km Description
Please join me under the clock in the Great Hall at Union Station by 9:05 am. We will take the eastbound Lakeshore Train departing Union Station GO at 9:20 am, arriving Ajax GO at 10:06 am. You may choose to join the group at Ajax GO Station. We will hike south to Lake Ontario, west to Sandy Beach Rd, and north to Bayly St with a pub stop at Irish Times adjacent to Pickering GO. Here is an online map of our route (please click on the link): Ajax to Pickering
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