- HikeType General Hike
- PaceTypes Medium - 3 to 4 km/hr
- TerrainTypes Moderate - Some hills and/or some poor footing
- PaidOuting No
Hosting Club: Iroquoia
Category: General Hike
Location (Google Maps): Main Trail to Canada Goose Side Trail through to the Limehouse Conservation.
Hike Leader(s): Anita Bergsma Click here to contact Hike Leader(s)
Pace: Medium - 3 to 4 km/hr
Terrain: Moderate - Some hills and/or some poor footing
Distance: 10.3
Description
Join us for a beautiful hike of the Main Trail to the Canada goose Side Trail through to the Limehouse Conservation, looping back to the start point on September 10th, 2023. It will be a 10.3km at a medium pace with moderate terrain, paths and road.
There is plenty parking is on the shoulder of 4th Line . Please do not park in the garage parking lot.
The community of Limehouse was first settled in 1820. By the 1840's limestone quarrying and “burning” of limestone in kilns to make lime, had begun. The Grand Trunk Railway built its line through Limehouse in 1856 which required 200 workers and their families to settle in the area. Discover the geological heart of the area known as the “Hole in the Wall” where a ladder leads to cracks in the escarpment rock. Experience the past as you walk by remnants of the lime industry. Stand before huge lime kilns and the old powder-house.