- HikeType Car Hike
- HikeIcon https://hikes.brucetrail.org/wp-content/uploads/formidable/7/marker_car-hikes.png
- PaceTypes Leisurely (2-3 km/hr)
- TerrainTypes ,Flat,Level 2 (Intermediate - some hills and uneven surfaces, rocks and roots underfoot),Rocky
- PaidOuting No
Hike open to BTC Members only.
Registration Required:
Registration opens on 2026-09-28 at 12:00 AM
Hosting Club: Toronto
Category: Car Hike
Location (Google Maps): Toronto Section Speyside to Limehouse Map 12 meeting at the Community Hall in Limehouse 5th line and 22nd Sideroad,
Hike Leader(s): Lynn McFerran Click here to contact Hike Leader(s)
Pace: Leisurely (2-3 km/hr)
Terrain: Flat, Level 2 (Intermediate - some hills and uneven surfaces, rocks and roots underfoot), Rocky
Distance (km): 8.1km
Description
Quarries and Kilns
Length: 8.1 km; fairly easy with some rocky sections; will take up to 4 hours due to numerous interpretive stops
Join us for a fascinating hike through 420 million years of geology and nearly two centuries of quarrying history led by Beth Gilhespy - Escarpment Biosphere Conservancy and author of a series of books on the geology of the Bruce Trail. We will walk from Speyside to Limehouse. discovering ancient tropical reef deposits and crinoid fossils, explore a glacial spillway, and learn how the Escarpment’s different rock layers supported a thriving quarrying and lime industry. We’ll finish among the remarkable rock formations and historic lime kilns of Limehouse Conservation Area
The meeting location is the end of the hike in Limehouse, at the Limehouse Community Centre, the corner of 22nd Sideroad and 5th Line. There is lots of parking opposite the school on 22 sideroad. From there we will car shuffle back to the 3rd Line to begin our hike.