- HikeType Special Event
- PaceTypes Leisurely - 3km/hr or less
- TerrainTypes ,Dependent on Conditions,Moderate - Some hills and/or some poor footing,Slippery and Steep Sections
- PaidOuting No
Hosting Club: Iroquoia
Category: Special Event
Location (Google Maps): City View Park off of Kerns Rd, Burlington. Enter off of Dundas St
Hike Leader(s): Ruth Moffatt Click here to contact Hike Leader(s)
Pace: Leisurely - 3km/hr or less
Terrain: Dependent on Conditions, Moderate - Some hills and/or some poor footing, Slippery and Steep Sections
Distance: Approximately 10km
Description
Welcome to the launch of the Mountains to Sea Greenway Friendship Trail. We will meet at City View park at 9:45 to check-in. There will be an unveiling ceremony for the friendship trail opening at 10:00am followed by the hike which will take us southbound to Grindstone Greek, turnaround and return to City View Park. The terrain is variable, a few hills. Pace will be leisurely. The hike will take us about 2.5- 3 hours.
This section of the Bruce Trail is twinned with the Tefuye Historical Trail of the Mountains to Sea Greenway (MSTW) in Taiwan.
Located in southwestern Taiwan, MSTW is a 177 km long-distance hike from Yanshuei River estuary to Mt. Jade, the highest peak in East Asia, at 3,952 meters above sea level. It spans across several forest biomes and aquatic ecosystems at different altitudes. It also links up Han culture, and Austronesian peoples such as Siraya, Tsou, and Bunun, making it a window into the cultural richness of Taiwan.
Tefuye Historical Trail (MSTW 26) is 6.4 km long. The route was initially a hunting path used by the Tsou people. During the Japanese colonial rule (1895-1945), the Japanese built a railway along this historical trail to transport red cypress and Taiwan cypress logged in the Alishan area. Now there are remains of the old railway and wooden bridges along the trail. The blueprint of the MSTW began in 2007 as a grassroots river protection project, and in 2018, the forestry bureau, along with 13 government agencies along the MSTW, and Taiwan Thousand Miles Trail Association (TMI Trail) formed a cross-sector/inter-municipal collaboration to jointly promote and maintain the MSTW.
You can find an English guidebook to the Mountains to Sea Greenway here.
Mountains to Sea Greenway
https://brucetrail.org/International-friendship-trails/