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Elevated Park
End2end Day 3 – 4 km Due to the skies looking threatening, it was decided to venture onto the next leg of the journey. Construction is taking place on Sunset and the usual parking lot under the bridge is closed. Parking at the new lot on Centre St at the east side of the Elevated […]
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End-2-end Day 2
Parsons Rd to Lyle Rd – 6.25 km It was a foggy morning when 12 intrepid hikers gathered. First 3.6 km was allroad work. At the Red Barn on Hwy 3 we headed into the woods owned by Province of Ontario. The woods wind along the south side of Dodd Creek. When we get to […]
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Start of End-to-end – 7.5 km
Today we tried our first car pool since the beginning of Covid.We began at the north end of our trail which links up with the Thames Valley Trail which goes to St. Mary’s, known as the stone town. The journey begins with a southward hike through McCaig’ bush. This part of the trail in the […]
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Hwy 45 to Mellor Rd and return – 3 km – 2 hrs
This lovely morning saw 10 of us out for a hike. The rain last night made the hills a bit slippery. The entrance off Hwy 45 will need to be reworked to bring people in just east of the guard rail.Tom and Joan joined us after several week vacation in the East Coast. The canopy […]
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Wednesday Morning in August
Southdale Line to Sunset Cafe 2 hour round trip Today we had eight people out for the hike in warmish weather. Our hike leader is Jim Northey and he has been leading these Wednesday morning hikes for many years, through all four seasons. They always start at Sunset Café and each day is a new […]
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Installation of Tilman Bridge
New bridge for Shaw Valley Recently a work party built a bridge over an area that had washed out two previously installed bridges. This bridge is in a much safer area and was built with the help of Tilman Joosten. That is really an understatement as Tilman got the funds from Thames Valley Trail Association […]
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Notice of AGM Zoom Meeting change for tonight
Due to technical difficulties, the Zoom AGM posted in the Spring Edition of The Path Finder is no longer active.The new personal meeting number is 711 1428 2203 and the passcode is still q6eS5b. Hoping everyone finds this info in time to join us this evening at 7 p.m., also changed from the newsletter time. […]
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Welcome back
Photo by Joan d’Entremont With the restrictions finally seeming to be lifting on Covid-19, I thought it about time to update the Elgin Trail map. The map is on the map page and a current GPX file can be downloaded to your cell phone. I am really liking the ATLOGIS Canada Topo Maps Pro it […]