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The President's Report
By Jim Rainforth
May, June and July have been busy months for our club. In addition to the ambitious and well attended regular hike schedule, the Niagara End-to-End attracted more than 50 hikers and the always popular Laura Secord hike drew an equally large and energetic gathering. Thanks and congratulations to Vince Highcock (Niagara End-to-End), and Frank Delogu (Laura Secord), and their respective teams of volunteers for a job well done. A special thanks to Liz Reaker for not only preparing and delivering the end-of-hike lunch on both occasions, but for donating the lunch for the Laura Secord hike.
Kym Burt and her team of trail maintenance volunteers have been especially busy with maintenance, improvements and some minor but significant trail re-routes. I have walked the Niagara section many times over the years and have never seen it in better condition than it is today!
Other executive members have been equally busy during the past three months and I will review some of their important activities in a future newsletter.
Looking ahead, the next three months promise to be equally busy. The BTA Annual General Meeting will be held close to home; hosted by the Iroquois Club it will be held in Grimsby, September 14,15 and 16. For more details see the Fall 2001 Bruce Trail News. The Niagara BTC will host the Hike Ontario AGM at the Welland Canal Centre October 19-21, 2001. (For more about Hike Ontario, see Bruce Trail News, page 24, Summer 2001). Additionally, remember the 14th annual Merrithon hike from Port Colborne to Port Dalhousie, October 13. Don Dugan and Dave Dewey are coordinating the hike.
Call Don at 905-935-3982 or write to him at 1034 Lakeshore Road West, St. Catharines, Ontario L2R 6P9 to register at $10.00 per person.
The executive continues to explore options related to the pedestrian crossing of the QEW near the CNR overpass, as part of the highway reconstruction process. You will be kept informed through the NBTC Grapevine of developments as they occur.
Happy Hiking!
Jim Rainforth President
Notes from the New Landowner Relations Director
As you know, the 'Realize the Dream 2015' project has started. It is particularly important that our densely populated Niagara section of the Trail be preserved in this time of ever-increasing development in the Peninsula. For that reason, if any of our members learn about property that may be for sale please let me know. Our Niagara Bruce Trail Club can also be of service to someone who wishes to retain links with the land and who's name can be remembered in perpetuity. Please mark November 10 on your calendar when we will host this year's Landowner Appreciation Dinner at the Rockway Community Centre on Pelham Road (Regional Road 69). Note the new location.Margaret
panos@vaxxine.com
Laura Secord Hike
The Tenth annual Laura Secord Hike was held June 16. Twenty Four hikers started and all finished the 30km hike . The Eight Niagara BTC members who enjoyed the day were Linda Bonnar. Nick Chudyk, Dave Dewey, Don Duggan (for the tenth time), Nick Ebner, Judy Gaudier, Tys Murre and Club President Jim Rainforth.
Manning the checkpoints, serving refreshments were Shirley and Gord Orr, Marion and Herb Patton, Trudy Sensei, Wendy Fisher, Fred Azzopardi, Anne and Bruce Toews. At DeCew House the hikers were greeted by Laura Secord (Liz Reaker) with a picnic lunch, and were presented with the Laura Secord Badge.
Leisure Hikers
Starting with the Autumn Hike Schedule, the leisure hikers will meet at the scheduled Wednesday morning 10.am and the Sunday afternoon 2.00pm locations. The leisure hike will be led at a slower pace by Elsie or LaReine maybe Bill perhaps Ron could be Herb sometimes Jim why not Tom and we all enjoy Bud.
The leisure hike may vary from the regular hike at the discretion of the hike leader. Hikers from both groups will be able to unwind at the same Tims'.
Call Louise at (905)563-0789 for information
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Trail Maintenance Report from Kym Burt Fall 2001
It is with pleasure that I am able to report the Niagara section of our Trail is in very good condition due to the countless hours and efforts of many people. We can thank long time Trail Captains Larry Barton and Peter Behrns who have announced they will be retiring from their positions this year. They have done an exemplary job in the Louth C.A. from Robbins Ave. to Staff Ave. I can't thank them enough. They will be a tough act to follow. Please welcome new Trail Captain Ralph Maynard for Section #7. As a past Trail Worker I am confident Ralph will do a fine job.
Section Trail Captain
1 Queenston Reg. Rd. 100 — Vince Highcock 2 Reg. Rd. 100 Fireman's park — Peter Stephanie 3 Fireman's Park to Mewburn Rd. — Dave D'Orsa & 6th N.F. Scouts 4a Mewburn Rd. to Mountain Rd. — Gord &Shirley Orr 4b Mountain to Warner Rd. — Peter Stephanie 5 Warner Rd. to Beechwood — Bill & Jan Sward 6 Beechwood Rd. to 3rd Welland Canal — Christine Hauser, 1st Niagara Scouts 7 3rd Welland Canal to Glendale Ave. — Ralph Maynard 8 Glendale to Bradley St. — Dave Gonzalez 9 Bradley St. to Sanitarium Hill — Frank Delogu 10 Sanitorium Hill to Decew Rd — Bud Walsh & Adolfo Fernandez 11 Decew Rd to Morningstar Mill — Bob Beck & Shah Kahn 12 Morningstar Mill to Effingham Rd. — Magaret Kalogeropoulos, Hilda Maier, Dick Parker 13 Effingham Rd to Rockway — Ruth Wedderspoon 14 Rockway to Robbins Ave — Eberhard Boelling 15 Robbins Ave to Staff Ave. — Larry Barton & Peter Behrns 16 Staff Ave to 19th St. — Michael Featherstone 17 19th St to Balls Falls — Louis Walter 18 Balls Falls to Cherry Ave. — Tys Murre 19 Cherry Ave to Quarry Rd — Jim Rainforth 20 Quarry Rd to Mountain Rd. — Liz Reaker 21 Mountain Rd to Mountainview Rd — Ron Massey 22 Mountainview Rd to 30 Rd — Rueben Johansen, Norm & JoAnn Opperman 23 30 Rd. to Park Rd — Grace Bevan & Linda Walker 24 Park Rd to Russ Rd — Kathryn & John Lye 25 Russ Rd to Gibson St — Richard Boehnke
Side Trails
General Brock Side Trail — Roy Maguire Upper Canada Heritage Trail — Roy Maguire Paul Naray Silurian Trail — Bill & Jan Sward St. Catharine's Side Trail — Dave Dewey Merritt Trail — John McIntyre & Mavis Gilbert Twelve-Mile Creek Trail — Walter Smithies Louth Side Trail — Larry Barton & Peter Behrns Rockway Side Trail — Jim McMillan Jordan Side Trail — Kevin Wosley & Kym Burt
Hike Ontario's Annual Members Days
HIKING IN THE AUTUMN IS THE BEST!
BE A PART OF HIKE ONTARIO’S ANNUAL MEMBERS DAYS
Hosted By The Niagara Bruce Trail
Welland Canals Centre
Lock #3
1932 Government Road
St. Catharines, Ontario
Program
Friday, October 19th
7:00pm Wine & Cheese Reception
Saturday, October 20th
8:00am
Continental Breakfast
9:00am
Members Business Meeting
12 noon
Lunch
Afternoon
Powwow on future directions for Hike Ontario
4:00pm
Hike
6:00pm
Dinner at Freighter’s Food Emporium. Cost- $22
Sunday, October 21st
9:00am-12 noon
Hike #1 – Bruce Trail
9:00am-3pm
Hike #2—Bruce Trail
Hike Ontario
1185 Eglinton Avenure East, Suite 411
Toronto Ontario M3C 3C6
Tel. (416)426-7362 Fax. (416)426-7045
E-mail: hikeontario@osrc.com
Website: www.hikeontario.com
New Members By Edie Basaraba
The Niagara BTA welcomes the following new members: Cathy Audette
Isaac Cohen
Lou Coppola
Catherine Gillis
John Helm
Connie Hoogstad
Jim Kling
Helen Konik
Fred Mac KenzieBill Mates
James Miller
Richard Nelson
Isolde Schramayr
Susan Sebestyen
W. D. Symington
J. Thompson/M. Wilson
John & Elain Woods
GayleYoung/R. Reitzenstein
Calendon Hills B. T. C. Annual End to End
Thanksgiving Weekend Oct. 6,7&8th.83 km. hike through the glorious fall colours of the Calendon hills. To register please send a cheque for $19.00 payable to the Calendon Hills B. T. C. or $8.00 per day.
Send to Peter Ellison, 142 Goldhawk Trail. Scarborough. Ont. M1V1W5 or call Peter at (416)293-7609.
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