And a significant hill climb… get out and work those glutes! When: Sunday, October 24, 1:30 pm Where: Meet at McGaw Siding, 911#81652 Lucknow Line, ACW Preregistration: Con Melady 519-524-8730 The Ride: 19.9 km G2G McGaw Siding Start/Finish, Maitland River, Windy Hill, Little Lake to Balls Bridge, and return Nomore…
Fall Dune Restoration
Here’s a volunteer opportunity that may appeal to some of our readers… dune restoration! Help build a resilient shoreline through invasive species removal, beach grass planting, and sand fence installation. Through this volunteer opportunity you will meet like-minded environmentalists and learn how to protect our beautiful Lake Huron shoreline. Ifmore…
Trail Talk 191 October 13th 2021
On Friday October 1st I joined lots of volunteers to help the Nature Conservancy plant about 300 trees on their Ashton Potter property at Maitland Line. The species included Swamp White Oak, Bur Oak, Silver Maple, Red Maple, Eastern Hemlock, Kentucky Coffee Tree and Honey Locust. The Nature Conservancy hasmore…
Dogs on the Trail
Hi All Please be aware that dogs must be leashed on our trails. This is a good rule of thumb for all trails, but is also at the request of the land owners, who allow the trail to cross their property. Please watch for signage and respect the land owners’more…
Trail Talk 190 October 6th 2021
The past week was the second time in a month that there has been a significant number of branches and trees down across the trail, this time due to at least 3 inches of rain and some strong wind gusts. When you read this, most or all will have beenmore…
Trail Talk 189 September 22nd 2021
I was thinking on my Monday hike that there was little of special interest during the week. However, on my hike from B. Edgar bridge (Boundary Bridge) to River Line I realized that there were many interesting sights just on that 2 ½ km part of the Maitland trail. Theremore…
Speak Up!
Hello Hikers 🙂 The Town of Goderich is running a recreational needs survey until October 4. If you could take a few minutes to complete it with trails in mind, we’d appreciate it. Here’s info about the project: Community Recreational Needs Assessment – Town of Goderich Here’s the link tomore…
Trail Closures for Hunting Season
Please be aware of where and when the closures are, and adjust your hiking plans accordingly. November 1 – 7 and November 29 – December 5 : Entire Maitland Trail closed for gun hunting October 1 – December 31 : Maitland Trail closed between 7.9 km and 10.5 km formore…
Trail Talk 188 September 22nd 2021
Although the big damage from Tuesday’s August 7th storm was north of the Maitland trail, there were a lot of branches down on the section from River Line to Cherrydale road, though most were easy to clear off the trail except for a significant windfall at about 25.5 km inmore…
