When I first heard about Urban Poling‘s contest to create a list of 150 Great Canadian Hikes, I immediately went back through some of my earlier blogs (here) and rhapsodised about all the amazing natural areas I’ve visited in Canada. Most of my hikes have been in Southwestern Ontario, which offers an incredibly rich and…
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Why a Garbage Bag is My New Hiking Companion
I know what you may be thinking – but, no, the ‘garbage bag’ in this title is not a euphemism for a friend or family member who regularly hikes with me. Recently, I’ve started to bring a bag with me when I go out hiking – filling it up during my wanderings with the discarded…
Backcountry Camping at #BonEcho and My Nutty Experience
Last weekend, I visited the amazing Bon Echo Provincial Park. There are lots of incredible vistas and cool things to do at the park; you can hike trails up to 17 kilometers in length, kayak or canoe over to the 100 meter high Mazinaw Rock, check out the over 260 Aboriginal pictographs portrayed on the Rock,…
Management of Ontario Trails in Response to Environmental Change: A Narrative Policy Analysis
1.0.Study Introduction and Rationale The complexity of the natural environment challenges both researchers and policy makers. Research has yet to fully quantify the cause and effect relationships between human activity and environmental impact (Lee, 2011). Policy makers have also been unable to effectively wield political and economic tools to stymie rapid environmental change (Hanna &…
Coldstream Conservation Area – Middlesex Centre, Ontario
If you enjoy viewing plentiful wildflowers and diverse bird species along a well-maintained board walk, you will definitely want to visit Coldstream Conservation Area! The Conservation Area has two main trails; one at the south end, which runs through a cedar swamp (a rare type of wetland in Southern Ontario), and a trail on the…
Bruce Peninsula National Park – Tobermory, Ontario
I was a little divided about what to title this post – although my review is technically of the Bruce Peninsula National Park, my experience is really with camping at Cypress Lake. Luckily for me, most people regard the two locations as synonymous and when they think of ‘Bruce Peninsula National Park’ they also think…
rare Charitable Research Reserve
The rare Charitable Research Reserve is a great place to hike at any time of the year. Use of the trails at rare is open to the public and free of charge – interested visitors can hike along the River Trail, Maple Lane Trail, Grand Allée Trail, or Springbank Farm trail (see the trail map…
Signs, Signs, Everywhere the Signs
Sometimes in life, you just gotta read the signs. After my PARE test last night, I am reading the signs available to me and reevaluating once again where I want to go next in life. The test definitely illustrated to me the bald fact that I am, sadly, a petite and short individual. I had…
Maria Legault 