Additional Logging Map -Barrie Section
Category: Trail Changes
Logging in the Barrie Section
Current logging operations are affecting the Ganaraska Hiking Trail going east from Gill Road on the Barrie section. As always, kindly refrain from trespassing, as the area has been posted with No Entry signs.
2024.12.07 – Temporary closure of section of Barrie Trail through Springwater Provincial Park
The following has recently been posted on the Springwater Provincial Park website – “Significant Conifer Plantation Management is occurring at Springwater Provincial Park from December 2024 through March 2025. As a result, park roads and trails will be closed to pedestrian access during this time.” This announcement means the Barrie trail between Anne Street and Wilson Drive is closed until work in the park is completed.
Update 2024.11.13 Tiny Rail Trail Temporary Closure
Updated: Nov 13, 2024 This section has been reopened.
Temporary Trail Closure – Tiny Rail Trail – North of Conc. 12 E to P5 Bridge
TAKE NOTICE that a portion of the Tiny Rail Trail will be closed between north of Concession 12 East to the P5 bridge for a culvert replacement. The trail will be closed from 7:30am on Monday, September 23, 2024 to 3:30pm on Wednesday, September 25, 2024.
Update 2024.11.13 – Temporary Closure of Loop Side Trail in Tiny Marsh Provincial Wildlife Area
Updated: Nov 13, 2024 This section has been reopened.
The Ganaraska loop side trail on the west side of the Tiny Marsh Provincial Wildlife Area has been temporarily closed due to a fallen tree damaging the boardwalk along this trail. Please do not attempt to hike on this trail until notice is provided that the boardwalk has been repaired.
2024.09.01 Update – SCF Logging Affecting Barrie Trail Complete / Trail Open For Use
Original Posting Dated 2024.08.04 – SCF Logging Affects Barrie Trail.
Logging in SCF Smith Tract has resulted in the temporary closure of the Barrie Club Bear’s Creek Sidetrail, located just north of Midhurst where Gill Road crosses the railway tracks (KM 24.9 on the Barrie trail). The main Barrie trail is unaffected and remains open. Please obey all posted signs in the area and avoid hiking this side trail until further notice.
2024.07.01 – Temporary Detour on Barrie Club Trail in Midhurst
For those that hike in the Midhurst area please note that access to the Ganaraska hiking trail at the Belmont\Doran Rd. intersection is temporarily closed due to severe washout. A map to an alternate route (Belmont Rd to Finlay Mill Rd. to Willow Creek) along the Hunter Russell Nature trail to meet up with the GHT is posted at the closure site. From the Midhurst Community Centre one can also walk along Finlay Mill Rd. to Willow Creek where the detour begins.
Temporary closure of section of Oro-Medonte trail in Copeland Forest.
A portion of the Oro-Medonte trail in Copeland Forest will be temporarily closed due to spring seasonal wet conditions. The trail section is just north of the Oro-Medonte and Barrie trail junction near sign post 5 and continues north to sign post 4 – approximately 1 km in length. There is an alternate trail that can be used to the east of the Oro-Medonte trail (see attached map).
Signs will be installed at the end points of the closed section (sample attached). Please do not try to use the closed section – walking around the wet sections on the trail can cause damage to environmentally sensitive areas in the forest. We are lucky to have access to the Copeland Forest trail system so let’s do our part to make our trail system sustainable.
There will be a follow-on notice when the trail is re-opened.
Orillia Club – update on Simcoe County Forest logging
All Simcoe County Forest logging operations affecting the Orillia Section of the Ganaraska Trail – including the Breedon Tract and Rathburn Tract – have been completed. Also all those logging operations in the many Simcoe Country Forest Tracts in the Bass Lake Side Road East and Line 6 – 7 – 8 areas are completed.
Carol Strickland, President, Orillia Club of the GHTA Inc.
Orillia – Arbour Tract open
The logging operations in the Arbour Tract that had blocked that section of forest for hiking are now complete. Arbour Tract is now open and available. (west of LIne 7 and Bass Lake Side Road).