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July 1, 2018 was so far probably the hottest day of 2018. Regardless, 20 dedicated hikers from the Midland Club of the Ganaraska Hiking Trail took part in the Canada Parade in Midland, Ontario. What a bright and colourful group! Thanks to all the hikers who came out to promote the hiking club.

Meanwhile, the Ganaraska Hiking Trail display was set up at Little Lake in Midland to try and attract new members.

(Canada Day Parade in Midland)

Frieda Baldwin
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This spring saw Barrie and Orillia again partner in the Trillions of Trilliums hike.

 

Orillia has carried on with the beginner series time slot of Wednesday evenings from 6 – 8 pm through the summer.  It is a popular time, and may continue in the fall.

 

The Ganaraska 50th Anniversary Water Relay is well underway, with 21 bike riders carrying the water from Georgian Bay along part of the Tiny Section of the Ganaraska Hiking Trail. The water has already traveled along the Wasaga Beach and part of the Barrie section on its way to Orillia, where it is due to arrive by September 29, 2018, and will be ceremoniously joined with water from Lake Ontario that has been carried along the Pine Ridge, Kawartha, Wilderness and Orillia Sections. Starting August 1, the Georgian Bay water will continue on its way to Orillia via the Midland, Oro Medonte and Orillia sections of the Ganaraska Hiking Trail.

Photo: Trip leader Gord Carson with GHTA president Frieda Baldwin.

The Wednesday evening hike Jul. 4 will be along the City of Orillia waterfront/trail rather than Slessor Tract due to the heat.

Following the very successful Beginner Hike series, just concluded, Orillia Club is adding a regular Wednesday evening hike to our regimen of hikes.  The hikes will go all summer, leaving from Willow Court at 6 pm, hiking from 6 – 8 pm.

We had perfect weather for Carol’s hike to Tiny Marsh although the western loop trail was a little wet in spots and we all got some practice climbing over downed trees.
The trail on the eastern loop was dry, but we were surprised to see that two observation towers had been cut down.
Most hikers brought their binoculars and many interesting spring birds were spotted.

A few photographs to follow.

Take a tour of the new Kawartha Club site (www.kawarthahiking.com) here.

You can see below our new 50th Anniversary shirts worn by a group of Ganaraska board members at the recent meeting in Orillia.

Ganaraska Trail
50 th Anniversary End-to-end/Water Relay hikes
April to July 2018

50th Anniversary E2E Water Relay

To celebrate its 50th Anniversary, Ganaraska Hiking Trail Association (GHTA) members will carry water from Lake Ontario and from Georgian Bay to Orillia, where on September 29, 2018, the GHTA’s 50th Anniversary celebrations will take place at Lakehead University.

The attached schedule shows the dates the water will be carried by volunteer hikers along the trail. Since the water will be carried along the entire 500 km Ganaraska Hiking Trail, the dates of the Water Carrying serve also as an opportunity for anyone wishing to join in the events and obtain an End to End (E2E) badge for completing a Ganaraska Trail section. This schedule is for the period of April 21 to July. The fall schedule will follow later.

Information on the cost of an E2E section badge, how to obtain them, etc. is available on our website https://ganaraska-hiking-trail.org/?page_id=713

For more information, contact the individuals listed in the schedule, or contact info@ganaraska-hiking-trail.org.

Thanks
Frieda Baldwin
GHTA President
705-245-1005