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REPORT
Meeting: General Purpose and Administration Committee File #
Date: Monday, May 1, 1995
Report #• PD- 45- 95File #:
Subject: TRANS CANADA TRAIL
FILE: PLN 15.11
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Recommendations:
It is respectfully recommended that the General Purpose and
Administration Committee recommend to Council the following:
1. THAT Report PD -45 -95 be received for information.
1. BACKGROUND
1.1 On September 14, 1995 Council received correspondence from
John Marsh and Allen MacPherson from the Ontario Trails
Council, requesting that communities and trail organizations
nominate existing trails to become part of the Trans Canada
Trail.
The correspondence was referred to the Chief Administrative
Officer for review and preparation of a report to be submitted
to the General Purpose and Administration Committee. As the
Planning and Development Department has had recent experience
in trail planning, the correspondence was subsequently
referred to the Department for the preparation of a report.
2. THE TRANS CANADA TRAIL
2.1 The Trans Canada Trail is intended to be a recreational Trail
that links St. John's Newfoundland to Victoria, British
Columbia, and from Calgary, Alberta to Tuktoyuktuk, Northwest
Territories. It will be the longest continuous trail in the
world, covering approximately 15,000 kilometres.
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The trail is a multi - purpose trail and can be used for
walking, hiking, cycling, horseback riding, cross country
skiing or snowmobiling.
The trail will be designed, built and managed by local Trail
Councils and communities according to the needs and wishes of
the host communities. Provincial /Territorial Councils will
represent trail users and related groups and will be
responsible for a number of items including determining the
trail route through each province, fund - raising and
partnership strategies. Corporate support and public funds
will be used to build and maintain the trail. The trail will
be complete in ten years.
2.2 The Trans Canada Trail in Ontario
The Trans Canada Trail alignment has not been entirely secured
through the Province of Ontario. The majority of the Trail is
aligned within hydro corridors, abandoned railway lines, and
on roads.
The Ontario Trails Council has proposed a split trail
alignment, one routed through northern Ontario and the other
routed through southern Ontario.
The Trail routed through southern Ontario will be split east
of Renfrew and continue south to Kingston, then proceeding
west on the Loyalist Highway (Highway 33) to Trenton. At
Trenton, the Trans Canada Trail proceeds north to Hastings and
west to Peterborough and Newmarket. The alignment west of
Newmarket has not yet been determined.
3. STAFF COMMENTS
3.1 There are two major trail initiatives underway in the Greater
Toronto Area at the present time. The Waterfront
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Trail is a Provincially mandated trail from Burlington Bay to
Trenton. The Waterfront Regeneration Trust is the lead agency
in this undertaking. The Municipality is currently working
towards the completion of the Waterfront Trail through
Clarington. The second initiative underway is the Oak Ridges
Moraine Trail, which is in the planning stages.
3.2 Staff met with the representatives from the Trust to discuss
nominating the entire Waterfront Trail as part of the Trans
Canada Trail. As many other lakeshore communities had similar
enquiries from the Ontario Trail Council, the Trust created a
Committee to explore the prospect. It was determined that the
Trans Canada Trail catered to a wider variety of uses
including horseback riding and snowmobiling as well as cycling
and walking. The Waterfront Trail was designed and built for
more passive activities such as walking and cycling. The
Committee concluded that the Waterfront Trail should not be
nominated as part of the Trans Canada Trail but should be
identified as trail spur through the Greater Toronto Area.
4. CONCLUSIONS
The Committee formed by the Waterfront Regeneration Trust has
informed the Ontario Trails Council that the Waterfront Trail
would not be suitable for the Trans Canada Trail, as such it
will not be routed through the Municipality of Clarington.
Trail users may use the Waterfront Trail and the future Oak
Ridges Moraine Trail for alternate trail experience.
Respectfully submitted, Reviewed by,
Franklin Wu, M.C.I.P., R.P.P. W.H. Stockwell
Director of Planning and Chief Administrative
Development Officer
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Dear Sir or Madam:
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Enclosed please find information about the Trans Canada Trail.
The Ontario Trails-Council over the next six months will be
planning the trail route. It is important that this proposed
trail route is supported by "grass root" trail operators and
managers.
In order for this to happen the Council's planning committee are
requesting nominations for existing trails from trail
organizations interested in their trail being part of the Trans
Canada Trail.
If your organization would like to nominate your trail please
send a letter to:
Ontario Trails Council
Trail Studies Unit
Trent University
Peterborough, ON
K9J 7B8
Your letter should include a map location of the trail and the
responsible organization name and address for this trail. All
nominations should be received by October 15, 1994.
Yours truly, `DIaT CJ'PION
CLERK ..........
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