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BOOK - The Bruce Trail Reference, Edition 24 (June 2006): Trail Guide and Maps
by The Bruce Trail Association.
Taking a break from family history research? Hiking is as good for the body as genealogy is for the mind! Get the most out of your Bruce Trail hiking experience. Use this full-colour guide to plan your adventure, and then take the removable folding trail-maps with you on your hike.
The well-known Bruce Trail Guide has been updated for 2006. This is the definitive resource for the Bruce Trail hiker. Updated maps and content will help keep you on the right path.
This is a comprehensive guide to the Bruce Trail from Queenston Heights to Tobermory. Each section contains 1:50,000 scale topographic maps in full-colour, descriptions and distances of individual trails, plus camping and parking information. The convenient binder format makes it easy to remove the required sections to take with you on your hike.
The Guide is beautifully illustrated with colour photographs throughout.
The 24th Edition is a full colour publication.
Contents:
Introduction:
- History of The Bruce Tail Association
- The Bruce Tail Association Today
- Donations
- Volunteers
- Structure
- The Bruce Trail Clubs
- Hike Ontario
The Niagara Escarpment:
- Geology
- Flora and Fauna
- The Niagara Escarpment Plan
Trail Information:
- Using the Trail
- Camping and group use of the Trail
- Following the Trail
- Trail signs
- Trail safety
- Day pack essentials
- Heat-related sickness
- Hypothermia
- Drinking water
- Insect bites and sunburn
- Poisin ivy
- Blisters and minor wounds
- Lyme disease
- West Nile Virus
- Rattlesnakes
- Bears
- Parking
- Public transport
- Planning a trip
Indexes:
- Parks and Conservation Areas
- Side Trails
- Donor recognition plaque location summary
Maps and Trail Descriptions:
- How to Use Trail Maps
- Credits
- Index Map
- Legend
- Niagara Section: Maps 1-5
- Iroquoia Section: Maps 5-11
- Toronto Section: Maps 11-14
- Caledon Hills Section: Maps 14-19
- Dufferin Hi-Land Section: Maps 19-21
- Blue Mountains Section: Maps 22-24
- Beaver Valley Section: Maps 24-28
- Sydenham Section: Maps 28-33
- Peninsula Section: Maps 33-40
- Appendices
Published by the Bruce Trail Association, June 2006.
Format Looseleaf Binder
Fold-out Trail Maps (colour)
Pages Approx. 120
ISBN 0-9689399-8-8
BOOK - The Bruce Trail Reference, Edition 24 (June 2006): Trail Guide and Maps
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