Kawartha Trans Canada Trail

The Adventure Travel Festival—the first of its kind in the Kawarthas—is a two-day fun-tastic celebration of amazing professional speakers, and independent films and presentations showcasing a variety of unique and extreme adventures around the world.

Featuring Polar Explorer, Eric Larsen, the festival will include; a Motivational Talk on Extreme Leadership, Film Screenings of Save the Poles Expedition: Into the Heart of Cold, a major film produced for Parks Canada’s 100th Anniversary celebration, and a short film about the Trans Canada Trail and how the Kawartha Trans Canada Trail contributes to the longest and grandest trail in the world.

Click on the image above to visit the new Kawartha Adventure Travel Festival website for more details, to purchase tickets, or to become a trail donor today!

 

Eric Larson (centre) Explorer,Al MacPherson (left) President KTCTA and Pete MacLoghlin (right) Event Committee Volunteer thank Eric for his inspiration talk at a farewell gathering at Pete and Chic MacLoghlin's house. The event was a great fundraiser for the Kawartha Trans Canada Trail. Plans are underway for the next event planned for June 1 and 2nd, 2012.

 

Students, staff , and faculty from Sir Sandford Fleming College Trails course along with KTCT volunteers help redeck the bridge in Omemee along the KTCT.

Rick Johnson (MPP) and Al MacPherson (President KTCTA) annouce (August 30/11) the lease extension of the Kawartha Trans Canada Trail unitl 2018. As stated by Rick Johnson plans are to have this extended until 2025.

Another photo of volunteers repairing damage to trail.

On Thursday August 11, volunteers came together to repair a section of trail washed out by the heavy rains from two weeks ago. Aside from KTCTA volunteers, there were Reaboro, Unity Church and Fleming College managing partners involved and the Boy Scouts from Reaboro. Many hands had the job done in two hours.

In late July 2011 on Vancouver Island during a family visit we attended the reopening of Kinsol Bridge. As the photo indicates it is beautiful, situated in the miiddle of nowwhere- connects the Trans Canada Trail from Victoria to Naminao and beyond. Cost $7.5 million dollars and we are trying to find $3000 to redeck the Pigeon River Bridge.

June 14th  a Beautiful sunny morning and the PickSeed sun shelter alongside the Kawartha Trans Canada Trail was officially open. The map display includes local historical information and facilities such as the Butter Tart Trail was unveiled by Mayor Rick McGee, President KTCTA - Al MacPherson, Tom Pick- Pickseed and Councilor Donna Villemaire Ward 8.

Attention all trail users please stay on the tread area of the trail as the ditches and shoulders of the trail has poison ivy. It is impossible to control as it is found along the entire 44 km length of the trail. Leaflet Three Let It Be!

 

 

The Kawartha Cycling Club regular users of the KTCT submitted this photo from a ride they did in May.

For Earth Day over 150 volunteers stretching across our 44 km of trail came out to clean up the trail. The photograph shows St.Thomas Aquinas High School students helping out. They collected over 60 vehicle tires along the trail.

Starting at Jackson Park in Peterborough Sue Kenney (front left/purple jacket) Author and Hiker walks with 15-20 other hikers along the Kawartha Trans Canada Trail ending up at the Lindsay Fairgrounds to open the  Kawartha Leisure and Lifestyle Show (April15,2011).

Please come out on April 14th and 15th and enjoy the Kawartha Trans Canada Trail with Sue Kenney; the author of "My Camino", as she walks from Peterborough to the Lindsay Lifestyle Show.

Kawartha Trans Canada Trail Association organized a rededication event for the Ernest  Thompson Seton Historical Plaque to be re-instated along a section of the Kawartha Trans Canada Trail that travels through one of the most environmental schools in Canada- Fleming College. A proper location for a man who wrote 40 books and painted numerous paintings about nature. Photo Dr.John Wadland, Professor Emertius Trent University, John MacKlem, President Victoria County Historical Society, Linda Skelton Dean Fleming College Frost Campus, Al MacPherson President KTCT and Craig Shanks Manager Parks/Recreation and Culture City of Kawarha Lakes (March 29, 2011)

A podcast brochure is available for free downloading and/or printing just click on Podcast on the right side menu. This podcast is an interpretative audio guide for the east section of the Kawartha Trans Canada Trail. Do you have a Ipod, Iphone or MP3- download the messages- take a walk or cycle and learn about this area of the City of Kawartha Lakes.

Anne  Powell is recognized by Director/Treasurer Wayne Alldred for her book keeping efforts for the Kawartha Trans Canada Trail Association.

Volunteer Ted Abbot is recognized for his efforts in fundraising for the Kawartha Trans Canada Trail by Al MacPherson President of KTCTA.

Dan Plancke Kawartha Green Trails Alliance is recognized for his efforts by Director Bill Elliott in maintaining the KTCT trail at the Kawartha Trans Canada Trail Association AGM - November 2010.

Hike Ontario held their Annual Summit ( Nov 16-17) at Fleming College and was hosted by by the Kawartha Trans Canada Trail Association. Al MacPherson President of Kawartha Trans Canada Trail Association and Bill Wilson President Hike Ontario congratulate each other for a successful Summit.

Gilbert and Julie KTCT volunteers install a steel post on Fleming College campus alongside KTCT which will hold the Ontario Heritage Plaque about Ernest Thompson Seton who lived in the Lindsay area.