Join us for the 3rd Annual Adventure Travel Festival, taking place over the weekend of International Trails Day! The first of its kind in the Kawarthas! The Festival is a two-day celebration of amazing professional speakers, independent films, and presentations showcasing a variety of unique and extreme adventures around the world.

Featuring Extreme Runner and Adventurist, Ray Zahab, the festival will include; Motivational Talks at local schools, an Adventurist & Authors Presentation, Film Screenings, and International Trails Day celebrations! The June 1st film screenings will include "Running the Sahara", with Ray Zahab and "Beyond the Horizon", with Colin Angus.

Visit the new Kawartha Adventure Travel Festival website for more details, to purchase tickets, or to become a trail donor today!

adventuretravelfestival.ca

 

The KTCT will be we conducting a vegetation spray program from May 20 to June 15. Herbicide spraying of roundup will be applied pending favourable spray conditions. The application of roundup will be conducted by a Licensed Sprayer. It is safe to humans. As a precaution the trail will be posted closed as the work is conducted. For further information please send your comments to our website 

 

Enter the trail from the east off Logie Street at the north end of Logie Park or from the west off Logie St. at Lindsay St. South. 

Newly completed in the fall of 2009, this hard top surfaced portion provides accessibility as it meanders beside the unique Memory Walk with views of the river and through the perennial Welcome Gardens, the Gateway to the Lilac Gardens of Lindsay, stewards of this portion of the trail. 

The Gardens is a haven for nature lovers where 41 different bird & several butterfly species have been recorded, encouraged by select plantings and the 'Butterfly Garden' which provides a perfect habitat. Park benches allow for pleasant resting places to take a lunch break and to enjoy nature and the beauty of this 'jewel', especially at the end of May when the lilacs are in full bloom. 

This year, 2013, International Trails Day, June 1st falls on the last Saturday of our Open House Lilac Festival. Come & join in the festivities. 

See more www.lilacgardensoflindsay.org

Just north of Scott Young Elementary school there is a pathway the leads from the Kawartha Trans Canada Trail to top of a hill overlooking the trail and school. This land is owned by the Trillium Lakelands School Board and under the leadership of Kevin Adams (former teacher) students have been and are stewards of this land planting hundreds of trees and shrubs.

 

Kawartha Trans Canada Trail is open but it is extremely soft and wet due to the slow snow melt. Suggest to walk and not cycle the trail until end of April. A reminder the trail is closed to motorized use. Appreciate trail users to contact us via email about trail conditions.

Steve Callaghan was honoured by Al MacPherson President of the Kawartha Trans Canada Trail Association Annual General Meeting (November 29th, 2012)  for his dedication in helping maintain the Kawartha Trans Canada Trail.   

You can now donate to Kawartha Trans Canada Trail online using the CanadaHelps.org website. CanadaHelps is a safe and secure way to donate to the charity of your choosing online. Through CanadaHelps, you decide how much to give, when to give, how often to give, and who gets your personal information.

Please click on the logo above to be taken to the CanadaHelps website and donate today!

Colin Angus with Al MacPherson after an amazing presentation about his travel around the world using ONLY human power.

Biker Babes west section Kawartha Trans Canada Trail 

WATCH! for web site information about our Adventure Festival speakers- Colin Angus and Kevin Callan

Mark down in your callendar -  June 1st and 2nd, 2012

 

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.