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IERICH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSPAY, APRIL 10,1969
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Crawl -and -slide is often the enforced mode of progress along the
craggy Georgian Bay shore at the northern end of the Bruce Trail.
Stretching 480 miles along the Niagara escarpment to the tip of
the Bruce peninsula, this -scenic wonderland is but one of a host
of Ontario's hiking trails.
These- trails were made for walking
You don't need costly gear or
the athletic prowess of a Bobby •
Hull to star in this league.
The sport is hiking and the
Canadian province of Ontario is
lavishly laced with trails yor a
growing activity that is' truly
putting the populace back on its
feet.
From uncounted walkways
just a ;-few miles' _Jong to the:
awesome charm of the 480 -mile
Bruce 'Trail, Onto offers a
varied choice for every kind of
path -pounder, be he a casual
stroller enjoying the woodland
aromas or a devotee taking the
Challenge of a stiff, climb to
some rewarding viewpoint. •
Gentle paths fpr family
outings and campfire
companionship lie within the
very environs of most urban,
centres as, for example,
Toronto, the provincial capital. -
Provincial parks,, too, abound
with forest -framed adventure
routes, notably 2,910 -square -
mile Algonquin Park, biggest and
oldest of some. 100 such Ontario_
preserves.
Beckoning with rare orchids,
shipwrecks and "flowerpots,"
the Bruce Trail extends along
the Niagara escarpment from
Queenston to Tobermory at the
tip of the $ruce peninsula.
Despite the fact the trail cuts
through the heaviest -populated
part of Ontario, it is rarely the
hiker comes within sight of
modern civilization. At points
along this scenic wonderland are
camp -sites and chalet -style
hostels.
Rugged and defiant is • the
character of the northern end of
-the Bruce, where crawl -and -slide
• is often the mode of progress
along the craggy "-Georgian Bay
shore. Slicing Lake Huron from
Georgian Bay at the very heart
of the Great Lakes, 'the
peninsula became.,.a -centre in
shipping routes and saw its share
of disasters. Today, the mystery
of many undiscovered
shipwrecks lures underwater
explorers to its depths.
Above water, some of the
peninsula's strangest 'attractions
are on a little island five miles
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off the .mainland. Created by neighbor could do so an s
ergsion, tapered, top-heavy 4Y'orl time. "With a 100-1b. bag of
stone pillars, 30 to 50 feet high, flour in the oven?" he retorted.
rise up from the shores of
Flower Pot Island.
Yet another prime Ontario
attraction for the heel -and -toe
set is the Opeongo Line, a trail
of the pioneers which crams 100
years of lusty history its 100
miles of captivating coun side.
Startind`at Farreil's Landing on
the Ottawa .. River, it runs
northwesterly to its end at Lake
Opeongo in Algonquin Park.
Surveyed in 1852 and with
78 miles open for year-round
traffic by 1867, this
16 -foot -wide colonization and
logging road depicts a vigorous
era of Canada's past. Many'
third -generation descendants of
the first Irish, Scottish, German,
Polish and French immigrants
still live on • the Line in thg
original , homesteads, several
marked with official "Century
Farm",plaques.
Sturdy structures of
hand-hewn, massive-, timbers still
stand straight as when they were
locked in place., Many are in use
to this day and include homes,
general stores, barns,
post -offices, churches and,
naturally, inns.
This storied artery now
crosses and follows busy town
streets, country road, bush trails,
trim farms, rugged wilderness,
causeways and modern
highways. Still intact are original
stretches of cobblestone and
corduroy roadway.
Muscle alone — man and
horse — provided the power to
create this one-time utility road,
now a sightseer's bonanza.
Original hand -built stone fences,
religious shrines and 'weathered
tombstones augment the
historical sites which abound
along the Opeongo — as do 'the
robust legends embellishing this
100 -mile pioneer route. ,
A typical take has it that a
husky settler was berated by, his
wife 'for being late for supper
and imbibing to boot. When he
pleaded that he carried home a
kitchen stove for her on his
back, she taunted that many a
And, near Peterborough, long
before Kilroy or Zorro were
scribblers, Indians were leaving
their mark — the hard way — in
rock. A three-mile walkway
through a primeval paradise, the
Petroglyph Trail -leads- to rock
,_carvings, estimated anywhere
from four centuries to 3,000
years old, of animals, birds, fish
and reptiles. -
These are but some of the
numerous trails awaiting the
happy ambler in Ontario, a'
hiker's haven.
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