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Hikes and other outdoor activities listed below represent some of the activities published in our newsletter, Trail Markings. If you are interested in hiking, and/or other volunteer opportunities, you are encouraged to join GVTA. If you join, you receive the complete listing of hikes and other outdoor activities and more. A membership application form is available for download via the Membership web page. We welcome new members so please join us and help to maintain the Grand Valley Trail, a community resource. NOTE: 
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Levels 1 to 3 and Speed (e.g. moderate) - explanation
Sunday, October 3, 2010 – Bruce Trail, Iroquoia. Level 2/3. 3 km/h. Hilly, rocky terrain, 16.1 km
Leaders: Jamie and Greg & Jeanette . BT Maps 10/11, ed. 25. Meet before 9:00 am for a 9:00 am departure in the parking lot at Rattlesnake Point Conservation Area parking off Appleby Line [43.472003,-79.911787], map 11. We walk north through Crawford Lake C.A., down into, along & back up the Nassawgaweya Canyon onto part of the Milton Outlier before walking the Rattlesnake Point Access Trail to the parking lot. Hiking boots are a must and trekking poles are recommended. No dogs and no dropouts. Directions from Hwy 401 East: Take Exit 312 at Campbellville, left at Reid Sideroad (signs for Reid Sideroad/Guelph Line/Campbellville), left at Main St North/Guelph Line, turn right (before the Mohawk Racetrack) at 5 Sideroad/Reg. Rd 9 (also known as Campbellville Rd.) & follow it for about 3.5 km, right at Appleby Line for about 5.5 km to the entrance of Rattlesnake Point C.A. Google Maps directions.
Saturday, October 9, 2010 – Bruce Trail, Sydenham Hike 10 of 12 Level 2: Moderate ~ 13.9 km
Leader: Cathy johnstone_cathy@hotmail.com. Depart 9:00 am, there is roadside parking on Concession 24 at the Dodd’s Hill Side Trail, km 144.1 map 34 [approximately 44.761626,-80.925280].
Sunday, October 10, 2010 – Bruce Trail, Sydenham Hike 11 of 12 Level 2: Moderate ~ 17.3 km
Leader: Cathy johnstone_cathy@hotmail.com. Depart 9:00 am, there is roadside parking on Gleason Lake Rd [approximately 44.776755,-81.039419] where the Curly Harnden Side Trail meets with the Len Holley Side Trail map 35.
Monday, October 11, 2010 – Bruce Trail, Sydenham Hike 12 of 12 Level 2: Moderate ~ 13.3 km
Leader: Cathy johnstone_cathy@hotmail.com. Depart 9:00 am, Bluewater Park in Wiarton, there is a large parking lot opposite the arena [approximately 44.742086,-81.134802], km 171.3 map 35. [Wiarton Arena & Community Centre, 563 George Street, Wiarton, Ontario]
Thursday, October 14, 2010 – Waterloo Wellington Canoe Club - 25th Anniversary Speaker Series
At 7 p.m. Kevin Callan, a Canadian author, speaker, and canoe enthusiast, will speak at Resurrection High School Room 101, 455 University Avenue West, Kitchener.
He is the author of eleven books, including the best selling The Happy Camper and a series of paddling guides. On a regular basis he presents across North America and has been a key speaker at all the major canoe events for over 20 years. Callan is also a frequent guest on radio and television, field editor for Explore, and writes on a regular basis for ON Nature, Kanawa and Canoeroots Magazine. He is a winner of three National Magazine Awards [3] and four film awards’ including “best of” in the prestigious Waterwalker Film Festival.
For the last 17 years he has taught Environmental Issues and Sciences at Sir Sanford Fleming College and lives in Peterborough, the birthplace of the modern day canoe.
Sunday, October 31, 2010 – Bruce Trail, Iroquoia/Toronto. Level 2/3. 3 km/h. Hilly, rocky terrain, 14.9 km
Leaders: Jamie and Greg & Jeanette BT Maps 11, ed. 25. Meet before 9:00 am for a 9:00 am departure in the parking lot at Rattlesnake Point Conservation Area parking off Appleby Line [43.472003,-79.911787], map 11. Today we walk south through part of Hilton Falls C.A., before mounting the Milton Outlier passing through the Kelso C.A. on to Rattlesnake Point Access Trail along the edge of Nassawgaweya Canyon to the parking lot. Hiking boots are a must and trekking poles are recommended. No dogs and no dropouts. Directions from Hwy 401 East: Take Exit 312 at Campbellville, left at Reid Sideroad (signs for Reid Sideroad/Guelph Line/Campbellville), left at Main St North/Guelph Line, turn right (before the Mohawk Racetrack) at 5 Sideroad/Reg Rd 9 (also known as Campbellville Rd) & follow it for about 3.5 km, right at Appleby Line for about 5.5 km to the entrance of Rattlesnake Point C.A. Google Maps directions.
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