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DO MORE ON THE SHORE EZINE
APRIL 2007

www.waterfronttrail.org

IN THIS ISSUE:

• Featured Route  - Port Hope
• Featured Attraction – Discovery Landing
• Tour to the World’s Biggest Bike Fest
• Upcoming Events
• Picture of the Week
• Web-Cam
• Mapbooks now available
  

FEATURED ROUTE – PORT HOPE
Every April Port Hope hosts the Float your Fanny Down the Ganny festival to commemorate the floods of 1980.  This year the festival is April 7th, so why not make a week-end of it!
 
Port Hope is a charming heritage town with an excellent selection of B&Bs, shopping, theatre and restaurants, and the Waterfront Trail meanders through it. The Trail features the dedicated handiwork of volunteers that made this Trail possible including benches, bird feeders, gazebo and tributes to the community leaders who played a key role in the Trail's development-The Keith Richan Walkway and the A.K. Sculthrope Memorial Woodland Marsh.
There is great riding in and around Port Hope and we have created a 78 km loop that begins and ends at the Port Hope Town Hall. So tune up your bike, fill up your water bottles, and take a self guided trip to Port Hope.  
 
Begin at the Port Hope Town Hall on Queen Street
* Right on Queen Street
* Left on Robertson St.  (0.4 km)
* Right on Mill St. and follow the Waterfront Trail Signs which will take you to a right on Peter St (Rt.2) to Cobourg.
* Right on Rogers Rd.  (10 km)
* Left on Calisle St.  (10.5 km)
* Right on Burmham St. (11.25 km)
* Left on Monk St. – Keep watching for the Waterfront Trail signs which will take you through Peace Park to Clyde St.  (13 km)
* Right on Durham St. – follow the Waterfront Trail signs through Rotary Waterfront Park and Victoria Park to Bay St. (14.25 km)
* Left on D’Arcy St. (16km)
* Left on Elgin St. E (18.25 km)
* Right on Birchwood Tr.
* Left on Parkview Hills Dr. (19.5 km)
* Right on Densmore Rd. (20.5 km)
* Right on Gully Rd.  (28.5 km) which turns into Massey Rd.
* Left on Clouston Rd. – Turn opposite of St. Anne’s Inne (34km)
* Left on Grills Rd. which becomes The Scots Line (37km)
* Right on Speechley Rd. (39 km)
* Left on Community Centre Rd. (40 km)
* Right on C.R. 45/Baltimore Rd. (unmarked stop sign/store) (47.5 km)
* Left on Harwood Rd./C.R. 15
* Slight left on Racetrack Rd.  (49 km)
* Right on Leach Rd. – watch for sign (50.5 km)
* Left on Rose Rd. (51 km)
* Right on Ferguson Rd.  
* Left on Ball Rd.  (52.5 km)
* Right on Cornish Hollow Rd.  (53.5 km)
* Left on Smylie Rd. (54 km)
* Right on C.R. 18/Burmham St. N (unsigned)  (56.5 km)
* Left on Kennedy Rd.  (57.5 km)
* Left on Jibb Rd.  (58 km) – stay right on Jibb Rd.
* Left on Bethel Grove Rd/5th Line  (61 km)
* Left on Barrie Rd (watch for sign as you climb)  (68.75 km)
* Jog right/left on 4th Line to Sylvain Glen Rd.  (71 km)
* Jog left/right on Dale Rd. to Cranberry Rd.  (73 km)
* Left on Choate Rd. which turns into Cavan St. (73.5 km)
* Left on Walton St.
* Right on Queen St.  
* End at Town Hall (77.9 km)
 
To see a map of the route click on this link:
 http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=834651.  
 
For shorter or longer routes, check out: http://www.hedney.com/freewheelers/Port_Hope.htm
 
To find out more about Port Hope log on to:
http://www.waterfronttrail.org/trail-p-port_hope.html or
http://www.porthope.ca/home.asp
 
To find out more about the Float You Fanny Down the Ganny Festival click on: http://www.floatyourfanny.ca/info.htm
 
DISCOVERY LANDING

Where along the Waterfront Trail can you see a 2 meter high tornado?   Discovery Landing offers you the chance to see and feel how a tornado forms as well as learn about how Lake Ontario influences our weather and ecosystem.  There are over 14,200 square feet to discover, offering a place to break from a bike ride along the Waterfront Trail, an activity after a picnic, or a building to admire during a walk along Burlington’s waterfront.

The Dofasco Waterjet Plaza, beside Discovery Landing, will open on May 19th, offering another unique and fun way to cool off this summer.  

Find out more about the Waterfront Trail in Burlington and download a map at: http://www.waterfronttrail.org/trail-p-burlington.html.

To find out more about Burlington’s waterfront, log on to www.tourismburlington.com.

THE WORLD’S BIGGEST BIKE FEST

Steve Bauer Tours will be leading a group from Cornwall to Montreal to take part in the World’s Biggest Bike Festival. The week long festival attracts 45,000 people from all over the world and shuts down city streets for cyclists, offers a tour of the city at night, and a lively musical tour.  Space is limited, the package flexible, and camaraderie is guaranteed.

Experienced guides, accommodation, meals and snacks are provided.  To sign up or request more information, contact Vicki at vb@... or 416-943-8080.

UPCOMING EVENTS
FLOAT YOUR FANNY DOWN THE GANNY – April 7th in Port Hope
www.floatyourfanny.ca - 905-885-2004
 
APPLE BLOSSOM TYME FESTIVAL – May 26-27 in Cramahe
Tulips and Daffodils are starting to poke their heads out of the ground, blue bells are blooming and buds will begin to appear on the trees over the next few weeks leading to flowers and a reason to celebrate Spring.  So why not visit the Apple Blossom Tyme Festival?  The family oriented week-end offers a pancake breakfast, street fair, car show, midway, pie eating contest and so much more.
www.appleblossomtyme.com - 905-344-7845
 
PICTURE OF THE WEEK

As the weather begins to warm up, the face of the Waterfront Trail will change.  Trees will bud, bloom, and provide shade, flowers will appear, and cyclists will be in shorts instead of tights.  This picture was taken by Simon Wilson in Niagara.
 
WEB-CAM
Check out a live web-cam of Brockville’s waterfront.
http://www3.sympatico.ca/brian.prince/BmPwebcamSV3.htm
 
MAP BOOKS AVAILABLE

The Waterfront Regeneration Trust unveiled a new set of web maps and community profiles on www.waterfronttrail.org.  Covering the eastern extension of the Waterfront Trail from Brockville to the Quebec border along the St. Lawrence Seaway, the 7 new maps cover 147km of the trail in full colour and high detail.  Like all of our maps, they can be downloaded in the PDF format directly from our website, or you can order your own map book that includes all 780 km of the waterfront trail from Niagara to Quebec, as well as sights to see along the way and suggested itineraries.  To purchase a map book log on to www.dunmap.com/people-order-wt-mapbook.html.

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