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The map at left shows the Cambridge -
Paris Rail Trail (black line), the S. C.
Johnson Trail (red line), and Gordon
Glaves Memorial Pathway (orange line).
For details about the Cambridge - Paris
Rail Trail see its individual page.
Update, July 2003: I am advised that the 2.7 km road detour
at the north end of Brantford (Hardy Rd, near 403 bridge), is no longer necessary. A path has been constructed.
I got lost traveling through Brantford, so
I provide an enlargement below plus the
following advice. The trail is quite good
from the end of the S. C. Johnson trail to
the downtown. A short while after
passing the city centre the trail will
become a glorified sidewalk along River
Street, with a railing between it and the
road. A short while after the railing ends,
you will notice a berm that goes off to
the left. It has a gate and does not look
like a proper trail, but go around the gate
and follow it. Eventually you will get to Mohawk Street, where the city is constructing trails, but
in the meantime you might have to follow Mohawk Street for perhaps a kilometre. I can't be more
precise because I screwed up and cycled along River Street, Birkett Lane, and Mohawk, rather
than following the berms.
I am told that
the city will soon improve signage and the
trail surface along the berms in the south end. As I
mentioned above, the surface is already quite good in the
north end (which is also mostly on berms), and it is easy to
follow.
The S. C. Johnson Trail was developed by the Grand River
Conservation Authority, who also developed the Brantford
- Jerseyville part of the Hamilton - Brantford Rail Trail.
They received a lot of donations towards trail development,
including a very large donation from the company that
makes Johnson Wax. I have no connection with them and I
am volunteering this plug because I appreciate what they have done.
These four trails that make the almost continuous link between Hamilton and Cambridge form part of the Trans-Canada Trail. There is a link to the Trans-Canada Trail web site on my Other Trails page, as well as a link to the Ontario Trails Council with information about the TCT in Ontario. The total distance of these four trails, from West Hamilton to the south end of Cambridge, is about 75 kilometres.
Below is a map of the Hamilton-Brantford Rail Trail. For details about that trail see its individual
page.
The above maps have been extracted from the brochure developed jointly by the Grand River Conservation Authority, Hamilton Region Conservation Authority, City of Brantford, and S. C. Johnson and Son Limited.
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