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Re: Obscure question about Milton, Ontario
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Wed, 14 Jul 2004 02:01:53 GMT
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Cool,
Now I've got to figure out how to get out there. I know some areas were
you can park around there, but they could be some distance from trail
entrance.
Here's the Mapquest map of the area.
http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?ovi=1&mqmap.x=254&mqmap.y=195&mapdata=lkA%252fomiQSEYWbtfzhXH7W5Pm6udfeIsB47Tb28AJSTRaMlW46MQeJsOdgDkzjmveHi4Tk0j9EhmPBDGhde52M8MlVgjMBC4LRjFdSZyY%252fJRBOGKosWCw1d5yNPcMj0BmPgSIQv0q0g%252bMsUhsbWzaOEppdDRLQAHJ65W4GpL7tUhEPxjyx5bopKf17PLeo6TftHfd2lHtU7eYTuKQOLkAA8OPCaihehF9gsqMSuIQUoRfe6D0gn4j%252f36m2ZX%252fR%252fkQGRIngZMby43%252fMCQT1sDQZ9fKKdpwsBDdjCThdxjyqCI8RY9D0b%252fGOu4lPf4nY245pW74ODIk9gCT285%252bSGmXU4AKqVrH9%252fMs
You have to zoom in one level for it to show 6th Line or Nassagawaya.
I'll try and find out more, because I'd love to find and walk the trail.
Not only for the bridge, but to see into that quarry. It's just massive.
Derek
Iain Hendry wrote:
> Hey guys,
>
> As a follow-up to the bridge question, I emailed the Halton Conservation
> Authority people and got a response! Here it is...
>
> Iain
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>
> --
>
> The "ridge" you see is the Niagara Escarpment, which runs from Niagara to
> Tobermory, and we are very fortunate to have it run through our region. Our
> Conservation Authority has several conservation areas which have the Niagara
> Escarpment running through them - Mount Nemo, Kelso, Crawford Lake,
> Rattlesnake Point and Hilton Falls.
>
> The "gap" you see was created many years ago in order for the quarry to get
> their trucks through that area and into the quarry. Of course, these days
> with all the environmental concerns, it never would have been allowed.
> However, the Bridge is a pedestrian bridge built to allow the Bruce Trail to
> go straight across the Gap, and the bridge is in the middle of our
> Escarpment Tract of land. The Quarry Bridge was erected in February 1991 by
> Eagle Bridge of Kitchener. Funding was provided by the Ministry of Culture
> and Tourism, as well as many corporate donors and Bruce Trail Association
> members. The concrete footings and 30m rock bolts were constructed (and
> funded) by Dufferin Construction, a division of Dufferin Aggregates.
>
> The bridge obviously is in between concessions. It is difficult to give
> directions to get to the bridge, since it is on the main "solid white
> markers" of the Bruce Trail. There is a place on Sixth Line where the trail
> comes north out of Hilton Falls Conservation Area, crosses Sixth Line into
> the Escarpment Tract, and you would just continue walking northward and
> eventually get to the bridge. However, there is no parking on the Sixth
> Line, and even though there is a golf course there, their parking is
> strictly for their guests.
>
> You may be interested in obtaining a Bruce Trail handbook that has maps of
> the trail and shows the parks places that trails cross certain roads, etc.
> It can be purchased from the Bruce Trail Association at P.O. Box 857,
> Hamilton, ON L8N 3N9 (Ph. 905-529-6821).
>
> I hope this is at least part of the information you were hoping for.
>
> Carol Patterson
> Administrative Ass't
>
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