Sunday, Oct 3rd, 2004 7:00 a.m. SHARP (Please be there on time!) |
Finch East Parking Lot - close to Bus GO Station. Bus leaves at 7:00 a.m. sharp. |
9:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. | Stop and shop at Chocolate and Maple Syrup factory. |
11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. |
Buffet lunch at King Buffet |
12:30 p.m. |
Algonquin Park
West Gate entrance |
1:00 p.m. - 1:40 p.m. |
Whisky Rapid Trail (2.1 km)
. Walking trail (put on your hiking outfit, i.e. no dancing
shoes/short skirts, etc., and dress warm for the weather). |
2:15 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. |
Algonquin Park
Visitor Centre
and
Big Pine Trail
(Optional) |
7:00 p.m. (Approximate time only) |
Toronto Finch Subway |
The first bus is full. There're a few
seats left on Bus #2. Please call Peggy Wan at (H)416-498-1010 or (B)416-954-7784
or Nelson Wong at 905-660-0566.
This year's Fall Foliage trip is a combination of Nature Walk and
Vist to St. Jacobs. It allows you to experience the wonder of nature by
embracing yourself in the Fall foliage while walking through a trail that
offers excellent view of winding river, salmon swimming upstream (with
a bit of luck), matured forest, hill, bridges, a 70-step steel staircase
and several excellent lookout points. This place is located just north
of the Glen Abby Golf Course in Oakville.
The destination is a spectacular new 12-km trails system on both sides of scenic Sixteen Mile Creek south of Dundas Street in Oakville. Called the Oakville Heritage Trail, it has three trails traversing the area - the east bank, inner valley and west bank trails - and the surface is mainly hard-packed limestone screenings, although hills are paved. We'll explore the inner valley trail and the west bank trail. The trails have been cleverly carved through matured forest and once down by the creek you might think you are in Northern Ontario, not a few minutes' drive west of Toronto. In some spots there are towering cliffs beside the creek and from late August to October you might see Coho and Chinook Salmon swimming up the creek to spawn.
Although the trail is designed as a family-oriented path, it is not recommended for kids that are smaller than 8 or the really 'seniors' since we schedule to complete the entire trail in approxiamtely 2 hours. However, if you really would like to bring along the seniors or the little ones, please be prepared to turn back after the first half of the scenic section of the trail (approximately 40 minutes from the starting point). There's a very large resting area near the parking lot that offers very nice scenery of Fall Foliage.7:30 a.m. (Please be there on time!) | Finch East Parking Lot - close to Bus GO
Station. Bus leaves at 7:30 a.m. sharp. |
8:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. | Walking trail (put on your hiking outfit, i.e. no dancing shoes/short skirts, etc., and dress warm for the weather). The trail is very sheltered and wind should not be a factor. Bring along your cameras and you'll take a lot of pictures. Those who do not want to walk the entire trail can return at the Lookout point (approx. 40 minutes). |
11:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. |
St. Jacobs
- Lunch, sightseeing, Farmer's Market, etc. |
4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. | Return to Finch Parking Lot |