Fact Sheets

2008 HTG Fact Sheet

Thanks to funding provided to Huronia Trails and Greenways by Communities in Action - Active 2010, the County of Simcoe Forest Division, by the Ontario Trillium Foundation, and a number of other sponsors, we are seeing much progress in the areas of mapping, trail blazing, promotion of active living, and trail promotion in Simcoe County.

Please view the PDF Fact Sheet for further details.

Huronia Trails and Greenways (HTG) was founded in 1992, out of the recommendations of the County of Simcoe’s Greenway Study, which focused abandoned rail lines. Huronia Trails and Greenways works with various user groups, involved in snowmobiling, ATV’ing, hiking, cycling, horseback riding, motorcycling, etc. as well as with various trail building groups, the Simcoe County Health Unit, etc. to promote trail building and trail promotion in Simcoe County. An important focus of the HTG is also the development of the Trans Canada Trail through Simcoe County, of which over 130 km are now open for use.

Please click here for the 2008 HTG Fact Sheet.

Off Road Motorcycling Fact Sheet

For close to the past 50 years, off road motorcyclists have been enjoying the pleasure of trail riding the Simcoe County Forest.  The first land use agreement in the area was in the mid-1930s when the British Empire Motorcycle Club (BEMC) used to purchase Wasaga Beach for one dollar for a weekend event and then sell it back to the province on the Monday.

For more information visit www.scorra.ca or www.oftr.ca

Please click here for the Motorcycling Fact Sheet.

Snowmobiling Fact Sheet

Snowmobiling is fun for families and municipalities benefit economically from this activity.  Snowmobiling generates $1.2 billion for local economies each winter in Ontario.  The Ontario Federation of Snowmobile Clubs (OFSC) estimates that snowmobilers rode over 150 million kilometres on its trails in the winter of 2008.

For more information, contact the Ontario Federation of Snowmobile Clubs (OFSC),        50 Welham, Barrie, Ontario, L4N 0A1, 705-739-2005, www.ofsc.on.ca

Please click here for the Snowmobiling Fact Sheet.

OFATV Fact Sheet

The OFATV was initiated on Saturday, June 12, 1999. It was the result of a stakeholders' forum at The Canadian Ecology Centre, November 13, 1998. At the fall meeting the CATV (manufacturers), safety officials, government officials, educators, and environmental representatives came together to discuss how ATVs and sustainable outdoor tourism are related.

Please click here for the OFATV Fact Sheet.

Ganaraska Fact Sheet

The Ganaraska Hiking Trail was officially opened in 1968. The trail starts in Port Hope, on the north shore of Lake Ontario and trail passes through a variety of scenery from Lake Ontario, north through the sand hills of the moraine where the Ganaraska Forest is, past the lakes and drumlin fields of the Kawarthas to the rugged wilderness of the Canadian Shield, then west through he rolling hills of Simcoe County and the shores of Georgian Bay to the edge of the Niagara Escarpment, where the trail meets the Bruce Trail.

For more information on the Ganaraska Hiking Trail Association, contact
Ganaraska Hiking Trail Association
Box 693, Orillia, L3V 6K7
www.ganaraska-hiking-trail.ca

Please click here for the Ganarska Fact Sheet.