Landowner Rights & Trail User Responsibilities

The Waskahegan Trail is a unique resource that exists only because of the generosity of landowners. Before you set foot on the trail:

  1. Know the landowner rights and the trail user responsibilities.
  2. Check the trail conditions

Middle Battle River

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It looked like it could rain when the seven of us started out. But then the blue sky and sun came out and gave us great hiking weather. 

Thanks to trail maintenance, there was a nice clear path. 

We also saw quite a few mushrooms and raspberries. 

On this pond, we saw a lone bird that looked like a grebe. 

We enjoyed a comfortable picnic spot for our lunches and a pretty outhouse.

After lunch, some of us made the seven minute walk to Fidler’s Monument. 

We didn’t notice mosquitoes much until the last little bit—perhaps we’d worked up a little body odor! 

Thank you to everyone who came out on this day, to Trail Maintenance for their great work, and to the landowners who make this trail possible . Here are the photos on Flickr.

Where we’re going next.

Cloverlawn Hike

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Great conditions and varied scenery rewarded the eight people who came out to the Mud Lake area of our trail on Sunday.

We enjoyed nice, comfortable hiking temperatures, dry paths, and a wide range of terrain and views. We ambled in pastures, meandered in forests, crept along crop land, and scrambled up slopes to view vistas of the valley carved out eons ago. 

This trail section features the commemorative bench honouring Stan Skirrow’s contributions on getting WTA underway. It also has the unique pet cemetery, established and lovingly maintained by the landowners.

On the return, just as the weather was getting really warm and muggy, we were fortunate to experience a welcome, cooling sprinkle to accompany our steps on the final stretch.

Thanks to Trail Maintenance who made the trail passable and to the landowners who make the hike possible. You can find more photos on Flickr.

Where we’re going next.