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

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.

South Coal Lake Hike

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Seven people braved the rain to hike along the middle section of Coal Lake.

The trail was very wet and slippery, but thanks to the new ropes on the steep slopes, we managed to stay upright!

By lunch time the sun was peaking through.

We found some remarkable fungi and Indian Pipe.

A big mushroom
Indian Pipe and another mushroom

Great hike! Thanks to wonderful maintenance crew for their great work! And to the landowners for their generosity. You can find all the photos on Flickr.

Where we’re going next.