With the current COVID restrictions we are seeing increased trail usage. This is a friendly reminder to cyclists to please slow down, sound your bell or horn and ride single file when passing others on the trail. This lets other trail users know you’re passing and allow everyone to social distance. The most important rule…
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Have some family fun on the trail! Check out our scavenger hunts, word searches and colouring pages to get out, enjoy the trail and have some quality family time. Check out our ‘Fun‘ page for downloadable and printable activity sheets.
Continue ReadingAs of Monday, March 29th (7am- 6pm) a section of the Trail in Hubbards from Station Road to the end of the trail at Route 3 (Hubbards) is going to be closed, to all users, for one week. There will be signs and construction staff contractor at either end to stop traffic. The affected closure…
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Update March 20 2021: Due to the warm weather forecast, we are asking wheeled users to stay off the trail as much as possible during the next week. The trail will be soft and wet. Your co-operation lessens surface damage. The St Margaret’s Bay Area Rails to Trails Association (SMBARTA) is asking for your help….
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We will be holding our annual General Meeting virtually Monday December 7th 2020 at 7pm. Interested in becoming a voting member? Sign-up here & don’t forget to register for the AGM at the same time Member Sign-up If you would like to join the AGM as a non-member please email us by December 4th at mail@stmargaretsbaytrails.com…
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Thanks to Jacqui Tupper and her group of rock painters, the Rails to Trails Community garden has some artistic flair. Here is a small sample of their work scattered throughout the garden. Stop by the garden – located at the trail entrance behind Redmond’s Home Hardware Upper Tantallon – to see all of the amazing…
Continue ReadingWhen the world stopped in the spring of 2020, our trail remained open and active. Trail users could escape COVID-19 for a while, get some exercise and fresh air, and lower their shoulders. Neighbours touched base with each other from opposite sides of the trail, and disrupted the isolation that befell us. It didn’t take…
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Thank you to Canadian National Railway (CN) and specifically Al, Tiffany and Janet for your generous support of our trail. When I look back at some of the historic pictures that were taken during the original construction of the rail bed in the early 1900’s, I am quite certain that none of the engineers, surveyors…
Continue ReadingImprovements and maintenance are still taking place along the St. Margaret’s Bay Area Rails to Trails, says Rick Muzyk, vice chair and manager of Renewal and Maintenance. “My budget for the season is to spend between $70,000 to $75,000 on trail surface upgrades,” he says. The total so far is around $60,000 (as of September…
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The Ride for Cancer in support of the QEII Health Sciences Centre was a huge success again this year in spite of the pandemic. Over 1,000 Riders some sporting face masks set-off each at a staggered start time on a 25, 50, 75 or 100km journey — to transform local cancer care, here at home….
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