As stated above, there are no outhouses, sources of water, or parking. There are no mileage markers, benches or camping facilities. This means that you must come prepared with plenty of water and enough food to get you to the next village, which could be a fair distance. This trail is too rough for wheelchairs or young children. It is fine for older children.
Road crossings are few, except in the towns, and tend to be lightly traveled.
Still, always be prepared for the speeding motorist. This line began as the Victoria Railway which was constructed between 1874 and 1878. The entire Victoria Railway was our present day trail between Lindsay and Haliburton, but it was not long before it was acquired into the Midland Railway in 1880. The Midland was a more viable railway with approximately 725 kilometres of line, the principal one being from Port Hope to Midland via Lindsay, Beaverton, and Orillia. However it too was acquired by the grand Trunk Railway in 1883, which became part of Canadian national Railways when it was incorporated in 1923.