The meeting point will be at Rennie Park in Port Dalhousie. This hike follows the The Niagara River Recreation Trail from Fort George on Lake Ontario to Fort Erie on Lake Erie. This is the fourth year that Ontario has hosted environmental work vacations. Volunteers work together on an outdoor project, having fun, learning new skills and helping to make the environment healthier and more accessible. Projects include building boardwalks, developing new hiking trails, and planting trees.
Volunteers are of all ages and occupations.
The longer vacations are run jointly with the British Trust for Conservation Volunteers, a very experienced conservation organization that last year supported 84,000 outdoor volunteers working on over 3,000 sites around the world. Many members of our group will be from Britain. You can help introduce our visitors to Ontario, learning more about our province by showing it to others. Our ORTA trail on the Uxbridge section is the setting for a vacation from August 6-17, staying in the Durham Forest Outdoor Education Centre. The Uxbridge Chapter plans to complete its trail this summer.