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Canadian Hiking Trails & Wilderness links
Pages apon pages of hiking and outdoor activity (like biking, kayaking, etc.). This link takes you to the Canadian links.Going to http://www.peaktopeak.net will take you to the main page which includes worldwide links.
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Bruce Trail Conservancy
Explore the Bruce Trail. Includes information on some discounts or free access to a few Conservation Areas for Bruce Trail Conservancy members.
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Bike Hike Adventure Travel
From their web site: "Bike Hike Adventures specializes in multi-sport adventure holidays worldwide. Biking, hiking, whitewater rafting, sea kayaking, rock climbing, horseback riding, canopy touring and caving are just a few examples of the high adventure activities that await."
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Gear Reviews (Peak to Peak web site)
Many commercial links and reviews of camping and hiking gear.
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Hostel Search in Canada
From Backpacker.ca, find a hostel on your trip. Prices from super cheap to "not too bad".
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Black Bear Encounters
General information on how to handle an encounter with a Black Bear. Note that close-up encounter with Black bears, which we do have in Ontario, are handled differently than close-up encounters with Grizzly Bears. There are no Grizzly Bears in Ontario.
Many people think you should pretend to be "dead" if a bear does attack. That advice is not given when dealing with Black Bears. (It may work with Grizzlies.) Here is a clip from Glacier National Park in the USA that gives advice about encounters - and avoiding them - with both Black and Grizzly Bears: http://www.nps.gov/archive/glac/video/avbear.mov or click the "Bear Encounters (Black and Grizzly)" link.
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Bear Encounters (Black and Grizzly)
This clip is from Glacier National park in Montana, near the Canadian border.It gives advice on avoiding encounters with both Black Bears and Grizzly Bears and what to do if you end up too close to one. NOTE: We do not have Grizzly Bears in Ontario and the ways to handle a confrontation with a bear depends on the type of bear you are dealing with. So be careful to take away the information that relates to your area and the kinds of bear you may run into.
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Hike Ontario
An advocacy group promoting hiking and walking, with the ability to become invovled in the group and to become a certified hike leader (7 hour course). "Much of the emphasis is instructional but, as a certification program, a significant portion of the agenda is assessment and skills evaluation. The certification issued to the successful candidates is a sanctioned standard and will assist the candidates in leading club hikes, and finding work in Provincial Parks, Youth Camps, Scouts and Guides." (http://www.hikeontario.com/services/hikeleadercert.htm)
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Hiking Risk Management
From Hike Ontario's web site, this is somewhat specific to Hike Ontario's membership but also has some information that can be adapted to Scouting.
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Trans Canada Trail
The TransCanada trail is the world's longest network of trails for hiking, biking, skiing, horseback riding, canoeing and snowmobiling. The trail touches all three oceans on Canada's shores.
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How to Load a backpack
Information and a short video on how to load a backpack
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Backpacking for Beginners
Backpacking for beginners
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101 articles on Camping & Hiking
This link goes to REI, an American company which sells camping gear. It also has many articles on choosing gear and camping in general. 1st Lexington.org does not endorse any particular product or company but I give kudos to those which give you good information with which to choose your own gear and experiences.
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Backpacking Light
Stories, gear reviews and information about backpacking and those who tread the trails.
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Hiking Links