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Title
Grand Valley Trails Association
Description
The Grand Valley Trail is a marked footpath stretching more than 275 km between Rock Point Provincial Park on Lake Erie to the town of Alton, near Orangeville. The Grand Valley Trails Association is a non-profit organization administered by a board of directors, elected each year at the annual general meeting. The Board holds regular meetings.
The mandate of the association is to build and maintain hiking trails in the Grand River Valley. As this is the reason for the existence of the association, all members are encouraged to become involved in trail maintenance. This activity ranges from participating in work parties to "adopting" a section of the trail. The work involved ranges from repainting blazes to constructing bridges. Trail maintenance training sessions are included in the program.
In addition, the promotion of outdoor activities such as hiking, snowshoeing, cross-country skiing, canoeing and camping is a major part of the association's activities.These are supplemented by various social activities. Day or weekend outings are organized for most weekends during the year and are published in the association's newsletters. End-to-end chevrons and a badge are awarded to those persons who have walked the entire trail at a nominal cost.
