April 27, 2024
We started our blog with our initial post on April 27, 2014, Since then we’ve done a few “greatest hits” type posts where we featured the stories that have had the most reads. To celebrate our tenth anniversary we’re looking at some of the hikes that were the most fun for us. The places that were the most enjoyable and had the most interesting artifacts or histories. With over 600 posts its hard to choose the most enjoyable ones but the fifteen listed below represent some of our most loved ones. These are presented in no particular order. Click on the title of the article in each box and it will take you to the story. Links to the locations will be at the end of each story.
Riverwood
This large park in Mississauga had so much history from the estate and farms that we ended up splitting it into three posts.
The Bell Fountain – Belfountain
The park in Belfountain was created as one man’s dream and has a man made waterfall, swing bridge and many other interesting artifacts to explore.
The Caledon Aerial Tramway – Cox Property
This exploration was based on looking for evidence of an aerial tramway that used to carry quarried rock across the ravine.
Kelso’s Kilns
While looking for two old lime kilns near Kelso we also found the remains of another kiln location.
UTM Nature Trail
This nature trail explores the old estate that now forms the campus for the University of Toronto Mississauga Campus and includes a man made pond and stone bridge.
Milton Mill Pond
There’s lots of interesting things to find as you loop around the old mill pond in Milton.
Scotsdale Farm
This park in Halton includes a Bruce Trail side trail as well as several other trails and historic buildings.
Elora Gorge
The scenic gorge in Elora is also home to the refurbished Elora Mill and makes for a great hike.
The Hole In The Wall
Near Limehouse the Bruce Trail passes through this karst formation and makes for an interesting and mildly challenging hike.
Limehouse
The history of the lime industry is on display in the conservation area in Limehouse.
Felker’s Falls
One of several waterfalls that we have explored in the Hamilton Area. They say that Hamilton has 100 waterfalls as all of the rainwater that falls on top of the escarpment makes its way to Lake Ontario.
The Devil’s Punch Bowl
Exploring the upper and lower Punch Bowl Falls makes for an interesting and challenging hike.
Albion Falls
This exploration was done when it was still possible to get to the bottom of the falls. It has now been closed to the public due to the large number of rescues that had to be made of people who got injured down there.
The Barber Dynamo – Georgetown
This is a challenging trail that leads to one of the truly unique places in the GTA where electricity was generated to run the Georgetown Paper Mills.
Abandoned Passmore Avenue
Passmore Avenue runs just south of Steeles Avenue through Scarborough and has several sections that have been closed to traffic.
There are many other places that we thoroughly enjoyed exploring but there’s no room to list them all. By going to our main page at http://www.hikingthegta.com you can use the search feature to look for specific topics such as waterfalls, the Bruce Trail or ghost towns. You can also look for places in a specific town or area near you. Enjoy, and thanks for this first decade of reading our posts.
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