NOTES FROM THE ARCHIVES – 1990 – 1995      Donna Weitzel

  • Meetings held at the National Trust building and Kiwanis Community Centre
  • Photography Hike held in June of 1990
  • Club members presented slide shows at meetings of hikes in Kenya and Mount Kilimanjaro, McGregor Point Provincial Park, British Columbia, Bruce Peninsula and New Hampshire
  • 1990 Avon Trail Objectives: to stimulate interest in hiking; to establish and maintain trails for hiking; to encourage awareness of the natural environment; to promote the conservation of this environment.“
  • Concern for the environment became a leading cause (1990) – “Canada ranked 20th in the world in terms of protected lands as a percentage of our total land base.”
  • First End-to-End Hike completed in less than 1 day (22 hours) by Grant Hall and Peter Juknys
  • “Trail User’s Code” created
  • Newsletters sent out 3 times a year – December/ January, April, August
  • 4 General Meetings a year – March, May, September and November
  • Goderich – 700 ft. Menesetung Bridge slated for demolition January 1990 – purchased by citizens in June of same year
  • Sept.1993 – Avon Trail hosted Hike Ontario AGM
  • 20 Year Anniversary celebrated October 1st, 1995 with Hike around Wildwood Lake and a Pig Roast