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The Trans Canada Trail is a shared-use recreation trail that weaves through every province and territory in Canada.
It is the longest trail of its kind in the world, spanning 9,920 miles from Victoria, B.C., to St. John's, Newfoundland.
The trail accommodates five core activities: walking and hiking, cycling, horseback riding, cross-country skiing and limited snowmobiling.
Here are the major regions where the trail passes through.
The eastern terminus is Newfoundland, where the trail begins in St. John's and winds through Gander, Grand Falls, Corner Brook and Port Aux Basques.
In Nova Scotia, the trail passes through Sydney, New Glasgow, Truro, Halifax/Dartmouth and Amherst.
On Prince Edward Island, it touches Souris, Charlottetown, Summerside, Borden and Tignish.
In New Brunswick, it weaves through Moncton, Saint John, Fredericton, Woodstock and Edmundston.
In Québec, it passes through Rivière-du-Loup, Québec, Saint-Georges, Thetford Mines, Sherbrooke, Montréal, Laval, Sainte-Adèle and Hull.
In Ontario, it touches Ottawa, Tweed, Peterborough, Toronto, Hamilton, Windsor, Niagara Falls, North Bay, Sudbury, Sault Ste. Marie, Thunder Bay and Kenora.
In Manitoba, it weaves through Falcon Lake, Fort Alexander, Winnipeg, Altona and Roblin.
In Saskatchewan, it touches Yorkton, Regina, Moose Jaw, Cypress Hills, Saskatoon and Lloydminster.
In Alberta, the trail links Medicine Hat, Calgary, Red Deer, Edmonton, Fort McMurray and Banff. In Alberta, the trail forks, the northern leg travels north toward arctic Canada and the westward leg heads into British Columbia.
In British Columbia, it touches Cranbrook, Penticton, Hope, Mission, Vancouver, Victoria, Trail/Rossland, Fort Steele and Princeton.
In the Northwest Territories, the northern leg passes through Fort McPherson, Fort Resolution, Fort Simpson, Norman Wells, Inuvik, Tuktoyaktuk and Yellowknife.
In the Yukon, it passes through Whitehorse, Dawson City, Carmacks and Teslin.
In the territory of Nunavut, it touches the Thelon River, Chesterfield Inlet and Iqaluit.
About three-quarters of the trail piggybacks existing public trails where possible, and crosses provincial and federal government lands. It also follows abandoned railway trails as well as existing rail lines that can accommodate trails built alongside them.
Trail officials are also negotiating rights-of-way with private landowners for the remaining portion of the trail.
The trail is owned, operated and maintained by local organizations, provincial authorities, national agencies and municipalities across Canada. The Trans Canada Trail Foundation spearheaded the creation of the trail, but individual trail councils in every province and territory are responsible for their sections of trail.
The goal is to allow all five core activities on the bulk of the trail, however there are some sections, notably ferry crossings and waterways, such as the Mackenzie River going north, and urban areas where it is not practical to have horses or snowmobiles on the trail.
Call 514-485-3959 for information about any restrictions along the portion of the trail you are planning to travel.
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