Title: Beaver Valley Bruce Trail Club fonds
Dates of Creation: 1963-
Scope and Content:
A collection of miscellaneous records from the
Beaver Valley Chapter of the Bruce Trail Association. The Bruce Trail runs from Queenston to Tobermory along the
Niagara Escarpment, a distance of about 782 km. The idea for the trail was first proposed in 1960 by Raymond
Lowes to the Federation of Ontario Naturalists and a Bruce Trail Committee was
formed. The trail was completed in
1967. The Bruce Trail is the oldest and
longest hiking trail in Canada, much of it running through privately owned land
and is maintained by groups of local volunteers. The Beaver Valley Bruce Trail
Club maintains the stretch of trail from Craigleith to Blantyre, a distance of
about 86 km. This collection is mainly
minutes of meetings, correspondence and newspaper clippings have to do with the
activities of the Beaver Valley Bruce Trail Club.
Finding Aid:
f1 1963 minutes, correspondence, newspaper clippings.
f2 1964 minutes, correspondence, newsletter, newspaper clippings
f3 1965 minutes, correspondence, newsletter, newspaper clippings
f4 1965-1970 minutes of meetings bound together
f5 1966 newsletters, newspaper clippings
f6 1967 membership list, newsletters
f7 1968 membership list, newsletters
f8 1969 newsletters, newspaper clippings
f9 1970 newsletters
f10 1971 minutes, newsletters
f11 1972 minutes, newsletters
f12 1973 minutes, newsletters
f13 1974 minutes, newsletters
f14 1975 minutes, newsletters
f15 1976 minutes, newsletters
f16 1977 minutes, newsletters, newspaper clippings
f17 1978 minutes, newsletters, newspaper clippings
f18 1979 minutes, newsletters
f19 1980 minutes, newsletters
f20 1981 minutes, newsletters, correspondence
f21 1982 minutes, newsletters, correspondence
f22 1983 minutes, newsletters, membership list
f23 1984 minutes, newsletters, correspondence
f24 1985 minutes, newsletters, membership list
f25 1986 minutes, newsletters, correspondence
f26 1987 minutes, newsletters, correspondence
f27 1988 minutes, newsletters
f28 1989 minutes, newsletters
f29 1990 minutes, newsletters, correspondence, newspaper clippings, photographs
f30 1991 newsletters
f31 1992 minutes, newsletters, correspondence, photograph
f32 1993 minutes, newsletters, notes on AGM hosted by Beaver Valley Club
f33 1994 minutes, newsletters, photographs of Walkathon
f34 1995 minutes, newsletters, newspaper clippings, photographs
f35 1996 minutes, newsletters, newspaper clippings
f36 1997 minutes, newsletters, newspaper clippings, photographs
f37 1998 minutes, newsletters, newspaper clippings, photographs
f38 1999 minutes, newsletters, newspaper clippings, correspondence, photographs
f39 2000 minutes, newsletters, correspondence, photographs
f40 2001 minutes, newsletters, correspondence, photographs of Feversham Hike
f41 2002 minutes, newsletters, correspondence, newspaper clippings, notes on
AGM hosted by Beaver Valley Club
f42 2003 minutes, newsletters, correspondence
f43 2004 minutes, newsletters, correspondence
f42 Landowner Relations
– files, reports, maps
f43 Trail Maintenance –
Shelters, Stiles and Camp sites: photos, clippings, plans, Guide for Trail
Workers, photograph of early Bruce Trail sign
f46 Bruce Trail Association
Policy Documents, c1992
Restrictions on Access:
These materials are available for viewing in the library.
The items in the collection are the property of the Beaver Valley Bruce Trail
Club. Permission may be required to
reproduce some items.