LEONARD E. SHORE MEMORIAL LIBRARY

Local History Collection

BOX 20 : Beaver Valley Bruce Trail Club Archives

 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.