Simcoe/Grey Series – NIAGARA ESCARPMENT HISTORY & HIKING

Tom Thomson Trail

April 30, 2020, I began the 41 km hike on the Tom Thomson Trail, from Meaford to Owen Sound. I finished on May 3. The North-Grey Railway was originally planned for Collingwood – Owen Sound, but the line between Meaford (completed 1872) and Owen Sound was never finished. The Tom Thompson Trail begins at theContinue reading “Tom Thomson Trail”

Trout Hollow Trail

Meaford, ON The Bighead River runs through Trout Hollow in Meaford (first called Peggy’s Landing), named after the Trout family who built the sawmill there in 1850. The entrance to the trail is beside Bakeshop Bridge and has the remains of the Wm. Moore & Sons Flour Mill; originally built by Jessie T. Purdy inContinue reading “Trout Hollow Trail”