From Toronto:
1. Take the QEW towards Niagara
2. Cross the St. Catharines Garden City Skyway
3. Keep left for Highway 405
4. Exit for Stanley Avenue
5. Left on Stanley Avenue and pass over Highway 405
6. Right Portage Road
7. At the roundabout, take the 3rd exit into Queenston Heights Park
8. First left into large main parking lot
Bruce Trail cairn is in the south east corner of this parking lot, right in front of the roundabout.
This is the southern terminus of the Bruce Trail!
From Niagara:
1. Take the QEW north towards Toronto
2. Take exit 34 for Regional Road 101/Mountain Road
3. Turn right onto Mountain Rd/Regional Rd 101 (signs for Mountain Road E)
4. At the roundabout, continue straight to stay on Mountain Rd/Regional Rd 101
5. After 2.2 km turn left onto St Paul Ave/Regional Rd 100
6. Drive 1.2 km then turn right onto Niagara Townline Rd
7. Continue onto Portage Rd.
8. Drive for 3.3 km.
9. At the roundabout take the 3rd right into Queenston Heights Park
10. First left into large main parking lot
Bruce Trail cairn is in the south east corner of this parking lot, right in front of the roundabout.
This is the southern terminus of the Bruce Trail!
"One location in Lincoln has great historical significance for the Bruce Trail. On March 25, 1962, Bert Lowe, the founder of the Niagara section, painted the first blaze on a tree on the farm of Delby Bucknall, reeve of what was then Clinton township. He went on to lay out and blaze the rest of the trail from Grimsby to Queenston, over the next few months."
“To commemorate that event, in April 2006, the executive of the Niagara club posted a sign designating the site of the first blaze on the Bucknall farm." Rae, Keith. Past President, Niagara Bruce Trail Club.Hiking Gem on Town's Doorstep. Niagara This Week.
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For the most part, the Bruce Trail runs through private property, residential and agricultural. These landowners have graciously agreed to let the Bruce Trail pass through their property, so it's imperative that those of that use the trail treat their gift with respect.
If you leave the trail, you are actually trespassing and might jeopardize the future of the trail being allowed in that location. A main goal of the Bruce Trail is to facilitate public access to the edge of the Escarpment. If the trail has to be re-routed due to abuse of the privilege, it's a real break in the continuity of the trail. If you dig up plants for your garden, pick flowers for a bouquet or pluck ripening fruit from the vine or an orchard, you are stealing. You are damaging natural ecosystems and hurting farmers' incomes.
Niagara Nature Tours offers private hikes and walks from one person or a couple, to large groups. Based on ecotourism guidelines, these natural history outings can be geared towards children through to professional groups. Call to organize a wheelchair accessible outing, a moderate hike with plenty of chances to rest and take photos, or ask for a strenuous adventure hike.
The cairn can be easily viewed from the parking lot and the beginning of the trail is along parking lot and asphalt walkways. The entrance of the trail into the woodland is flat and consists of hard packed earth that might be navigable by certain mobility scooters and wheelchairs, but the majority of the trail is not accessible.
Queenston Heights Park
14184 Niagara Parkway
Queenston, Ontario
L0S 1L0
Latitude: | 43.15816736329381 |
Longitude: | -79.05128449201584 |
Bruce Trail Conservancy
PO Box 857
Hamilton, Ontario
L8N 3N9
Tel (905) 529-6821
Fax (905) 529-6823
Toll free 1-800-665-HIKE
Email info@brucetrail.org