Hitting the trail in Onanole
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This article was published 27/06/2012 (4830 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
ONANOLE — After three years of planning and many weekends worth of volunteer labour, the Onanole Trail, the village’s newest recreational attraction, is now ready for use.
At five kilometres in length, the multi-use trail leads from the heart of Onanole to Sportsman’s Park and Deer Road before linking to the trails of Riding Mountain National Park.
For those interested in getting a guided tour of the trail, introductory walking and biking tours have been scheduled for Saturday and Sunday.
Led by trail committee volunteers, the tours will start at the Rural Municipality of Park offices in Onanole, with hiking tours starting at 11 a.m. and biking tours at 2 p.m. on both days.
The trail has been designated as non-motorized, and has been designed for both cyclists and walkers during the summer, and skiers and snowshoers during the winter.
It would not have been possible without the co-operation of the Ash, Bergeson, Dudman, and McDiarmid families, who have graciously allowed the trail to cross their land.
The trail is the first of several trails that will link the various housing developments in the Onanole area.
In addition to the main trail, several options for spur trails have already been identified, including a floating boardwalk crossing Octopus Creek with links to the Elkhorn Resort. Other near-future links are planned for residents in the Minty Drive, Timothy Road and South Bay areas.
The trail was developed through a volunteer committee of the RM of Park. Following several consultation meetings with the public, the route was mapped out during the fall and winter of 2010-11.
Most of the trail-bed construction was completed by the fall of 2011, under the care of two local construction companies Beatty Construction and True Grit Construction. A final top dressing of gravel is expected to be applied this summer.
The members of the recreational trails committee include Ed Mazur as chair, and committee members Sean Fry, Dave Tovell, Ken Kingdon, Fred and Ann Stevenson, Mike Lodge, Chris Phillips, James Gordon (Riding Mountain National Park representative), Vern Jordan (Councillor), Lauriellen Rumball (Councillor) and Walter Sichewski (Councillor).
Any of the members would be happy to discuss other trail linking options.
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