SNOWMOBILE TRAILS 



Snowmobiling was permitted on roads or specially desig- 

 nated trails in many provincial parks during 1970-1. Approxi- 

 mately 200 miles of marked trails and 700 miles of roads 

 were available for this activity. 



Snowmobiles were prohibited from use in Long Point, 

 Bass Lake, Mara, Springwater, McRae Point, Mark S. Burn- 

 X 40 M 14 2 X ham, North Beach, Sandbanks and Killbear Provincial Parks. 



— 12 — — 1 X 



X 29 IX Snowmobiling was restricted to specially designated areas 



X 33 IX '" Rondeau, Algonquin, Quetico, Lake Superior, Pinery, Earl 



5 Rowe, Sibbald Point, Darlington, Serpent Mounds, Emily, 



Balsam Lake, Presqu'ile, Outlet Beach, Bon Echo, Arrowhead, 

 Samuel de Champlain, Killarney, Kakabeka Falls and Sibley 

 ^12 EX — — X Provincial Parks. 



— 4 — 10 1 X 



X 19.5 EX 2 1 X An additional 300 miles of cross-country trails were 



X 10 — — 1 X established on Crown lands in Parry Sound, Lindsay and 



X 9.6 — — — X Tweed Districts. A considerable increase in recreational 



snowmobiling was made of the County Forest areas which 

 Y -10 X X ^^^ under timber management Agreements with the Depart- 



, ment of Lands and Forests. 



X 4n ^ y Y 



X 21.5 - _ _ X ACCESS POINTS 



X 130 M 2 X X During 1970, maintenance and improvements were carried 



— 15 — X X o'Jf °" 3 total of 618 public access points across the prov- 



X 63 — ■ ince. The increasing use being made of these sites required 



X 262 — an expansion of parking and launching facilities in a number 



of areas. New development priorities were directed to pro- 



X 25 — 



X 120 M 



X 25 — 



— 20 — 



— 4 — 

 X 110 M 

 X 30 EC 



viding access to major waterways and highly productive 

 fishing waters. 



CANOE ROUTES 



The rapidly increasing demand for canoe routes information 

 was met in large part by a new publication, "Canoe Routes 

 in Northern Ontario". This booklet summarizes 125 historic 

 canoe routes in northern Ontario and provides essential data 

 and further sources of information on 11,000 miles of canoe- 

 13 — — X X ing waterways. Detailed route descriptions and portage 



^ 4.5 — — X X improvements were completed on approximately 5,000 



X 20 — — X X miles of these routes. 



X 15 EC 



HIKING TRAILS 



X 1 — 3.5 X X Major emphasis was given to the planning of a co-ordinated 



X 8 — 5 X X system of hiking, equestrian and cross-country ski trails. 



30 — 4.5 X X Additional short trails were developed in Agreement Forest 



X 10 — — X X areas. Major projects included the completion of a 45-mile 



X 2 — ■ — XX multi-use trail along the abandoned railway right-of-way 



from Parry Sound to Novar, and a scenic look-out trail at 

 Aubrey Falls on the Mississagi River. 



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