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    Rattlesnake Point. High rocks with beautiful views of Niagara Escarpment.

    04/10/202508/10/2025

    Rattlesnake Point is one of the most beautiful spots in Southern Ontario. Popular rock climbing spot and features breathtaking views of the Niagara Escarpment.

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    Kelso. Cliffs with the most beautiful views of Niagara Escarpment.

    04/10/202509/10/2025
    Kelso is a distinctive part of the Niagara Escarpment. There is a trail that runs along the escarpment that offers very nice views of the ...
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    Hilton Falls. Trails in enchanting nature with unique history

    04/10/202504/10/2025
    Hilton Falls is a pleasant area for small hikes. The center of the area is not only a small lake and streams, and waterfall, about ...
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    Dufferin Quarry Bridge. Unique views of the Niagara Escarpment. Trail

    04/10/202504/10/2025

    Dufferin Quarry Bridge. The unique views of the Niagara Escarpment. The Restoration Side Trail. The scenic overlooks of the city skylines like Mississauga.

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    Hungry Hollow. Hiking, Biking & More. Nature’s Hidden Gem in Georgetown

    02/07/202510/10/2025
    Hungry Hollow trail runs along the Silver Creek branch of the Credit River, nestled in a valley to the south of Georgetown. Short history of ...
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    Terra Cotta Trails at the Conservation Area est. 1958

    02/07/202510/10/2025
    The summer cottages led Rod Clancy to create a summer park, which eventually became the Terra Cotta Conservation Area in 1958. This highly successful attraction ...
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    Cheltenham Badlands. Fascinating red landscape like on Mars in Ontario

    21/06/202508/10/2025

    This distinctive and seemingly badlands landscape in Caledon was formed at the bottom of an ancient sea more than 400 million years ago.

  • Halton Hills History, Trails / Nature

    Crawford Lake. Historical unique. Iroquoian village in Canada

    02/04/202510/08/2025

    Crawford Lake, located near Milton in Ontario, is a UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve, At the center of the lake lies a reconstructed Unique Iroquoian village

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    Limehouse trails. Rock crevices at the site of the historic limestone kilns

    23/03/202524/06/2025
    Limehouse Conservation Area is known for its rock crevices, well-preserved limestone kilns and remains of an old mill. Located on the Niagara Escarpment, about 2km ...
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    Trillium is official flower and emblem of the Canadian province of Ontario

    20/03/202520/03/2025
    In Canada, the Trillium plant is commonly found in forested areas, particularly in Ontario. It is the provincial flower, as well as in parts of ...
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    The highest peak (414 metres) of Halton Hills is in Churchill, near Acton.

    07/11/202408/11/2024
    Halton Hills highest peak sits at 414 metres, or 1358 feet in a small village of Churchill, just outside of Acton. To be exact, the ...
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    Scotsdale Farm. Frozen in time and cold Canadian winter

    02/01/202408/10/2025
    Frozen in time and cold Canadian winter the Scotsdale Farm is glowing in the beauty of ice and snow. Enter from Trafalgar Road and begin ...
  • Halton Hills History, Trails / Nature

    The original name of the Credit River was as Missinnihe, the Trusting Creek

    09/12/202325/12/2023
    Have you ever thought about where did Credit River get its name? The name comes from the time when the Mississauga First Nations people that ...
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    What blue and white blaze marks of the Bruce Trail mean?

    07/12/202310/10/2025
    What blue and white blaze marks of the Bruce Trail mean? Philip Gosling, one of the four founders of the Bruce Trail, marked the first ...
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    Magical fall colours at Scotsdale Farm, Halton Hills

    22/11/202312/01/2024
    Scotsdale Farm is one of the most beautiful spots in Halton Hills and favourite spot for photographers and filmmakers. 531 acres of rolling hills, woodlands ...
  • Halton Hills History, Trails / Nature

    Georgetown’s Barber Mill Dynamo, 1888. The first long-distance transmission of hydro power in North America.

    16/11/202319/12/2023
    Did you know that the Barber Mill Dynamo in Georgetown, built in 1888, was the first electrical generating plant in North America use for long ...
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    Silver Creek. Rocks, cliffs, pond, sunny forests, lookouts spots

    07/11/202325/12/2023
    Silver Creek’s lookout spots offer spectacular views of the escarpment especially in the fall when all the leaves change colours. Silver Creek Conservation Area has ...
  • Halton Hills History, Trails / Nature

    Rockwood limestone cliffs, caves and glacial potholes

    09/10/202204/10/2025
    Towering limestone cliffs, caves and glacial potholes, including one of the world’s largest, are a few of the natural wonders at Rockwood. You can view ...
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    Scotsdale Farm, home of old-growth forest and Ontario’s oldest trees

    10/07/202214/07/2022
    Scottsdale Farm is situated north of Georgetown, on Trafalgar Road. This 531 acre heritage property is a popular hiking spot where you can see some ...
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    Devastating ice storm in Georgetown, Ontario, 2013

    14/01/202220/07/2022
    Freezing rain begun to fall on Halton Hils on December 20, 2013. Over 30mm of ice covered the trees and hydro lines. Much of the ...

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