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      Scotsdale Farm frozen landscape

      04/11/202223/11/2022
      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 ...
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      Churchill 414m. The highest peak of Halton Hills

      14/10/202216/10/2022
      Ontario is a plain, endless sky and endless plain, highlighted most notably by gullies, ravines and unassuming elevations, the most famous of which is the ...
    • Halton Hills History, Trails / Nature

      Rockwood limestone cliffs, caves and glacial potholes

      09/10/202214/10/2022
      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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      Silver Creek. Rocks, cliffs, pond, sunny forests, lookouts spots

      09/10/202212/10/2022
      Sliver 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 ...
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      Limehouse trails, rock cracks at the site of the historic limestone kilns

      14/08/202216/08/2022
      The beautiful limestone kilns at  the Limehouse Conservation Area make this trail very special. Less than 5 kilometres of trail might refrain some hikers from ...
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      The Bruce Trails is marked for hikers. What the blue and white blazes marks mean.

      14/07/202214/07/2022
      Philip Gosling, one of the four “founders” of the Bruce Trail, marked the first blaze in July 1962. The use of markers in the Bruce ...
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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 ...
    • Halton Hills History, Trails / Nature

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

      26/06/202214/07/2022
      Did you know that the Barber Mill Dynamo, built in 1888, was the first electrical generating plant in North America use for long distance transmission ...
    • Halton Hills History, Trails / Nature

      The original name of the Credit river was as Missinnihe, the trusting creek

      28/04/202214/07/2022
      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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      Georgetown’s Old Seed House Garden

      24/04/202217/10/2022
      The Old Seed House Garden is a 1.8 acre civic garden honouring the legacy of the Dominion Seed House in Georgetown, Ontario. A haven for ...
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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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      Autumn colours on the trails at Scotsdale Farm

      26/09/202120/07/2022
      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 ...
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      Hungry Hollow Trail in Georgetown

      04/01/201620/07/2022
      Hungry Hollow trail runs along the Silver Creek branch of the Credit River, nestled in a valley to the south of Georgetown. It is known ...

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