The Noisy River Provincial Park marks the start of the Blue Mountains section of the Bruce Trail – an 885km trail in Ontario that follows the escarpment from Niagara to Tobermory. We've been (slowly) trying to complete the entire trail over the past few years and to date have hiked about a third of it.
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Hike #2: Nottawasaga Bluffs Conservation Area
We drove all the way up to Nottawasaga Bluffs Conservation Area, which is about an hour and a half from Toronto. The conservation area spans across 400-acres and offers a number of different trails through hardwood and coniferous forests, open meadows, and along small crevices in cliffs.
Hike #1: Bruce Trail – Dufferin Hi-lands
For the past few years we've been trying to complete the Bruce Trail - an 885km trail in Ontario that follows the escarpment from Niagara to Tobermory. To date we've completed about a third of the trail. We drove up to the end of the Dufferin Hi-Land section and hiked along a new part of the Bruce Trail. It's been a pretty mild winter so far and we figured that conditions on the trail wouldn't be too bad.
Diving in Tobermory
The Fathom Five National Marine Park is located right off the rocky shores of Tobermory and boasts of being one of best fresh water dive sites in the world. This underwater playground consists of 22 shipwrecks and a variety of neat geological features such as caves, cliffs and overhangs. While the pristine turquoise waters of Georgian Bay offers phenomenal visibility for fresh water diving, the only catch is that the water is cold. Very cold.
Bruce Peninsula
The Bruce Peninsula is a ruggedly scenic peninsula in Ontario that is bordered between Lake Huron and Georgian Bay. The Bruce Peninsula National Park is nestled along the northern part of this peninsula. And a large section of the Bruce Trail (an 885km trail that runs along the Niagara Escarpment from Niagara to Tobermory) that cuts through this national park offers phenomenal views of jagged cliffs, rugged rock formations, and overlooks the crystal clear turquoise waters of Georgian Bay.