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rail trail A rail trail is a shared-use path on railway right of way. Rail trails are typically constructed after a railway has been abandoned and the track has been removed, but may also share the right of way with active railways, light rail, or streetcar ...

s and major long-distance hiking and cycling routes in Canada.

National

Trans Canada Trail The Trans Canada Trail, officially named The Great Trail between September 2016 and June 2021, is a cross-Canada system of greenways, waterways, and roadways that stretches from the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean, Pacific to the A ...

Alberta

Iron Horse Trail, Alberta The Iron Horse Trail is a rail trail located in east-central Alberta in Canada. The 300 km-long, multiuse recreational trail is used by all-terrain vehicles and also by horses, mountain bikes, hikers, and snowmobiles, depending upon the season. ...

British Columbia

* Alexander MacKenzie Heritage Trail * Centennial Trail * Columbia & Western Rail Trail *

Great Divide Trail The Great Divide Trail (GDT) is a wilderness hiking trail in the Canadian Rockies. The trail closely follows the Great Divide between Alberta and British Columbia, crossing the divide more than 30 times. Its southern terminus is in Waterton La ...

* Cowichan Valley Trail *

Galloping Goose Regional Trail The Galloping Goose Regional Trail is a rail trail between Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, and the ghost town of Leechtown, north of Sooke, where it meets the old Sooke Flowline. Maintained by the Capital Regional District (CRD), the trai ...

* Interurban Rail Trail *

Kettle Valley Rail Trail The Kettle Valley Rail Trail is a multi-use recreational rail trail located in the Okanagan-Boundary region of southern British Columbia. The trail uses a rail corridor that was originally built for the now-abandoned Kettle Valley Railway. The ...

* Kludahk Trail *

Lochside Regional Trail The Lochside Regional Trail is a trail that runs from the Swartz Bay Ferry Terminal to Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. The trail is a popular route both for commuting and recreation. It is frequented by people walking, running, cycling, s ...

* Okanagan Rail Trail * Slocan Valley Rail-Trail *

Vancouver Island Spine Trail The Vancouver Island Trail (formerly also known as the Vancouver Island Spine Trail) is a near-completed 800 km-long hiking trail stretching the length of Vancouver Island, from its southern terminus on Anderson Hill in Oak Bay, to its northern te ...

West Coast Trail The West Coast Trail, originally called the Dominion Lifesaving Trail, is a backpacking trail following the southwestern edge of Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada. It was built in 1907 to facilitate the rescue of shipwrecked survivors ...

New Brunswick

* Dobson Trail *

Riverfront Trail The Roy A. Battagello River Walk Bike Trail is the current backbone of the "Windsor Loop" bike trail network in Windsor, Ontario. The bike trail travels from the foot of the Ambassador Bridge (at Peter Street and Huron Church Road), to traffic lig ...

Sentier NB Trail The Sentier NB Trail is a network of hiking trails in New Brunswick, Canada built on abandoned railways. The trails are mostly closed to motorized vehicles. The network is operated by the New Brunswick Trails Council, a non-profit organization. So ...

Newfoundland

Newfoundland T'Railway The Newfoundland T'Railway Provincial Park is a rail trail located in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. Protected as a linear park under the provincial park system, the Newfoundland T'Railway consists of the railbed of the histor ...

Nova Scotia

* Atlantic View Trail * Back Harbour Trail * Barrington Bay Trail * Beechville-Lakeside-Timberlea Trail * Blueberry Run Trail * Bridgewater Centennial Trail * Chain of Lakes Multipurpose Trail * Cobequid Trail * Crowbar Lake Hiking Trails * Gaetz Brook Greenway * Jitney Trail * Jordan Falls Community Trail * Judique Flyer Recreational Nature Trail * Kentville Rail Trail * Lunenburg Front Harbour Walk *

Musquodoboit Trailway The Musquodoboit Trailway is a multiuse rail trail located in Halifax County, Nova Scotia, running the distance from Gibralter to Musquodoboit Harbour. The entire route is part of the Halifax spur of The Great Trail, and follows Nova Scotia ...

* Old Guysborough Line * Oyster Pond Trail * Salt Marsh Trail * Shearwater Flyer Trail * Shelburne Rail Trail * Ship Railway * St. Margarets Bay Trail * Trestle Trail

Ontario

* Hamilton-Brantford-Cambridge Trails *

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, uses some former CN rail lines'

right-of-way Right of way is the legal right, established by grant from a landowner or long usage (i.e. by prescription), to pass along a specific route through property belonging to another. A similar ''right of access'' also exists on land held by a gov ...

along the

Detroit River The Detroit River flows west and south for from Lake St. Clair to Lake Erie as a strait in the Great Lakes system. The river divides the metropolitan areas of Detroit, Michigan, and Windsor, Ontario, Windsor, Ontario—an area collectively refe ...

West Toronto Railpath The West Toronto Railpath is a multi-use trail in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, running from The Junction neighbourhood toward downtown Toronto. The Railpath was developed by the City of Toronto for bicycle and pedestrian use. Like Toronto's Beltline ...

, Toronto

Prince Edward Island

Confederation Trail Confederation Trail is the name for a 470 kilometre recreational rail trail system in the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island. It was developed in the 1990s, following the December 31, 1989, abandonment of all railway lines in the province b ...

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Quebec

Route Verte The ''Route Verte'' (in English, the "Green Route," or the "Greenway") is a network of bicycling and multiuse trails and designated roads, lanes, and surfaces, spanning as of October 31, 2013, in the Canadian province of Quebec, inaugurated on Augu ...

trails Route 1: *

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Cycloparc PPJ Cycloparc PPJ is a rail trail located in the Pontiac Regional County Municipality in Quebec, Canada. The PPJ traverses of hills and riverfront and enables hikers and cyclists to tour through points of interest such as Grand Calumet Island, the ...

* L'Estriade * Montérégiade * Parc linéaire de la MRC de Lotbinière * Parc linéaire des Bois-Francs * Parc linéaire Le Grand Tronc *

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* La Vagabonde Route 2: * Ligne du Mocassin * Parc linéaire des Basse-Laurentides *

Parc Linéaire Le P'tit Train du Nord The Parc Linéaire Le P'tit Train du Nord is a multiuse recreational rail trail located in Quebec, Canada. It runs through the Rivière du Nord valley. It originally was a railway line operated by Canadian Pacific Railway which operated it ...

* Parc linéaire Rouyn-Noranda–Taschereau Route 4: * La Campagnarde Route 6: *

Corridor des Cheminots Corridor or The Corridor may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Films * ''The Corridor'' (1968 film), a 1968 Swedish drama film * ''The Corridor'' (1995 film), a 1995 Lithuanian drama film * ''The Corridor'' (2010 film), a 2010 Canadia ...

* Piste Jarcques-Cartier/Portneuf Route 8: * Parc linéaire interprovincial Petit-Témis Regional trails: * Corridor Aérobique *

Corridors Verts d'Asbestos Corridor or The Corridor may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Films * ''The Corridor'' (1968 film), a 1968 Swedish drama film * ''The Corridor'' (1995 film), a 1995 Lithuanian drama film * ''The Corridor'' (2010 film), a 2010 Canadia ...

* Parc linéaire de la Vallée de la Gatineau * Route des Champs *

Sentier Nature Tomifobia The Tomifobia Nature Trail (french: Sentier Nature Tomifobia) is a 19 km rail trail in the Eastern Townships region of Quebec. It follows the old route of a Canadian Pacific railway from Ayer's Cliff, Quebec, Ayer's Cliff to Stanstead, Quebe ...

References

External links

* Terrance J. Norman,
Canadian Trails Study: A Comprehensive Analysis of Managed Trails and Trail Uses
', National Trails coalition, December 2010
Hike Ontario

Canada Trails
- guide to bicycling, hiking, mountain biking, cross-country skiing and multi-use trails in Canada, including the Trans Canada Trail {{Canada topics, state=collapsed . . . Cycling in Canada

Trails A trail, also known as a path or track, is an unpaved lane or small road usually passing through a natural area. In the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, a path or footpath is the preferred term for a pedestrian or hiking trail. The ...

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