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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 streetca ...

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 to the Pacific to the Arctic oceans. The trail extends ...

Alberta

* Iron Horse Trail, Alberta

British Columbia

* Alexander MacKenzie Heritage Trail * Centennial Trail * Columbia & Western Rail Trail * Great Divide Trail * Cowichan Valley Trail * Galloping Goose Regional Trail * Interurban Rail Trail * Kettle Valley Rail Trail * Kludahk Trail * Lochside Regional Trail * Okanagan Rail Trail * Slocan Valley Rail-Trail * Vancouver Island Spine Trail * West Coast Trail

New Brunswick

Dobson Trail The Dobson Trail is a 57.75 km hiking trail that runs from Riverview, New Brunswick to Fundy National Park. The trail is named for Dr. Art Dobson, who started the initiative to build the trail in 1959. The trail is the longest volunteer-maint ...

* Riverfront Trail *

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 * 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 * New York Central Recreational Trail, Embrun-

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* Riverfront Trail, Windsor, 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—an area collectively referred to as Det ...

* West Toronto Railpath, 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 trails Route 1: * La Cantonière * Cycloparc PPJ * L'Estriade * Montérégiade * Parc linéaire de la MRC de Lotbinière * Parc linéaire des Bois-Francs * Parc linéaire Le Grand Tronc * Sentier Massawippi * La Vagabonde Route 2: *

Ligne du Mocassin The ''ligne'' ( ), or line or Paris line, is a historic unit of length used in France and elsewhere prior to the adoption of the metric system in the late 18th century, and used in various sciences after that time. The ''loi du 19 frimaire an V ...

* Parc linéaire des Basse-Laurentides * Parc Linéaire Le P'tit Train du Nord * Parc linéaire Rouyn-Noranda–Taschereau Route 4: *

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Route 6: * Corridor des Cheminots * Piste Jarcques-Cartier/Portneuf Route 8: * Parc linéaire interprovincial Petit-Témis Regional trails: * Corridor Aérobique * Corridors Verts d'Asbestos * Parc linéaire de la Vallée de la Gatineau *

Route des Champs Route or routes may refer to: * Route (gridiron football), a path run by a wide receiver * route (command), a program used to configure the routing table * Route, County Antrim, an area in Northern Ireland * '' The Route'', a 2013 Ugandan film ...

* Sentier Nature Tomifobia

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. ...

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