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Canada to Complete World’s Longest Recreational Trail

posted by cmn32480 on Wednesday September 14 2016, @11:28AM   Printer-friendly
from the better-start-walking dept.

Phoenix666 writes:

Another trail is about to join the ranks of the world's great trails, such as America's Appalachian Trail, Turkey's Lycian Way, or South America's Inca Trail:

Cyclists in Canada will soon be able to pedal from Newfoundland on the Atlantic coast to Vancouver Island in the Pacific Ocean, without having to share a road with a single car. The Great Trail, as it's known, is set to open in 2017 in time for Canada's 150th birthday. Once complete, the trail will stretch 15,000 miles (24,000km) through each of the country's 13 provinces and territories and touch three oceans, becoming the longest recreational trail in the world.

Besides biking, hiking and horseback riding, the path will be open in winter for cross country skiing and snowmobiling. And with a quarter of the trail on water, canoes, kayaks or other water craft can also be used.

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  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by EvilSS on Wednesday September 14 2016, @01:11PM

    by EvilSS (1456) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday September 14 2016, @01:11PM (#401761)

    Yea it says 1/4 of the trail is "on water". How the heck does that work? Do I need to pack a canoe? That would be somewhat cumbersome.

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  • (Score: 4, Funny) by Gravis on Wednesday September 14 2016, @02:43PM

    by Gravis (4596) on Wednesday September 14 2016, @02:43PM (#401802)

    Yea it says 1/4 of the trail is "on water". How the heck does that work?

    isn't it obvious?! [imgix.net] (≧∇≦)/

  • (Score: 3, Funny) by butthurt on Wednesday September 14 2016, @03:23PM

    by butthurt (6141) on Wednesday September 14 2016, @03:23PM (#401825) Journal

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRMgMXA1xuc [youtube.com]

  • (Score: 2) by bob_super on Wednesday September 14 2016, @04:35PM

    by bob_super (1357) on Wednesday September 14 2016, @04:35PM (#401876)

    Think about it for a while: It's Canada. There is no such thing as water in Canada, only ice and beaver dams.
    Just get some good really-deep-snow tires for your mountain bike, and yield to the moose-mounted hockey-playing police.

  • (Score: 2) by Gaaark on Wednesday September 14 2016, @04:57PM

    by Gaaark (41) on Wednesday September 14 2016, @04:57PM (#401893) Journal

    just peddle REALLY REALLY fast, okay?
    Jesus!

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    ...that is you, right Jesus?

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    • (Score: 2) by danomac on Friday September 16 2016, @12:59AM

      by danomac (979) on Friday September 16 2016, @12:59AM (#402561)
      Yeah, if they do enough peddling they can afford do drive or fly!