Treadway October, 2014 Worth knowing
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Treadway October, 2014 Worth knowing
Bruce Trail Conservancy TREADWAY Richard Pomeroy 212-‐100 Bronte Road OAKVILLE, L6L 6L5 [email protected] Worth Knowing Don Cangiano When Don and Eileen became empty nesters they finally had time to start walking the trails in the area. One Sunday in 1997 they were walking in the Rattlesnake Point area and discovered the Bruce Trail. The Photo by Graham MacCallum very next day they completed a membership form and Don volunteered to do Trail Maintenance even though he had no previous experience. Anyway what would you expect a Hudson Bay Company executive to know about trail maintenance? When he retired, Don joined the Iroquoia Trail Maintenance crew to build and improve the trail and structures. No experience, no problem, Don is Italian and construction is in his D.N.A. Soon Don was involved in all aspects of trail construction especially working with rock, rock steps, rock walls anything rock has Don’s signature on it, he even carried his rock hammer on his Tool belt on every Tuesday and Thursday work party. Don modestly admits to almost 5000 hours on the trail. This does not include the hundreds of additional hours fulfilling other Iroquoia and B.T.C. Responsibilities he generously accepted. There are a number of memorable projects which standout in Don’s memory and which remain significant features of the Iroquoia Trail. The ½ km causeway through the swamp on the Walker’s Line road allowance between Crawford Lake and Rattlesnake Point, which took 5 years to complete October, 2014 UPDATES EVENTS IDEAS NEWS The 150 m boardwalk through the swamp at the Calcium pits west of Twiss road, built during the winter. The two bridges and 300 m side trail to Tiffany falls Rerouting of over 2 km of main trail before and after construction of the Red Hill expressway. The construction of the 48 foot bridge over Stoney Creek, in Battlefield Park Conservation area The 50 foot extension to the bridge at Grindstone Creek which used a zip line to get tools and material 300 feet down the escarpment to the worksite The 40 foot bridge and trail improvements at Sherman Falls The 150 m replacement of the Leech-Porter Boardwalk on the side trail between Crawford Lake and Rattlesnake Point Conservation areas Some of the responsibilities Don has assumed are: - Trail Captain for Mount Nemo section since 1998 Member of the Iroquoia Board of Directors: - 2 years as publicity director and 3 years as land owner relations Director B.T.C. Landowner relations Director from 2001-2004 Assisted Treadway Editor in 2002 Editor of Treadway 2003 - 2014 Member – at large of the Iroquoia Trail Maintenance Committee, meeting monthly since 2003 He organized, trained, and equipped a crew of volunteers who in 2009, reblazed the entire 125 km of the main trail Bruce Trail Conservancy TREADWAY Richard Pomeroy 212-‐100 Bronte Road OAKVILLE, L6L 6L5 [email protected] Worth Knowing Don Cangiano October, 2014 UPDATES EVENTS IDEAS NEWS in Iroquoia and the 40 km of side trails in 2010 In 2011 Don established a grass cutting crew to cut as required, large grassy sections of the trail both on private and public lands in Iroquoia. Don also initiated the construction of log benches at lookouts and rest area along the trail in Iroquoia One of Don’s goals was to hike the entire Bruce Trail which he did TWICE. The first time was in the fall of 1999 and fall of 2000 as part of a Centennial Project to see what the rest of the trail was like. The second time was in the fall of 2009 and fall of 2010 and spring of 2011 to celebrate the 10th Anniversary of his first end to end. We can only speculate what he is planning to celebrate the 20th Anniversary. Don’s many contributions over the years have not gone unrecognized and have been acknowledged by the following awards Named Iroquoia Trail Captain of the year in 1998 Named Protector of the Escarpment by the BTC in 2002 Awarded a 10 year service recognition by the BTC in 2007 Don has been both a leader and inspiration to those who have worked with him over the past 17 years. His contributions have been many and significant and we look forward to working with Don on the ongoing construction and maintenance of our great trail many years ahead Paul Beneteau Don m oves large rock for Step Don loading the ZIP Line -‐ Don b uilds dry stone wall