The Voyageur Trail Association (VTA) has received funding to help support trail improvement and maintenance.
The $5,000 grant from Trans Canada Trail will be split evenly between four VTA clubs, including the Penewobikong Hiking Group.
The group's trail traverses the area between Blind River and Iron Bridge. The plan is to use the money to improve drainage and address surface concerns on the trail to Firetower Mountain as well as promote the VTA at the Blind River Community Days in July.
The Saulteaux Club in the Sault Ste Marie area will use its $1,250 to support spring trail maintenance and to make improvements to trails north of the city. Volunteers will also be treated to a lunch hosted by McCauley’s in Havilland Bay.
The Casque Isles Club trail portion – which extends from Rossport to Terrace Bay – will build a small puncheon bridge over a historically wet area, buy new power tools for spring trail clean-up and host a volunteer appreciation BBQ.
And the fourth VTA club receiving the grant is the Group of Seven Lake Superior Trail Association, which works in partnership with Biigtigong Nishnaabeg (Ojibways of the Pic River First Nation) and the Town of Marathon to manage the Voyageur Trail in their area.
The Trail Care program is a granting initiative supported by Trans Canada Trail, the organization that stewards and maintains Canada’s 28,000 km trail network.