Alice Chambers Trans Canada Trail Winter 2007

Dual Use Agreement With Trail Users in Pinawa...

by Nancy Bremner, Community Development Officer

Pinawa's section of the Trans Canada Trail includes mixed forest, granite ridges, and beaver dams as it winds from the Seven Sisters Generating Station to the Pinawa Dam Provincial Park. This section of the trail includes the Pinawa Channel Heritage Walk, Ironwood Trail, and Alice Chambers Trail.  Thousands of visitors experience the beauty, diversity of wildlife, and the exhilaration of just being outdoors in what seems to be an untouched area. 

Hikers on the Alice Chambers Trail portion of the Trans Canada Trail north of the Pinawa Suspension Bridge.

The Alice Chambers Trans Canada Trail north of Pinawa is a well worn track through a fairly level terrain, which makes it an easy hike or bike for all ages and abilities.   The area that the trail winds though features a wide variety of trees and shrubs.  The beauty of the trail is in the chance to see wildlife such as bear, deer, marten, and perhaps a fox, many fruit bearing trees in the fall, and the diverse migratory and resident birds, which makes the trail a destination for birders. 

The trail itself is in the jurisdiction of the Local Government of Pinawa. With the diverse number of user groups in Pinawa it has necessitated the 3.6 km portion of the Alice Chambers Trail to become a dual use trail for the TCT and others. 

NORTH BOUND SIGN                                          SOUTH BOUND SIGN

Trail signs indicating that motorized users should be on the west side of the trail while hikers and bikers should be on the east side of the trail.

Recently signs have been posted advising all trail users that ORVs/snow machines as well as hikers/bikers now use the trail.   The speed limit is reduced to a maximum of 20 km/h.  To simplify the directions; the travellers on all motorized vehicles should be on the west side whether or not you are travelling north or south and hikers/bikers should be on the east side whether or not you are travelling north or south.

Please exercise caution while using the recreational trails in Pinawa.  Check the website of the MRTA (www.mrta.mb.ca) for information on the Trans Canada Trails and the Eastman SnoPals (www.eastmansnopals.com) for the groomed snowmobile trails in the Eastern area.

Biking on the Old Pinawa portion of the Alice Chambers Trans Canada Trail.

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