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Rural Trail Systems
in Central Alberta (updated)
Red Deer County, Lacombe County and Ponoka County have completed
sections of rural sections of the Trans Canada Trail.
Lacombe County completed the Blindman River Bridge in 2010 as well as a
trail from the bridge to Blackfalds. A trail linking Blackfalds and
Lacombe is planned for 2011.
Ponoka County is completing a section of Trans Canada Trail between
Ponoka and the J.J. Collett Natural Area.
Red Deer County has adopted the Open Spaces Master Plan that will create several rural trail
linkages throughout the county that could eventually include a trail
linking Red Deer with Sylvan Lake. A section of Trans Canada Trail
between Springbrook and Penhold will be completed in 2011.
Red Deer and Red Deer County are in the planning stages of extending
Waskasoo Park into the County along rivers, tributaries and possibly
abandoned railway lines.
A successful 3.4 km trail links the town of Bentley with Aspen Beach at Gull
Lake along Highway 12.
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 Mission Statement:
"To foster & provide opportunities for
promotion,
designation and
development of a trail network."
Rural Trails
New Rural Trail
on the Horizon
(Debbie Olsen, Alberta TrailTracker Fall 2008)
Report
on Two Successful Rural Trails:
The Iron Horse Trail and
the Western Irrigation District Canal Pathway
Alberta TrailNet January 2000
The Trans Canada Trail and Wild Rose Trail
System: Rural Issues Questions and Answers
Alberta Community Development March 2000
Regional Trails Network
The concept of
a regional trails network in Central Alberta can be traced back to
at least 1987 with the completion of Waskasoo Park in Red
Deer. Other communities also developed municipal recreational trail
systems soon afterwards, including Innisfail, Lacombe and Sylvan Lake
with several other communities at that time planning trails for the
future. There was also a rural trail built linking Bentley with Gull
Lake along Highway 12.
Although a series
of trails in Red Deer were registered as Trans Canada Trail a few
years earlier, the pavilion at Bower Ponds was officially dedicated
in 2005. Other communities having TCT designation include
Innisfail, Lacombe and Ponoka.
In January 1999, the Central Alberta Regional Trails Society (CARTS)
was born to encourage the development of trails within urban
communities and create rural linkages between communities.
(see History)
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