Sierra Club USA to volunteer on ECT July 27-August 1 Monday, July 13, 2015 Twelve volunteers with the Sierra Club USA are coming to work on the ECT for five days between July 27 and August 1, 2015. This is the seventh time that Marleen Fouche has organized a Sierra...
Province Supports East Coast Trail Enhancements Tuesday, June 9, 2015 Over $362,000 in Funding Supports East Coast Trail Enhancements The East Coast Trail Association has received $362,055 to support long-term sustainability efforts, market development activities and...
Government of Canada Investment Supports East Coast Trail Tourism Development Sunday, June 7, 2015 Enhancements and new initiatives will support tourism growth on Avalon Peninsula June 6, 2015 Mobile, NL Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency The East Coast Trail...
Hikers raise $60,000 for the East Coast Trail Saturday, June 6, 2015 Hikers raise $60,000 for the East Coast Trail Over 350 hikers turned out to the 15th annual East Coast Trail Tely Hike fundraiser and to celebrate International Trail’s day. Individual hikers...
Sugarloaf Path Cleanup 2015 Monday, June 1, 2015 On May 30 a group of 15 volunteers participated in a joint ECTA-City of St. John’s event to clean up the worst of the debris which had accumulated over the winter on the Sugarloaf Path near the Robin Hood Bay...
Successful outing for Torbay Trails group Saturday, May 30, 2015 There was a good turnout today by the Torbay Environment & Trails Committee at a maintenance outing on Father Troy’s Path of the East Coast Trail. Father Troy’s Path runs from Spray Lane...
Volunteer Custodian Training on Beaches Path Tuesday, May 26, 2015 On Saturday, May 23, 2015, five new custodian volunteers participated in a 7km training session on the sunny and windy Beaches Path. Custodian co-ordinator Linda Cohen, reviewed the custodian handbook...
Icebergs spotted from the East Coast Trail Tuesday, May 26, 2015 May has been a good month for viewing icebergs close to shore and from the East Coast Trail. Not so every season nor every year. One way to find them is to take a hike on one of our developed coastal...
ECTA in home stretch of annual fundraiser: Torbay Team in the lead Thursday, May 21, 2015 (St. John’s, NL) – With a target of $50,000 for this year’s hike, more than 30 teams and 140 individuals are busy fundraising to help the East Coast Trail reach...
Volunteer Trail Maintenace Season Opens Wednesday, May 13, 2015 Thanks to the volunteers who came out Saturday May 9th for the first maintenance outing of 2015. Fourteen volunteers joined three staff for a training session on the standards for vegetation control on...
