by sentierschelseatrails | Sep 30, 2013 | Members & Volunteers
Come explore the municipal trails around Musie Road and Indian Lookout.
Join members of Sentiers Chelsea Trails for the Allan Richens Memorial Autumn Hike.
Long time residents and Sentiers Chelsea Trails founding members, Malcolm McHattie and Michel Gravel will lead and interpret the hike.
When: Sunday, October 6th, 1 – 3 pm
Where: meet on Musie at Amanda. Please arrange carpooling and park on one side of the road only.
Rain Date: Sunday, October 20, 1 – 3pm
“Rain date” means we will postpone the hike due to high winds or pouring rain, not drizzle or light rain.
Please consult our website for information:
http://sentierschelseatrails.wordpress.com/
Happy Trails!
Heidi von Graevenitz
by sentierschelseatrails | May 22, 2013 | Members & Volunteers
2nd Annual Photo Contest Winners on Display at Chelsea Library until June 15
The winners for our Second Annual Chelsea Trails Photo Contest have been selected and are now on display at the Chelsea Library until June 15th. Go to the library and take a look at the beauty of Chelsea!
Congratulations to the winners, and to all participants! All photos are being shown on a TV screen set up next to the photos, so we are all winners!
Thank you to our celebrity judges, Harry Nowell and Wim Kok, and to the Library staff for their support. And thank you to all our participants for showing us how much you love the trails of Chelsea – and confirming that we’re more than just a voice in the wilderness!
The exhibition will come down on June 15th. Winners, please plan to come by on Friday evening (June 14th) or Saturday morning, June 15, from 10 to noon to pick up your prizes, which are your photos. Alternatively, please contact Heidi von Graevenitz to arrange pick up or delivery at:
[email protected].
by sentierschelseatrails | Apr 5, 2013 | Members & Volunteers
The future of trails in Chelsea,
It’s more than just a walk in the Park
Our community has a great chance to preserve and develop a green network of non-motorized trails linking neighbourhoods and meeting places throughout the municipality. To find out more about your organization dedicated to the trail network, visit our Web site.
http://sentierschelseatrails.wordpress.com/
The time is now.
Join us at the Annual General Meeting of Sentiers Chelsea Trails
Monday, April 22, 2013
At 7 PM
At Farm Point Community Centre
There is much to report after our third year. Following our president’s report, there will be a report on the major events and issues in each of the sectors.
by sentierschelseatrails | Feb 21, 2013 | Members & Volunteers
Step up to support the railway winter trail!
We need you! Step up to support the railway winter trail
For the last 6 years, Chelsea residents have enjoyed 14 kilometers of groomed passage on a multiple purpose winter trail, following the Gatineau River, but it’s not a sure thing. The Municipality contributes tothe maintenance and tracking cost but we need contributions from people who love the trail if we want to keep it open, year after year. To help secure the future of the winter trail project along the Chelsea railway right of way, Sentiers Chelsea Trails is launching the Chelsea Community Trail Fund to raise money for trail maintenance. All contributions will go directly to the cost of trail maintenance and operation.
The geography of Chelsea, a long and narrow municipality stretching over 20 km north to south, bordered by the Gatineau River and the Gatineau Hills, makes the Chelsea railway right of way an important north-south trail link joining the neighbourhoods of Chelsea Village, Tenaga, Gleneagle, Kirks Ferry, Larrimac, Burnett, Cascades and Farmpoint. The trail offers some of the best views of the beautiful Gatineau River and creates the basis for a seasonal, north-south linear park for Chelsea residents.
The trail, during favourable snow conditions, is tracked to provide a surface for cross-country skiing (classic and skate), snowshoeing, walking, running and sledding. Motorized vehicles are prohibited. The Chelsea Community Trail, is easily accessible and flat, allowing for residents of all ages and abilities to get out and engage in a variety of fun, safe and healthy winter activities.
How you can help:
Donate to this fund by following the link below
Write a letter of support to: [email protected]
This project contributes to the Municipality’s vision of an environmentally conscious community, where all residents have the opportunity to participate in a healthy lifestyle.
Community partners contribute to the successful operation of the Community Winter trail.
Consistent with our mandate of encouraging the development of an integrated network for active transportation across the municipality, volunteers of Sentiers Chelsea Trails have made significant contributions: installing seasonal signage, clearing brush and obstacles. The Chelsea Nordiq Ski Club, a founding partner continues to support the project. The Municipality of Chelsea provides a major portion of the funding for trail maintenance. We also have some financial support from the Centre local de développement des Collines de l’Outaouais (CLD) local corporate sponsorships. We recognize the contribution of Robert Lafleur of Lafleur de la Capitale, who has been contracted to maintain the trail and has also provided in-kind contribution to the operation since its inception. We also recognize the contribution of Chelsea Innovation, who has made their parking lot available to trail users in the Chelsea Village area.
*Sentiers Chelsea Trails is a non-profit organization registered with the Canada Revenue Agency with charitable registration number 808109607RR0001. Contributors will receive a receipt for income tax purposes.
by sentierschelseatrails | Jan 6, 2013 | Members & Volunteers
2nd Annual Sentiers Chelsea Trails (SCT)
Photo Contest
NEW SUBMISSION DEADLINE IS MIDNIGHT, APRIL 1ST!!
Celebrate the trails running through our backyards and neighbourhoods! Capture the beauty on Chelsea’s trails with your camera and share them with your community.
All submissions will be included in an online photo tapestry and the winning photos will be put on display in the Chelsea Library.
Getting Started
We have selected four themes for photo entries in addition to special awards for youth (under 15).
Send up to four (4) photos to [email protected]
Categories
Each entry must fall into one of the categories listed below (you may only submit one photo per category). Be creative and have fun!
- Up Close & Personal – how close can you get to your subject?
- My Special Place – share with us your very special mystical hideaway on our trail system
- Playing with Light – show us your creativity at that special time of the day when the light is magical
- Trail Vistas – any cool shot that showcases a trail in Chelsea
Here’s how to enter
Each submission must include:
- Name, age (if under 15), category, and e-mail address
- A caption for each photo
- General information on where and when it was taken, how you approached the scene, and what you were thinking
- Deadline for submission by email is midnight, Monday, April 1st, 2013
- Send your photos via email to [email protected] and write “photo” in the subject line
Guidelines
- One photo per category
- Photos must be taken on trails located in Chelsea (not Gatineau Park)
- Color and b/w photos are accepted. You must own the legal rights to the photo submitted and maintain the rights to the photos. Chelsea Trails reserves the right to publish/ post to our website.
- Photos must be 4MB (4,000 KB) or smaller and must be in JPEG or JPG format
Have your photos exhibited at the Chelsea Library and on the SCT web site!
*** Celebrity judges Harry Nowell and Wim Kok will select the winners. ***
(www.harrynowell.com and www.wimfotocards.blogspot.ca)
by sentierschelseatrails | Nov 30, 2012 | Members & Volunteers
Ever wondered who owns a property which a trail passes across? Do you know how to find out? Actually, the answers are quite easy to find using the MRC des Colline’s Matrices en Ligne, a web service which allows users to view property maps for the entire MRC des Collines, including the Municipality of Chelsea. Using this tool, users can view a map which shows property lines for any given area of the municipality, select individual properties, and view the Rôle d’évaluation fonciere which gives details about the property, including ownership information.
Check it out by clicking here.
by sentierschelseatrails | Oct 29, 2012 | Members & Volunteers
[slideshow]
Since early fall, the woods in the Cascades or northern sector of the Municipality have been buzzing with trail builders, hard at work on Chelsea Trails’ first trail building project. The trail corridor, approximately one km in length, stretches from the north end of chemin des Pommiers south to Route 105 just north of Pine Road on land the municipality acquired when the Des Pommiers subdivision was approved. The project is a partnership between the Municipality of Chelsea and Chelsea Trails; the Municipality has contributed land, tools and materials, and Chelsea Trails has provided project planning, trail design and volunteer labour.
As of October 20, four Saturday morning work bees have been held – over 30 individuals have volunteered approximately 150 hours of labour to help clear brush, move lumber and construct creek crossings. Doug Taylor, Chelsea Trails’ sector champion for the area, is heading up the build and he hopes the trail can be finished in time for the winter season, but that depends on the weather. He says future work will focus on completing the creek crossings, bench cutting and rock armouring.
Once this first trail is completed, our keen and highly motivated trail building volunteers are looking forward to building connecting trails in future on adjacent municipal corridors
Volunteers are very welcome. If you are interested in helping on this project, please contact Doug Taylor at [email protected]
by sentierschelseatrails | Sep 20, 2012 | Members & Volunteers
[slideshow]
It was great to get out and explore the trails around Hollow Glen on the weekend. Picturesque at the base … and what a view from the top!
Stay tuned for the next community hike!
by sentierschelseatrails | Aug 31, 2012 | Members & Volunteers
[slideshow]
On August 11, 2012 a dozen members of Chelsea Trails participated in a trail building training workshop in Wakefield given by two members of the International Mountain Bike Association’s Trail Care Crew, a dynamic two-person team of professional trail builders. Supported by Parks Canada and the Trans Canada Trail, the Crew travels across the country year-round, educating Canadians about how to design and build sustainable, multi-use trails.
The daylong event – organized in partnership with Wakefield Ensemble – included a morning classroom session on sustainable trail design, while the afternoon saw participants roll up their sleeves to use specialized trail building hand tools to construct a short section of trail. While many of us would assume trails can be easily built using common garden tools such as spades and rakes, the benefits of using a Rogue Hoe, Pulaski Axe or Lamberton Rake should not be under-estimated – these specialized tools are wonderful! Chelsea Trails is working with the Municipality of Chelsea to acquire these tools for use in trail building projects.
The timing of the workshop was perfect – just in time for Chelsea Trails’ first trail construction project slated to start in September near chemin des Pommiers, at the northern end of the Municipality of Chelsea. Volunteers are needed so if you are interested in helping with this project, please contact Doug Taylor at [email protected]
by sentierschelseatrails | May 30, 2012 | Members & Volunteers
Cascades-Farm Point area showing approximate location of Municipal properties for trails
In the northern most sector of the Municipality of Chelsea – in a triangle of wooded land bounded on the west by Route 105, on the east by the Gatineau River, and on the north by the border between Chelsea and LaPeche – exists a substantial network of informal trails and walking paths. Most of these trails are located on relatively large tracts of private property – land owned by individual land owners or in some cases by numbered companies. These trails are generally not well known and are used by local residents with the unspoken and assumed consent of property owners. These trails provide a glimpse into Chelsea’s past, providing access along long-forgotten bush roads, old fence lines, and abandoned mica mines dating back to the 1890’s. They represent a small part of Chelsea’s heritage – just one portion of the larger network of such trails scattered throughout the municipality.
But change is coming – and fast.
Click here to read the whole article.
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