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Bruce Trail: Map 6 - Stoney Creek

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Pincha aquí para la versión en castellano   First Section After a long wait for spring to arrive, on the long weekend to celebrate Victoria Day, it finally seemed to come—and it did so with force. On Monday, May 18, under a cloudless blue sky and with an initial temperature close to 18°C, Carlos, Malaika, and I set out to walk the first section of Map 6. It took us about three and a half hours to go from Felker’s Falls Park in Hamilton (marked as 23.2 on the Bruce Trail map [1] ) to the intersection with the extension of Jones Road in Stoney Creek (marked as point 14.0 on the same map). According to these two references, the distance between those points is 9.2 km, which matches the reading on the GPS odometer I carried with me, but not the projected route measured in Google Earth and adapted to Google Maps, which I list in the table below. During the hike, the temperature rose significantly, putting Malaika’s endurance to the test. Once we reached the car, the temperature read...
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Bruce Trail: Mapa 6 - Stoney Creek

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Click here for the version in English   1 er Tramo Después de una larga espera para que llegara la primavera, el fin de semana de la reina Victoria, finalmente llegó y lo hizo con fuerza. El lunes festivo del 18 de mayo, bajo un cielo azul sin nubes, con una temperatura inicial cercana a los 18 grados centígrados, Carlos, Malaika y yo nos lanzamos a recorrer el primer tramo del mapa 6. Nos tomó unas 3 horas y media recorrer desde el parque Felker´s Falls en Hamilton (marcado en el mapa del Bruce Trail [1] como 23.2) hasta la intercepción con la prolongación de la calle Jones, en Stoney Creek (marcado en el mismo mapa con el punto 14.0). Según estas dos indicaciones del mapa, hay una distancia de 9.2 Km entre esos puntos que coincide con la lectura del odómetro del GPS que llevaba conmigo, pero no con la proyección del trayecto andado hecha en Google Earth y adaptada a Google Map, los cuales apunto en la tabla de abajo. Durante el recorrido la temperatura aumentó sensibl...
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Fauna urbana de Oakville // Oakville's Urban Wildlife

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Mayo 2026 Es un momento difícil para la familia de Repunte. Ayer mientras caminaba a la perra me encontré a uno de sus nietos sin vida en el jardín de una casa, muy cercana a la escogida por él para tener a su descendencia. Supongo que debe haber al menos otro cachorro en el vecindario. Al hijo de Repunte (o a su pareja) lo he visto varias veces esta primavera. Es el tiempo de ver a los nuevos vástagos y pega descubrirlo de esta manera.   It’s a difficult moment for  Rebound ’s family. Yesterday, while walking the dog, I found one of his grandchildren lifeless in the garden of a house very close to the spot he had chosen to raise his own offspring. I suppose there must be at least one more cub in the neighbourhood. I’ve seen  Rebound ’s son (or his partner) several times this spring. This is the season to see the new youngsters, and it hurts to discover one in this way. Junio 2021 Llegó una nueva primavera y con ella las noticias de que Repunte es padre de familia. El zor...
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Bruce Trail: Map 7 - Hamilton

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Pincha aquí para la versión en castellano 1st Section At 11 a.m., after the clock had just gone back one hour, on Sunday, November 2, Federica, Malaika, and I tackled the first section of Map 7, which crosses the city of Hamilton. We started at the base of the Chedoke Park stairs, a place very familiar to us from the mountain training we do on the metal stairs that climb the escarpment wall. This is a unique section of the Bruce Trail so far, because although it has spectacular views, it also shows a grey side of Canada: signs of poverty, traces of human encampments under the highway bridges, abandoned tents in a small, wooded areas along the trail — probably because their occupants were forcibly removed — and graffiti. Even so, it is a good trail to go by bicycle, with wide avenues that contrast with the signs mentioned above. On Bruce Trail’s 5‑point scale, I would give it 3 points (good). Technical Sheet: Map 7 – 1st section: Sunday, November 2, 2025 ...
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