On April 30, 2026, Simcoe County officially opened the Barrie-Collingwood Rail Trail extension from Stayner to Angus. Before then, there was the 12-kilometre Clearview Collingwood Train Trail which was renamed when the extension opened. With Victoria Day being a nice day – but hot with temperatures exceeding 30’C – I brought my bike on the GO Train to Barrie to check it out.
Last June, I wrote about the need to connect various trails in southern Ontario. Since then, I have identified a fair number of developments which warrant a follow up. These include the Orangeville Brampton Railway trail conversion, the Simcoe County Trails Strategy, and the Humber Trail in Vaughan. Let’s go through these developments to see how they will address these trail gaps.
