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Welcome to the TrailsCanada Inventory Program

TrailsCanada and Scouts Canada have partnered to introduce a new program that will give Cubs, Scouts, Venturers, and Rovers another good reason to be outdoors hiking and biking. Better still, they can even earn a crest!

TrailsCanada is inviting the Scouts community to contribute to its extensive online inventory of public and private trails located in regions across the country – currently more than 4,000. The TrailsCanada Inventory Program promotes active outdoor living while encouraging you to have fun and learn along the way. All you need to do is put on your hiking boots, grab a pen and paper and get ready for an outdoor adventure!

To help you get started, we have prepared a manual specifically for this initiative with Scouts Canada. The manual will act as a guide to help you collect valuable information for trail users and trail builders who use the trails inventory, information that is required when you submit a trail to our online inventory.

The manual, which is broken into five sections, and will help you identify all the information that you need to collect. It also provides templates and worksheets that will be helpful in guiding you through the data collection stage.

To download a copy of the manual, click here. View the web site at http://www.trailscanada.com.

After you have collected your information on the trail, enter it into the TrailsCanada database. Once this has been accepted by the TrailsCanada Coordinator as an “Enhanced” listing, and your trail has been made visible to the public, the members of the contributing Cub, Scout, Venturers, and Rovers group may receive a special “TrailsCanada Trail Inventory” crest.

The goals of the TrailsCanada Inventory Program are both to improve the quantity and quality of Web-based recreational paths available to the public, and to provide a focused reason for scouts and other young people to be outside on trails, hiking and biking. With your participation, you will contribute to our goal of listing 10,000 trails across Canada by 2010.