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Introduction

The creation date of the domain name walterbeantrail.ca was 2009-08-28 according to CIRA. The information provided below is what appeared on the index page of the first Walter Bean Grand River Trail website with the domain name walterbeantrail.ca. That original website no longer exists.

Background

"The Walter Bean Grand River Trail is designed to ensure an educational, environmental, and recreational heritage for generations to come. When the last meter is in place, the Trail will run some 78 kilometers in the proximity of the Grand River and will extend the existing Cambridge-to-Hamilton trail system as one continuous pathway through Kitchener, Waterloo, and Woolwich to north of West Montrose.

There will be at least 19 access points located along the Trail. Visit our Map and Resources section to read more about individual access points, distances between points along the trail, information about local history, and flora and fauna along the Trail, as well as lists of donors who have helped to make the Trail a reality. [Note: The Map and Resources section no longer exists.]

The idea for the building of a trail along the Grand River through the Region of Waterloo was promoted by Walter Bean. To learn more about Walter Bean, visit the Walter Bean Biography page. [Note: Walter Bean Biography page no longer extists.]

The ultimate success of the Trail will be directly linked to the amount of public support gathered for this project, as the Walter Bean Grand River Trail is intended to be a community-based endeavor. Although there will continue to be a need to raise additional funds for trail enhancements, the overall cost of building the basic Walter Bean Grand River Trail has been set at $6.4 million, of which approximately $6.35 million was raised by September 2006, at which time the Grand River Conservation Foundation generously agreed to assume responsibility for collection and receipting of future donations as well as for appropriate disbursements. Please visit our Fundraising section to learn more about support the Trail has received to date, how you can contribute to the construction of the Trail, and how we recognize our donors. [Note: Fundraising section web page no longer extists.]

To learn more about the potential benefits of the Grand River Trail to our community, please click here. [Note: This web page no longer extists.]

Please visit the Construction page to learn more about how the Trail is being built, and about trail currently ready for use. [Note: The Construction section of the original web page no longer extists.]

The Walter Bean Community Trails Foundation commissioned this website as a public service, as an educational tool to provide historical background information on the Grand River Trail and Walter Bean, to recognize the valuable assistance of our donors, and to provide links to our community. Although the originators, authors, and current web masters of this site have exercised every reasonable effort to keep this information accurate, they do not accept any responsibility for errors, omissions, or information that is no longer current, nor do we accept any responsibility for any inconvenience that may have been accrued thereby.

This website has been developed through a donation of time by Mark Modolo with assistance provided by St. Jerome's University and the Grand River Conservation Authority."