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Stay. Play. Live.
Welcome, Biindigen, and Bienvenue!
Blind River and Mississauga First Nation are proudly hosting stunning walking and cycling trails throughout our precious wetlands. Our communities have worked tirelessly throughout the last year to research flora, fauna, and historical data.
Our trails are ready and waiting for you! Over the next year, each time you visit, you will note improvements to our shared system. Our goal is to ensure every visit promotes sustainability - environmental and historical. Our only ask: leave her better than you found her.
Our communities invite you to wander our trails and delight in the ever-changing singing, splashing, and knocking about from our incredible wildlife. Deafening symphonies during spring are followed by feisty fowl fishing in the summer. Woodpeckers within the forest will be both spiritual and haunting at sundown. Keep your eyes peeled for rabbits scurrying past the trail, or prickly porcupines perched and wondering why you are in such a hurry!
We kindly ask that travel rules be followed. Please keep our tiny communities safe. When it is safe to visit, please make a point of ensuring you have your running shoes and bike at the ready. Sharing health and love from Blind River and Mississauga First Nation.
Support the Trails
The upkeep of the Boom Camp Trails is a joint initiative of the Town of Blind River and Mississauga First Nation. The Town of Blind River's Parks & Recreation and Public Works departments work countless hours each season to keep the trails clear of debris and to ensure safe public use.
All donations received are placed into a reserve fund to be used for future upkeep and enhancement of these trails as it's needed. Your generous support is greatly appreciated!
The Town of Blind River and Mississauga First Nation have been working together to improve trail conditions, connectivity, and interpretation.
A gathering place, a logging operation, a historic trails system. The land of the Boom Camp has seen many changes over hundreds of years.
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Blind River is a recognized bee-friendly community.
A Bee City is part of a North American movement to support pollinator protection. Bee City communities support collaboration and establish and maintain healthy pollinator habitat within the municipality’s boundaries.
Land Acknowledgement
The Boom Camp Trails are located in Blind River, Ontario and situated on the traditional territory of Mississauga First Nation and the lands of the Ojibwe people, under the Robinson-Huron Treaty. It is important to remember that the People of the Mississaugi River occupied and used this land long before Europeans settlers ever developed it. The Town of Blind River is thankful for its continued partnership and commitment to truth and reconciliation with Mississauga First Nation and the Indigenous people of Turtle Island.As you explore this site and the trails, you may encounter some words that are new to you. Many key words appear trilingually in English, French, and Annishnaabemowin/Ojibwe. Consider taking a moment to reflect on the history of this land and your position on it.