Eight-day Great Lakes Trail Adventure ride makes its way through Blyth, Goderich

Over 160 cyclists made their way through Huron County over the weekend as part of the 2025 Great Lakes Trail Adventure, which spans 640 kilometres over eight days, visiting three of the Great Lakes - Huron, Ontario and Erie - along the way.
The ride is a means of raising both funds and awareness for the Great Lakes Waterfront Trail, which is a “signature project” of the Waterfront Regeneration Trust. This year’s event marked the 30th anniversary of the trail.

 

The route began at Hamilton’s Mohawk College on Friday, Aug. 8, riding from the college to the Lake Ontario waterfront and back. The second day, Saturday, Aug. 9, the group made its way from Hamilton to Guelph along the Greenbelt Route.

 

On day three of the ride, the group made its way into Huron County, riding from Guelph along the Goderich-to-Guelph (G2G) Rail Trail. Riders were welcomed to stop when they arrived in Blyth that afternoon, or continue through to Goderich. Just under a third of the riders - about 50 - opted to stay in Blyth and camp at the campground. 

 

In the village, they dined together at the Blyth Inn - there, they were greeted by North Huron Reeve Paul Heffer - and then had breakfast at the Blyth Legion the following morning before making their way west to Goderich on day four of the ride, which was set to end in Grand Bend.

 

From Grand Bend, the ride continued on Tuesday, Aug. 12 making its way from Grand Bend to London, then London to Port Stanley (day six on Aug. 13), Port Stanley to Port Dover (day seven on Aug. 14) and Port Dover back to Hamilton (day eight on Aug. 15).

 

The Great Waterfront Trail Adventure began in 2008 and guided cyclists from Niagara to Quebec over the course of eight days. 
According to the Great Lakes Waterfront Trail website, the trail first began to take shape in 1995 with 300 kilometres of trail from Hamilton to Trenton. Since then it has continued to expand, now connecting 177 communities from Quebec to Sault Ste. Marie. However, the website also notes that the trail is far from finished, with work ongoing to connect more communities along Lake Superior.

 

For more information or to donate to the continuing expansion of the trail, visit the Great Lakes Waterfront Trail website online at waterfronttrail.org.