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- ↑ Slocan Valley Rail-Trail
- ↑ Sentier NB Trail
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- ↑ "Back Harbour Trail". Archived from the original on 2011-08-27. Retrieved 2007-11-01.
- ↑ "Barrington Bay Trail". Archived from the original on 2012-02-09. Retrieved 2007-11-01.
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- ↑ "Bridgewater Centennial Trail". Archived from the original on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2007-11-01.
- ↑ "Cobequid Trail". Archived from the original on 2011-10-02. Retrieved 2007-11-01.
- ↑ "Jitney Trail". Archived from the original on 2011-10-02. Retrieved 2007-11-01.
- ↑ "Jordan Falls Community Trail". Archived from the original on 2012-02-09. Retrieved 2007-11-01.
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- ↑ "Musquodoboit Trailway". Archived from the original on 2008-12-03. Retrieved 2007-11-01.
- ↑ "Salt Marsh Trail". Archived from the original on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2007-11-01.
- ↑ "Shelburne Rail Trail". Archived from the original on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2007-11-01.
- ↑ St. Margarets Bay Trail
- ↑ "Trestle Trail". Archived from the original on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2007-11-01.
- ↑ Hamilton-Brantford-Cambridge Trails
- ↑ "Friendship Trail, Ontario".
- ↑ "Haliburton County Rail Trail". Ontario Trails Council . Retrieved August 14, 2022.
- ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2008-08-10.
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- ↑ "Home". waterfronttrail.org.
- ↑ Confederation Trail
