Discover Clarington

Clarington offers a range of ways to plan a trip that gives equal importance to nature and culture. In the broader regional area of the Municipality of Clarington, you’ll find recreational trails, the Lake Ontario waterfront, exhibitions about the municipality’s history, and opportunities for trout and salmon fishing. These highlights can be distinguished for trip planning: trails and the lakeshore appeal to nature enthusiasts, exhibitions add a cultural focus, and the tributaries are associated with a specific fishing activity.

Recreational trails and the Lake Ontario waterfront

The Municipality of Clarington offers more than 20 kilometres of recreational trails, paved and surfaced with limestone, away from road traffic. The distance describes the extent of the recreational trail network; asphalt and limestone identify the surfaces, while the location away from road traffic provides another point of reference. For planning, then, it’s not just the distance that matters, but also what the trails are like. If you include this part of the regional offering in your trip plans, you can treat it as a distinct nature and recreation focus.

Along the Municipality of Clarington’s Lake Ontario waterfront, around 30 kilometres of shoreline have public access at eight locations. The shoreline length is approximate; the eight public access points give a specific number of places where access is available. So, both the length of the shoreline and the number of access points are relevant to this topic. Compared with the recreational trails, the focus shifts from surfaces and locations away from road traffic to the shoreline and public access.

The kilometre figures refer to different things: more than 20 kilometres of recreational trails on the one hand, and around 30 kilometres of shoreline on the other. This is not a direct comparison of two equivalent routes. For choosing a nature-focused activity, what matters more is whether you’re interested in the recreational trails or the publicly accessible waterfront.

History and fishing

Clarington Museums and Archives presents the history of the Municipality of Clarington year-round in exhibitions at three locations. This gives travellers interested in culture a distinct focus on local history. The exhibitions are available throughout the year, and the three locations provide another point of reference for planning. If you’d like to include the municipality’s history in your trip, you can consider this cultural focus alongside nature and fishing.

Fishing is another distinct regional highlight. Four tributaries in the Municipality of Clarington offer trout and salmon fishing. Unlike the recreational trails or the waterfront, the focus here is on a specific activity and the two fish species, trout and salmon. If you’re planning a trip around your fishing interests, you can clearly distinguish this topic from local history and recreational trails.

Would you like your stay to focus mainly on recreational trails, the waterfront, local history or fishing?

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