Here are ALL the Experience Trail Locations You Can Visit This Summer
Last month, York Region Arts Council had the distinct pleasure of unveiling two more trail markers from The YR Experience Trail Marker Project in York Region. Now with seven (7) trail markers, York Region is well on its way to having one in every municipality of York Region. What’s better is that summertime is the […]
Two NEW Trail Markers Being Unveiled This Week in York Region
It’s Indigenous People’s Month and what better way to celebrate than with not one but two new trail markers being unveiled in York Region. If you’ve been following the Experience Trail Marker Project you’ll know that there are already five trail markers across the region; The Moth, The Butterfly, The Bee, The Hummingbird, The Blue […]
Hummingbird Trail Marker at home near Kortright pollinator garden
At home in nature – The fourth installment of the Experience Trail Marker Project – The Hummingbird – was unveiled at the Kortright Centre for Conservation in Vaughan this afternoon. Unveiling the work is, from left, Monica del Rio Pain, program curator at the York Region Arts Council, Ojibwe Elder Shelley Charles of Georgian Island […]
Indigenous artist Don Chretien creates interactive trail markers
By Shelly Khushal I am honoured to write this article on Indigenous People’s Day. I write this from the traditional lands covered by Treaty 13 and the Williams Treaties (now Richmond Hill). Acknowledging the land is an Indigenous protocol used to express gratitude to those who reside here, and it honours the Indigenous people who have […]
Experience Trail highlights all there is to see and do in York Region
By Wayne Doyle After almost two full years of uncertainty, York Region attractions and events are finally beginning to return to pre-pandemic levels. Restaurants and shops are fully open. Sporting events can accept full houses and social gatherings have had their limits removed. To ensure folks know what’s on and what’s coming up in York […]
Experience Trail
Welcome to The Experience Trail Join us on The Experience Trail as we re-connect with the attractions and events that make York Region a great place to live and visit. The Experience Trail Marker Project The YR Experience Trail Marker project is a collaborative interactive art project designed to re-connect people on the land presently […]
Top 10 Things to do in Newmarket
Newmarket has consistently been named one of the Best Places to Live in Canada by MoneySense magazine and has garnered an international reputation for being one of the country’s most dynamic, diverse and desirable towns to live and work in. The town has extensive recreation and culture programs, public art initiatives and heritage and history […]
Beetle
The Beetle “BEETLE” “Jiiga’owesi” is the Ojibwe word for Chipmunk A Collaborative Interactive Art Project Welcome to the YR Experience Trail Marker in Richmond Hill with an exact location TBD. City of Richmond Hill Land Acknowledgment We acknowledge these lands that have been home to First Nations Peoples from time immemorial. We acknowledge that what […]
Chipmunk
The Chipmunk “CHIPMUNK” “Agongos” is the Ojibwe word for Chipmunk A Collaborative Interactive Art Project Welcome to the YR Experience Trail Marker located in Markham. City of Markham Land Acknowledgment We acknowledge the traditional territories of Indigenous peoples and their commitment to stewardship of the land. We acknowledge the communities in circle. The North, West, […]
Firefly
The Firefly “FIREFLY” “Waawaatesi” is the Ojibwe word for Firefly. A Collaborative Interactive Art Project Welcome to the YR Experience Trail Marker in Aurora in the Aurora Town Park. Town of Aurora Land Acknowledgment We would like to start by acknowledging that the land on which we live and work is the traditional and treaty […]