{"id":7391,"date":"2026-10-05T10:06:53","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T14:06:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stationstudios.ca\/blog\/?p=7391"},"modified":"2026-10-05T10:06:55","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T14:06:55","slug":"dutton-dunwich-tct-trail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stationstudios.ca\/blog\/dutton-dunwich-tct-trail\/","title":{"rendered":"Dutton-Dunwich TCT Trail"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-background wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"background-color:#ebebeb\"><em>You can find posts about my <strong>25 km from WTF<\/strong> adventures <em><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stationstudios.ca\/blog\/category\/25km-from-wtf\/\">here<\/a><\/em><\/em><\/em> <br><em>or visualize them on this <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/u\/0\/edit?mid=1Eo5IU12sEHZFhl88EwjB-hLiFI5Qe3xv&amp;usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">map<\/a>.<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I recently hiked the trails at the John E. Pearce Provincial Park and noticed that the Spicer Trail was marked as part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/tctrail.ca\/\">Trans Canada Trail<\/a>. Normally the TCT is routed along roads and rail trails so a hiking-only section is fairly rare. That got me looking at the TCT website and I saw that there was another hiking section of the TCT within Dutton-Dunwich: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.duttondunwich.on.ca\/public\/download\/files\/313127\">Dutton Dunwich Trans Canada Trail<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I decided to do the hike as an out and back starting from the south end on Lake View Road. I was immediately impressed by the routing of the trail; someone had put some thought into it. The trail crossed several old Carolinian forests and dropped down to cross several small streams. Unfortunately,  a number of these bridges could use some maintenance but all were passible. The hike reminded me of a now-closed section of the Elgin Trail just north of Port Stanley.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In summer time, this hike would be an adventure with wet trails and bugs, but on a beautiful autumn afternoon, it was bliss. Highly recommended.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I recently hiked the trails at the John E. 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