Trans Canada Trail continues to grow with 29,000 kilometres across the country right now, managed by more than 600 locally managed trail sections.
Chief Program Officer for the national charity, Stacey Dakin says not all of the trail connects at this point, but most of it does, and the goal is to have it all connect one day from north to south and east to west.
In Saskatchewan from east to west, the trail enters from Manitoba into Duck Mountain Provincial Park and then continues west to Lloydminster into Alberta, but there is also a small section of trail near Air Ronge, and further south in Cypress Hills, Shaunavon and Eastend.
Meewasin Trail is part of the Trans Canada Trail, as is Chief Whitecap Waterway, which is part of the South Saskatchewan River with over 100 kilometres of water trail for canoeists.
Dakin says there are different ways to travel the trail, depending on where you are and when.
As a few examples, you can walk, hike, cycle, ride horseback, paddle, cross-country ski or snowshoe.
The mandate for Trans Canada Trail is to provide funding to help improve and expand the trail so more people can enjoy the experience of being outdoors in natural surroundings.
In the 2023/24 fiscal year, the TCT provided more than $5.3 in funding to the groups that manage their sections of the trail.