Map 37 – Peninsula – Sunrise Shores Nature Reserve, new trail configuration

Date Effective: Aug. 29, 2024 | Map 37, Edition 31

Following the BTC’s successful securement of Sunrise Shores Nature Reserve this summer at Rush Cove, the Peninsula Bruce Trail Club has reconfigured the main Bruce Trail and side trails in the area.

The main Trail has been removed from Rush Cove Road and now runs along its Optimum Route through Sunrise Shores Nature Reserve near the shoreline. A reconfigured Rush Cove Rd Side Trail provides access to the parking on Rush Cove Road. The Ivan Lemcke Side Trail* and Ivan Lemcke Connector Side Trail provide options for loops through Sunrise Shores Nature Reserve and the neighbouring BTC Deal property (secured in 1989).

Trail Lengths:
New Main Trail (in black on the map) = 1.9 km
Rush Cove Rd Side Trail = 1.5 km
Ivan Lemcke Side Trail = 2.1 km
Ivan Lemcke Connector Side Trail = 130 metres

Loop: Main Trail & Ivan Lemcke Side Trail = 5 km
Return trip from Rush Cove Road parking area via above noted loop = 6 km

*Named after Ivan Lemcke, a Peninsula Bruce Trail Club volunteer who built the Bruce Trail terminus cairns in Tobermory (1967) and Queenston (1970).