The Halifax Regional Municipality encompasses the cities of Halifax, Dartmouth, and Bedford, and several towns and villages; lakes, rivers, and streams, part of the Shubenacadie Canal, and an intricate and beautiful coastline. Beautiful, well-tended, easily accessible trails throughout the region offer outdoor pleasure to all, and Trails of Halifax Regional Municipality outlines gentle excursions for people of all abilities. Michael Haynes has selected 25 representative trails. Haynes gives careful, detailed information about each in a Trails-at-a-Glance chart and in synoptic form at the head of each trail description. As well as describing the trail and illustrating it with maps and photographs, Haynes includes sidebars on features unique to the trail or region.
Michael Haynes is one of the leading authorities of the outdoors in Eastern Canada. He is the Director of TransActive Solutions, a company dedicated to improving the walkability and bikeability of Canadian communities. Previously, he was the National Active Transportation and TrailsCanada Coordinator of Go for Green and the Executive Director of the Nova Scotia Trails Federation. Recently, Michael has worked on project teams developing a Pedestrian and Cycling Plan for the Regional Municipality of York Ontario, the Regional Trail Plan for Chatham-Kent Ontario, the Active Transportation Plan for the Halifax Regional Municipality Nova Scotia, the Hub Trail System for Sault Ste. Marie Ontario, and a rural trail development manual for the province of Alberta. Michael has conducted workshops on Active Transportation more than 50 communities across Canada and regularly presents on trails across Canada and internationally. Michael is a member of the Province of Ontario's Trails Coordinating Committee and the Public Health Agency of Canada's Advisory Committee for Active Transportation. A frequent guest on CBC radio, he now lives In Halifax, Nova Scotia.
