Come Walk With Us on the Trans Canada Trail (TCT)

Trans Canada Trail Hiking Guide and Information Atlantic to Pacific Canadian Hiking Guide and Blog Tips and Advice for Trekking Across Canada Welcome to the Come Walk With Us Trans Canada Trail hiking blog! Over the span of 556 days over the span of four years, we hiked 14,000 km from Cape Spear, Newfoundland to Victoria, British Columbia on the world's longest recreational pathway. In this travel and adventure blog, we share photos and stories from our long-distance walk across Canada on the Trans Canada Trail (formerly the Great Trail), as well as gear reviews, trail information, and advice for planning your own thru-hikes. Epic landscapes, stunning wildlife, fascinating histories, daunting challenges, and countless acts of random kindness were all part of our journey across Canada. We hope you enjoy it! NEWFOUNDLAND Our #Hike4Birds across Canada on the 28,000 km long Trans Canada Trail began at Cape Spear, Newfoundland on June 1, 2019. Atlantic Puffins, whales...

British Columbia on the Trans Canada Trail From the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Ocean When we crossed Elk Pass from Alberta into British Columbia in September 2022, we were beginning the tenth and final province of our Atlantic-to-Pacific #Hike4Birds on the Trans Canada Trail . Behind us lay three years of travel across Canada, thousands of kilometres of walking, and an extraordinary collection of landscapes, communities, challenges, and experiences. Ahead lay the Rocky Mountains, the valleys and historic railway corridors of southern British Columbia, the Fraser River, and eventually the shores of the Pacific Ocean. After so many years of moving west, the possibility of completing our coast-to-coast journey was finally beginning to feel real. Yet British Columbia would prove to be considerably more complicated than the final stage of an adventure approaching its conclusion.   Our route carried us through some of the most spectacular mountain landscapes in Canada, but also ...

Alberta on the Trans Canada Trail From the Prairie Grasslands to the Rocky Mountains When we returned to the Trans Canada Trail in June 2022, beginning our fourth year of #Hike4Birds across Canada, the Rocky Mountains were finally becoming more than a distant destination. Behind us lay thousands of kilometres of walking through the Maritime provinces, Québec, Ontario, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan. Ahead lay the ninth province of our journey, where the landscapes of the Prairies would gradually give way to the foothills, forests, and mountains of western Canada. Alberta would become one of the most varied and memorable sections of our coast-to-coast journey. Beginning near the Saskatchewan border, we followed rural roads and the historic Alberta Iron Horse Trail through agricultural country and small communities before reaching Fort Saskatchewan and Edmonton. From there, the Trans Canada Trail led us south through central Alberta toward Red Deer and Calgary, passing through a combinati...

Saskatchewan on the Trans Canada Trail Discovering a Prairie Province That Defied Our Expectations When we crossed from Manitoba into Saskatchewan in August 2021, we were beginning the eighth province of our #Hike4Birds across Canada. Behind us lay thousands of kilometres of walking along the Trans Canada Trail , including the rugged landscapes of Atlantic Canada, the forests and waterways of Ontario, and the wide-open agricultural country of southern Manitoba. After weeks of following exposed gravel roads through the Prairies, we thought we had developed a reasonably good understanding of what might lie ahead.  S askatchewan quickly demonstrated how misleading those expectations could be. Over the following two months, our journey led us through forested highlands, rolling grasslands, deep river valleys, wetlands, historic communities, and some of the most expansive agricultural landscapes we had ever encountered. We crossed more river valleys by ferry than in any other province, ...