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Distance: 12.97 mi
Elevation gain: 302 ft
Technical difficulty: Difficult
Elevation loss: 331 ft
Max elevation: 694 ft
TrailRank: 65
Min elevation: 501 ft
Trail type: One Way

Moving time: 6 hours 2 minutes
Time: 7 hours 37 minutes
Coordinates: 3706
Uploaded: August 2, 2021
Recorded: July 2021

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near McVicar, Ontàrio (Canada)

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Itinerary description

We were staying at Bruce Peninsula National Park and hiked the Bruce Trail from the Cyprus Lake campground in to Tobermory. This trail mostly follows, and is a very small part of the 900 km Bruce Trail that runs from Niagara Falls (Queenston) to the tip of the Bruce Peninsula. This section is well marked and some newly created parts are different to what shows on older maps.

Not for the casual hiker; rocky terrain, numerous rock scrambles, uneven root filled paths and decent overall length make it a difficult hike. Our conditions didn't help (rainy, slippery, muddy with lots of standing ground water) and we found it hard to make good time. Give yourself a full day, even with an early start it was around 3:00 when we finished in Tobermory where good friends were there to share a beverage and provide a lift back to the national park.

We really enjoyed the hike, loads of great lookouts, quite a variety to the surroundings and way less traffic than the trails around the Cyprus campsite. Also it was neat to see the monument at the end of our hike (and the very end point of the Bruce Trail).

Really enjoyed it and would highly recommend to the serious hiker. Poles are also recommended.

Waypoints

To Marr Lake

Take the left fork. The first section of the hike follows the Cyprus Lake trail over to the main path towards the Grotto. To avoid crowds and keep the distance manageable we turned onto the Marr Lake path (about 1 km from the campground) that leads you to Boulder Beach and the intersection with the Bruce Trail (about 2 km from the campground).

Boulder beach

This is where you join up with The Bruce Trail. It runs along the shoreline at this point, and Marr Lake is behind you. Look for white blazes on rocks, trees and cairns from here to the finish!

Overhang rock

Several nice places to get a great view of the lake. At this spot there was a hole that for the adventurous, could be climbed down to get you to waters edge.

Driftwood Cove

A yacht was cruising around the bay.

Little Cove

This small provincial park is basically a beach with a washroom. We got some protection here from the rain while we had our lunch. Take the road back to the parking lot then look/turn right to follow the trail back into the woods.