Designated trail

Bruce Trail BT-ON

Bruce Trail Conservancy; oldest and longest marked trail in Canada · Ontario, Canada

Published length: 890 km553 miabout 890 km main trail plus 400 km side trails
Measured line: 878.0 km546 mi−1.3% against published
Line: In the datasetLicence: ODbL 1.0
Tier: RegionalA long trail of 80 km (50 mi) or more

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Main line

Line: OpenStreetMap, read 2026-11-08, drawn simplified to 30 m. Credit: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Base map: OpenFreeMap, © OpenMapTiles, data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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Main line878.0 km measured in 6 parts · OpenStreetMap

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Credit the source

Licence: ODbL 1.0

Lines from OpenStreetMap need the credit “© OpenStreetMap contributors” and stay under the ODbL (share-alike).

release.txt: the source, licence and date the line files came from.

The record

Kind: Designated trailDesignated, maintained and published as one trail by a land agency or a trail association
Designation: Bruce Trail Conservancy; oldest and longest marked trail in Canada
Tier: RegionalA long trail of 80 km (50 mi) or more
Listing: First setIn the first set of trails
Where: ON (Ontario), Canada
Published length: 890 km553 miabout 890 km main trail plus 400 km side trails. A check value, not measured from the line.
Short name: BT-ON
Record ID: bruce-trailStable: the directory name, never changed

Verification Checked 2026-11-08

Measured: YesThe line was downloaded and measured

Published: 890 km553 mi
Measured: 878.0 km546 migeodesic, from the line
Difference: −1.3%measured minus published
Parts: 6pieces left after joining ends within 100 m

Within 15% of the published length Beyond 15%: the record must say why

Nine rwn section relations joined into 6 parts, 878.0 km, 1.3% short of 890 km.

Source and licence

Line in this dataset: line.geojsonThe main line file of the record
Source status: OpenStreetMap onlyThe only source is an OpenStreetMap route relation
Publisher: Bruce Trail Conservancy (publishes the trail; no open geometry found)
Source: https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/3375262Where to ask for the line: a layer or relation page
Line source: OpenStreetMap
Format: OpenStreetMap relation, read through Overpass or a Geofabrik extract
Main line: OSM carries 9 section relations (rwn) and 8 side-trail relations (lcn), cleanly separated. Bruce County hosts a segments layer whose contact is a Conservancy cartographer; licence not stated.How the main line is told apart from alternates, connectors and side trails
Coordinates: EPSG:4326What the source stores; published files are longitude/latitude (EPSG:4326)
Licence: ODbL 1.0
Credit: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)The credit line to show, as the source asks
May be passed on: YesThe source's terms allow its line to be passed on
OpenStreetMap only: YesOpenStreetMap is the only source of the included line
Source checked: 2026-11-08
Newer release?: osm-relation-version: Overpass rel(ID); out meta; (version and timestamp), or the Geofabrik replication diff; fetch again when it changesHow to tell whether the source has a newer release

What the source says

OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL 1.0 (share-alike). Credit: © OpenStreetMap contributors. The OpenStreetMap copyright page states: 'You are free to copy, distribute, transmit and adapt our data, as long as you credit OpenStreetMap and its contributors.' (https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright, read 2026-11-09). The line included here is from OpenStreetMap, relation 3375262.

With the page it was read on. Not legal advice.

OpenStreetMap

Relation: 3375262
Note: Section relations 2551527, 3375262, 3444639, 3444701, 3445408, 3444722, 3445414, 3460438...

Logo

Shown only to identify the trail

This logo belongs to Bruce Trail Conservancy. It is not covered by this dataset’s licences, and no right to use it for any other purpose is given or implied.

A holder who wants a logo removed, replaced or credited differently can ask; see Logos.

Status: Logo in useThe trail has a logo
Holder: Bruce Trail Conservancy
Taken from: https://brucetrail.org/
File: shield.png
Note: No logo or shield policy found. Treat as the maintaining organisation's mark.

Every field of the record, with its exact value

As stored in trail.toml. The record schema says what each field means.

Field	Value
`id`	bruce-trail
`name`	Bruce Trail
`short_name`	BT-ON
`country`	CA
`regions[0]`	ON
`length_km`	890
`length_note`	about 890 km main trail plus 400 km side trails
`tier`	regional
`designation`	Bruce Trail Conservancy; oldest and longest marked trail in Canada
`wave`	1
`source.status`	osm-only
`source.publisher`	Bruce Trail Conservancy (publishes the trail; no open geometry found)
`source.url`	https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/3375262
`source.discovery`	osm-relation-version: Overpass `rel(ID); out meta;` (version and timestamp), or the Geofabrik replication diff; fetch again when it changes
`source.format`	OpenStreetMap relation, read through Overpass or a Geofabrik extract
`source.crs`	EPSG:4326
`source.licence`	ODbL-1.0
`source.licence_text`	OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL 1.0 (share-alike). Credit: © OpenStreetMap contributors. The OpenStreetMap copyright page states: 'You are free to copy, distribute, transmit and adapt our data, as long as you credit OpenStreetMap and its contributors.' (https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright, read 2026-11-09). The line included here is from OpenStreetMap, relation 3375262.
`source.attribution`	OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
`source.osm_only`	true
`source.mainline`	OSM carries 9 section relations (rwn) and 8 side-trail relations (lcn), cleanly separated. Bruce County hosts a segments layer whose contact is a Conservancy cartographer; licence not stated.
`source.source_checked`	2026-11-08
`source.redistributable`	true
`source.line_source`	OpenStreetMap
`source.line_file`	line.geojson
`osm.relation`	3375262
`osm.note`	Section relations 2551527, 3375262, 3444639, 3444701, 3445408, 3444722, 3445414, 3460438...
`shield.status`	use-real-logo
`shield.logo_source`	https://brucetrail.org/
`shield.contact`	Bruce Trail Conservancy
`shield.note`	No logo or shield policy found. Treat as the maintaining organisation's mark.
`shield.logo_file`	shield.png
`shield.logo_owner`	Bruce Trail Conservancy
`verification.verified`	true
`verification.date`	2026-11-08
`verification.measured_km`	878.0
`verification.difference_percent`	-1.3
`verification.parts`	6
`verification.note`	Nine rwn section relations joined into 6 parts, 878.0 km, 1.3% short of 890 km.