Fall Exercise

Day 1 – Students navigate the trails along the Niagara Escarpment, helping and supporting each other along the way, from Kinsmen Park in Beamsville to Shorthills Provincial Park. A distance of 31km +, cadets climbed up and down the escarpment several times on this leg of the hike, for a total elevation change of 2,000 ft.

Day 2 – This year the second leg of the Fall Exercise begins at Shorthills Provincial Park where cadets hike through forest paths before joining the Welland Canal. The cadets end day two at Merritt Island in Welland.

Day 3 – The final day of the hike sees the cadets leave Fort George trekking along the Niagara Parkway to the top of Queenston Heights and Brock’s Monument. Each person who has completed the hike for the first time will receive their Baker’s Badge, an important moment that recognizes the scale of the achievement each cadet has just completed.