Welcome to our new site!
We’ve rebooted our organization and we’re happy you’re here!
On June 1st, 2025, we rebooted our organization to ensure its longevity. What’s new?
Our new membership program, the Harte Trail keepers! It includes a lot of new content, go check it out!
Refreshed website.
New merch.
A new volunteer portal.
More community events.
Trail Ambassadors that are out on the trail weekly to maintain the trail and keep an eye out for the community.
More core volunteers added to run our events, coordinate our volunteers, take care of the Van Roon Prairie Gardens, create our newsletter and to take photos!
We’re so happy you’re here and we hope you sign up for our new membership!
Our Pride
Our popular trail is part of the Trans Canada Trail and runs through a narrow strip of wilderness on an old railway bed left behind after the Prairie Dog Railway’s historic last run. The path is intersected by half a dozen streets of Charleswood. Its name is taken from the Harte Line, the first section of Grand Trunk Pacific Railway built in Western Canada in 1894.
Our Beginning
Friends of the Harte Trail group formed with a constitution shortly after the Harte Trail grand opening July 1, 2000 coinciding with the Trans Canada Trail Relay 2000. Ceremonial waters from the Pacific and Atlantic were carried by relay teams that eventually met in Ottawa.
Our Mission
The Friends of the Harte Trail ensure the trail’s natural beauty is maintained, that the trail is safe along with the folks that enjoy it, and reminding everyone it is our responsibility to ensure its longevity.
“A happy and healthy community is not a fairytale. All you need is a volunteer.”
— Barb hutton, PAST president
Our Community at a Glance:
Over 45k
Population of Charleswood
1600
Followers on Instagram
Many
Precious Supporters
