2001-2005

3rd BOARD CHAIR

• In 2001, Cecil Freeman was appointed as Chair of the Trans Canada Trail Board of Directors.

DISCOVERY PANEL PROGRAM

• From 2002 to 2005, thanks to major funding from the Stephen R. Bronfman Foundation, 2,000 discovery panels were installed along the Trail.  
• Each panel described, in pictures and text, aspects of the indigenous flora, fauna or geography of that Trail section. 
• Also vital to the success of the program were other partners, who provided information and photography and ensured the accuracy of the material: the Canadian Museum of Nature; the Royal Ontario Museum Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Biology; the Royal British Columbia Museum; and Natural Resources Canada (Canadian Forest Service).

4th BOARD CHAIR

• In 2003, David Ward was appointed as Chair of the Trans Canada Trail Board of Directors.

FRIENDSHIP PAVILION

• On Indigenous People’s Day, June 21, 2003, a Friendship Pavilion was inaugurated in North Vancouver. 
• The pavilion features the work of Squamish Nation artist and carver, Darren Yelton. Darren’s carving of a welcoming grandmother and grandfather invites friendship on the Trail and promotes it as a place for everyone to enjoy. 
• The pavilion represents the partnership between Trans Canada Trail and First Nation communities.

FEDERAL FUNDING OF $15 MILLION

• In 2003, the federal government, through Canadian Heritage, awarded the Trail a $15 million grant over five years to support trail-building capital projects, to provide planning and to coordinate development of the Trail, and to establish pavilions and signage along the Trail.

5th BOARD CHAIR

• In 2005, Valerie Pringle was appointed as Chair of the Trans Canada Trail Board of Directors.

TRAIL PROGRESS

• By 2005, 10,209 kilometres of the Trans Canada Trail were operational.  
• The team worked to finalize the route of the trail, particularly in those areas where there was a large land mass and a sparse population, and therefore few people to build and maintain the Trail.