October 20, 2022 - In mid-September, Trans Canada Trail, steward of the longest recreational trail network in the world, the Waterfront Regeneration Trust (WRT) in Ontario, the Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan and the Michigan Department of Natural Resources announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to develop a binational Great Lakes tourism destination opportunity by 2024.

Coinciding with the opening of the Gordie Howe International Bridge, the initiative paves the way for cross-border trail tourism, the use and enjoyment of the greenways, waterways and communities of Windsor, Ont., and Detroit, Mich., the border cities on the Detroit River, considered the heart of the Great Lakes and a gateway to each country.

The binational partnership builds on greenway systems started first in Windsor in the 1960s and ‘70s, and in southeast Michigan in the ‘90s, in response to increasing public demand for access to the waterfront and active modes of transportation.