The Ontario Trails Council promotes the creation, preservation, management and use of an integrated recreational trail network for the public.

Hike Ontario is a co-ordinating body for hiking trails in Ontario.

Some Central Ontario Trail sites you may visit:
The Bruce Trail
The Oak Ridges Trail Association
The Ganaraska Hiking Trail

There are several sites of interest along the Rideau River system. Some sites provide hiking or camping opportunities:
Rideau Heritage Route
The Tay River Watershed "a magnificent tributary of the Rideau River system in eastern Ontario, Canada"
The Rideau Canal Waterway
Boating on the Rideau Canal
The Cataraqui Trail
The Friends of the Rideau
Murphys Point Provincial Park
Frontenac Provincial Park
Find a Park in Ontario
Nature on the Rideau River is a site full of information and photos of the Rideau River and Canal system.

In the Ottawa area, there is:
Friends of the Gatineau
Ottawa Rambling Club

Some sites providing a broad range of general information
(mostly Canadian) about the great outdoors:
Parks Canada
Trail Studies Unit, Trent University
Out There

A site providing a broad range of general information
(mostly US) about trails of all kinds:
American Trails
American Trails (Ontario Sites)

Site for the proposed Lake Ontario Waterfront Trail:
Waterfront Trail
Site for the Canadian Thousand Islands Heritage Conservancy:
Thousand Islands Conservancy

RTA Members' websites:
Hike into Moulton Gorge

Some information on West Nile Disease:
Public Health Agency Of Canada
Province of Ontario

Hiking equipment stores:
Bushtukah (Ottawa)
The Expedition Shoppe (Ottawa)
Le Baron (Ottawa)
Mountain Equipment Co-op (Ottawa)
Trailhead (Ottawa)