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Trail
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Trail, city (1991 pop. 7,919), SE British Columbia, Canada, on the Columbia River just N of the Wash. border. It is a metal-smelting center for a mining area that produces lead, zinc, silver, and gold. Sulfuric acid and fertilizers are manufactured there.
trail
1. the scent left by a moving person or animal that is followed by a hunting animal
2. Engineering the distance between the point of contact of a steerable wheel and a line drawn from the swivel pin axis to the ground

trail [trāl]
(astronomy)
A luminous trace left in the sky by the passage of a large meteor.
(geology)
A line of rock fragments that were picked up by glacial ice at a localized outcropping and left scattered along a fairly well-defined tract during the movement of a glacier.
(graphic arts)
One of the lines left on a photographic plate during prolonged exposure to starlight if the motion of the plate was not synchronized with the apparent motion of the sky.
(ordnance)
In bombing, the line between the point of impact of the bomb and a point on the ground directly beneath the aircraft at the moment of impact, assuming that the aircraft stays on course after release of the bomb and maintains a constant speed.
Rear part of a gun carriage which connects the piece with a limber or tractor.

Trail 

a city in Canada, in the southern part of the province of British Columbia. Population, 11,100 (1971). Trail is a center for the extraction and processing of complex ores. It has a large smelting combine that produces one-half of Canada’s smelted zinc and two-thirds of the country’s smelted lead; antimony and other metals are smelted as well. Trail also produces chemicals.



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In the 300,000-acre Camino Real Ranger District, the proposal would: u close 96 miles of existing roads; u designate four miles of unauthorized roads for vehicle use; u create a 300-foot corridor along 117 miles for off-road camping and big game retrieval in five locations; u close six miles of roads near Forest Road 697 for the winter; and u return 24 miles of former motorized trail to non-motorized use.
I found this to be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for motorized trail bike enthusiasts to work with numerous state agencies and legislative folks, in conjunction with various leading environmental organizations, to discuss and resolve concerns relating to motorized use in state forests and parks," said Frank Frey, a working group member who is a past president and now legislative director of the New England Trail Riders Association.
States must use 30 percent of their funds for motorized trail uses, 30 percent for non-motorized trail uses and 40 percent for diverse trail uses, which are trails for multiple types of uses.
 
 
 
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