Michael Haynes (1955–2026) is Canada’s most published author of trail guides and a leading authority on trail development and active transportation. He has authored fifteen trail guides, including Hiking Trails of Cape Breton, Trails of Halifax Regional Municipality, Hiking Trails of Mainland Nova Scotia, the two-volume The Best of The Great Trail, and many others. Haynes’s writing has appeared in Ottawa Magazine, Saltscapes, and Explore.