SOUTHEAST SHORES
Fundy National Park has 24 trails from .3 to 50 km. loop in N.B. Atlas Area Numbers 81 and 82. Trails are from easy to moderately difficult. The park has an excellent well maintained system of trails. Waterfalls, streams, beaches, marshes, seacoast, cliffs, backcounty, and campsites. Get information from Tourism N.B. or Fundy National Park, Alma, E0A 1B0.
SHEPODY DIKES (Harvey Bank near Riverside Albert on Route # 915 in N.B. Atlas Area Number 82 has several easy walking routes from 2 to 4 kms. At Harvey Bank, park by the bridge/dam over Shepody River, follow dikes westward. Wonderful marsh scenery, birdwatching, cool breeze on hot days. Map available from Tourism N.B.
Easy walking 9 km. (3 hours) loop in New Horton Marsh (off Route 915) North of Alma in N.B. Atlast Area Number 74. Turn off Route 915 on to Mary's Point Road. Use woods road 150 metres on the right. Park by dike which will lead around New Horton Marsh. Excellent birding, seacoast one side, empounded marshes inland. Map available from Tourism N.B.
In Area Number 74 there is a 6 km. one way easy walking trail in the Shepody National Wildlife Area (also North of Alma). There is an old railway line through a wildlife area on the Shepody River. Terrific birding, pastoral scenery, bridges, sign at ends of trail at Germantown and at covered bridgeon road from Highway 114 to Midway Road. Can canoe from Germantown to Harvey Bank. Map available from Tourism N.B.
The Rocks Visitor Centre (highway 114) also in Area Numer 74 has a 1.5 km. one way easy walking trail. Woodland path with benches, clifftop views and saltmarsh vistas. Can also walk 1 km. along a saltmarsh beach. Great for birdwatching. Also can walk 1 km. along base of rock formations depending on tides (14 meter change in water level). Information available from Tourism N.B. or Visitor Centre at The Rocks. Ask for Paul Gaudet to get the best information on hiking in the area.
The Dobson Trail is found in Area Numbers 65, 74, and 82 in the N.B. Atlas. On June 21 of most year "Outdoor Enthusiast!" do it in one day. Check with Marilyn at 386-6579 or Isabel at 382-7820 to see if the club is doing it this year. Yes! Isabel is working on setting it up. Dobson Trail is 58.9 km. one way of trail running from Riverview to Fundy National Park. It is used for hiking and backpacking. You can do each section separately. There are easy and moderate sections. If you do it all in one day it becomes strenuous. Trail has a variety of woods. It has 9 sections of streams, meadows, mountains, beaverponds, lake, and viewpoints. When backpacking allow for 2 nights on the trail. Guide book with maps available from The Fundy Hiking Trail Assoc. The Dobson Hiking Trail Certificate is awarded to hikers who have completed the entire trail on consecutive days. A written account of the journey must be submitted to the Tailmaster, A. Edwin Melanson, 71 Derby Street, Moncton, N.B., E1C 6Y8
Centennial Park in Area Number 65 has 15 very popular total km. of easy walks. There are numerous loops. You can croos-country ski trails in winter. Call Moncton Community Services for more information.
Walker Road Trail (West of Sackville) in N.B. Atlas Area Number 75 has a 10 km. loop. It is a easy walk that you could do in 2 hours. Park at end of Walker Road close to Beech Hill Park on T.C. Highway. Hardwoods and streams. Map available from Tourism N.B.
Sackville Waterfowl Park also in Area Number 75 has a 1 - 2 km. loop that is an easy walk. It is in Sackville, just north-east of Mount Allison University. Interpretive signs, trails and boardwalks in a marsh. Map available from Tourism. N.B.
There is easy to moderate walking trails on the Tantramar Marsh Dikes (Sackville) also in Area Number 75. Two 4 km. loops (1 hour each). Another 3 km. loop in 3/4 hour. Also a 6-7 km. in 1 1/2 hours. Follow dikes in Tantramar National Wildlife area (Paunchy Lake), no signs, several possible routes, grass may be thick and high. Get directions locally or go with "Outdoor Enthusiasts!" Wide open spaces, fresh breezes. For 3 km. loop drive and park at Fort Beausejour. Tour it, then walk carefully across railway tracks, go to right along farm roads on top of dikes. The 6 - 7 loop is Westcock Marsh. Follow Highway 935 from Sackville to West Sackville. Use marsh access road, park by large red barn. Follow dikes around marsh. Lots of birds. Maps available from Tourism New Brunswick.
Cape Maringouin Rockport Peninsula (Sackville) is in Area Numbers 74, 75, 82, and 83. It has a 2 km. one way easy walking trail. Follow Route 935 from Sackville to Rockfort. "Outdoor Enthusiasts!" go from Moncton routes 106, 935 via Dorchester Cape, Johnson's Mills. Park at old farm then follow old road to Cape Maringouin. Very scenic, isolated. A side road to the left, before the farm leads to an excellent vista point at Pecks Point.
Cape Jourimain (near Cape Tormention) in N.B. Atlas Area Number 74 has 2 easy walking trails. 4 - 5 km. one way, 1 1/2 hours. An additional 4 - 5 km. one way, 1 1/2 hours. Drive to end of Confederation Bridge on New Brunswick side. Parking lot and Visitor Centre just before bridge. Walk the shore 1 km. east to lighthouse or west around a rocky headland to a 2 1/2 km. sandy beach, tremendous birding area, tidepools, marshes, towers to climb for taking pictures of the bridge, etc. Map available from Tourism N.B.
Murray Beach Provincial Park in Area Number 67 has 2 km. one way easy walk. Sand and rock beach, warm water in summer, and a great place for beachcombing.
Bouctouche Sand Bar (Bouctouche) in N.B. Atlas Area Numbers 51 and 58 has a 12 km. one way moderate walk. Should take about 4 hours. Sand may be loose. Long (24 km. return) sand bar surrounded by water. Park in parking lot off highway 475 just south of Saint Edouard. Bring water and sun screen. If it is a hot day, take lots of breaks.
Cape Lumiere (Richiboucto) also in Area Number 51 has an easy to moderate beach walk. Ten km.
one way (3 - 4 hours). Sand may be loose. On hot days take lots of breaks. Beautiful long quiet sand bar (20 km. return). Keep your eyes open for shorebirds and seals. Be careful of nesting sites of rare Piping Plover at the tip. We have seen people swimming there in the nude. Map available from Tourism N.B. Bring sun screen and a bathing suit in summer.
Kouchibouguac National Park in N.B. Atlas Area Numbers 43 and 44 has 5 interpretive trails, 8 hiking trail plus 7 km. beach. Trails rang from easy to moderate. Great park for cross-country skiing in Winter. Explore barrier islands, estuaries and logoons, ponds, rivers and brooks, the sea, forest, open fields, bogs and saltmarshes. Backcountry camping. Write: Kouchibouguac National Park, Kouchibouguac, Kent County, N.B., E0Z 2A0
Point Sapin (North of Kouchibouguac (North of Kouchibouguac) in N.B. Atlas Area Number 44 has an easy 6.5 one way (2 1/2 hours) seacoast trail. Start near campground in Pinte Sapin on Highway 117, walk along coast into National Park as far as Riviere au Portage. Excellent beachcoming.
The Eastern Shores section of " A Hiking Guide to New Brunswick " by Marianne Eiselt & H.A. Eiselt describes the above trails in much more detail. This section of the book also gives a great description of other trails in this section of New Brunswick.
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