New Brunswick offers other great spots to hike. It has trails for hiking, walking and backpacking. Trails that lead to waterfalls, seashores, lakes, forests, marshes and mountains. All offer a variety of plant, animal, bird and other wild life. To share these special places with our visitors as well as fellow New Brunswickers the Tourism Department of New Brunswick prepared a list of trails. We will suggest you use New Brunwick Atlas ( Second Edition Revised - 2002 ) co-published by Nimbus Publishing and Service New Brunswick to locate the trails on list.
Val Comeau Provincial Park in N.B. Atlas Area Number 28 has a few easy walking trails. A 3 km. loop, 3/4 of an hour. and another about 2.5 km. one way. Both on sand. Loop around point from campground. Lots of birds and fishing boats, great shallows to wade and explore behind the sand spit or can follow the shoreline southward and explore.
Shippagan Provincial Park in N.B. Atlas Area Number 18 has a 2 - 3 km. one way (3/4 hour) easy coastal walking trail around the point. Salt marshes full of birds.
Maisonnette Beach Provincial Park in N.B. Atlas Area Numbers 9 and 10 has a narrow sand spit entending will out into Baie de Caraquet. It is a 1.5 km. one way. Sand may be loose and make it a little more than an easy walk. You will be rewarded with salt marshes full of shorebirds.
Miscou Island is in Area Number 10. Much of the shore of this 14 km. long island can be an easy walk. Some bog areas, sand dunes and plains, lighthouses, ocean views. Map available from N.B.
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Youghall Beach Provincial Park is in N.B. Atlas Area Number 16. It has easy 3 km. one way walk. Sand may be loose. Start at park and roam around the point or head north to Chaleur Beach.
Always check tides when hiking along shore line of New Brunswick.
Beresford Beach Park in Area Number 16 has an easy 2 km. one way walk. Sand may be loose. Long narrow sand spit with water on both sides. Start at Beresford Park.
Anyone going for a trip in the forest must be prepared with essentials such as clothing, a snack, water, matches, compass and good footwear - plus let somone know where you are going. The Outdoor Enthusiasts! Club uses walkie talkies, GPS and cell phones.
Degree of Difficulty:
"Walking" - indicates short trails without major hills or obstacles.
"Hiking" - is for longer trails or short trails over difficult terrain.
"Backpacking" - means there is a chance for backcountry camping.
Distances given will be either around a "loop" or "one way" on a linear trail.
There are other trails not included in this list of N.B. trails. Directions for these harder to locate trails may be obtained from the local Dictrict Ranger Office. For their numbers call the Department of Natural Resources and Engery. For other information on N.B. Trails call N.B. Trail Director, Mr. A. Edwin Melanson at (506) 855-5089.
Outdoor Enthusiasts! hike in Nova Scotia as well as New Brunswick. Once in a while in other parts of the world.
Canada is a great country for Outdoor Enthusiasts! The rugged mountains, countless waterways, and wild life offer a country that has its most beautiful locations preserved as national and provincial parks. We can hike short nature hikes near towns and cities or explore the wilderness of our country far from towns and cities.
We hikinged and campinged in Cheticamp July 7-13, 2007. We spent the Labour Day Weekend of 2007 and 2009 hiking and camping in Mount Carleton P.P.
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Unless otherwise stated, for all our hikes you should bring a lunch, water, and sturdy footwear. For all canoe trips you should bring a lunch, water and a DRY set of clothes. Unless it states otherwise all skiing events are for cross-country skiing and you should bring a lunch and water to all outings or know food can be purchased at the ski shelter. With the amount of day light getting less and less, you should bring a flashlight or headlight to most events as a precaution in the unlikely event that it will be dark before we complete our outing.
At the 2008 Annual General Meeting of Outdoor Enthusiasts! held on Tuesday, October 21st at Moncton Curling Club on Lutz Street the membership approved the changes recommended by our executive in our Constitution and By Laws. "Password" required.
Paul and Marielle have a great website on their trip on the Appalachian Trail. They have included their complete journal and lots of wonderful pictures along with several interesting lingk. Check it out at http//www.hikers99.homestead.com
The price of gas is high. Let's all remember that and the fact that many people are leasing vehicles, where mieage is important. People should take turns driving and those without vehicles or who do not wish to drive should contribute a reasonable smount towards the cost of the trip.
