Grand Manan Island offers cliff-top views, rock formations, sea birds and whales. 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. When you get into the N.B. Service web site select "English" or "French." On the next page select "Atlas and Maps." You can buy the Second Edition there or at "Chapters."
Saint John River Valley
The Fraser Inc. Second Falls Tree Nursery Trail in Edmundston can be found in Area Number 21 in the N.B. Atlas. It is an easy walk. It is a 4.2 km. loop up to two and half hours on a guided tour. You can do it without a guide in an hour. To get there from Fredericton, take the Trans-Canada Highway 2 towards Edmunston. Before entering Edmunston, take exit 21 at St. Basile. Turn right onto Iroquois Road and follow the road for 8.4 km. Keep straight at a Stop Sign at Titus Road. Turn right at the next Stop Sign and follow the road for 9.6 km. to Deuxieme Sault keep right at a fork, cross a bridge, and keep right again. The main building of the Fraser Companyy is locatged on the right across fronm a lake and a picnic site. You can park there. The trailhead is located about 200 meters up the road on the right side. An explanatory booklet is sometimes available in a box at the trailhead. The trail winds through young white spruce and passes a small open area before turning left into mixed woods. The path ascends and reaches a small picnic site. Just beyond, a shortcut departs to the right. The main trail continues straight, crosses a suspension bridge, and descends on boardwalks and wooden steps to a stream with a picnic site. Continue on the board walk and turn righ immediately at its end. The trail first leads along the edge of a nursery before being joined by a dirt road fronm the left. Trail has interpretive sigms along a pathway through the tree nursery. The trail returns past large greenhouses to the main road. Glimpses into the greenhouses will reveal thousands of young spruce. The trail has scenic views over the river valley.
The Grand Falls Gorge Trail in Grand Falls can be found in Area Number 31 in the N.B. Atlas. It is an easy walk, 2 km. one way, 3/4 hour. There is an Interpretive Centre there. Follow edge of gorge from falls; then down staircases to the bottom.
The Maliseet Indian Trail (South of Woodstock) in Area Number 59 in the N.B. Atlas. Easy to moderate hike, 2 km., half an hour to the falls. Total trails up to 8 km. Route of Angient Indian Portage leads pass 27 meters (90 feet) high Hayes Falls (very steep and treacherous route to the base (not suggested). Trail continues up and over a magnificent hardwood ridge. Last 4 km. are a clearcut.
Mactaguac Provincial Par (near Fredericton) in Area Number 70 in the N.B. Atlas has easy to moderate walking trails. Six trails from 1 to 4 km. Some loops. A few hills. Large sugar maple trees and 200 year old hemlocks, beaver ponds, streams, and hillsides. Pamplets available from Tourism N.B.
Odell Park (Fredericton) in Area Number 70 has easy to moderate woodland walking trails. 2.8 km. loops take about two hours to do. There is an Arboretum of all trees species native to N.B. Lower loop is accessible to the disabled.
Bald Peak (Welsford) in Area Number 86 is a moderate hike. Two km. one way. It will take about one hour to complete the 4 km. Easy to follow trail, fairly steep, but great view.
The directions to the trails on our list of trails in New Brunswick are usually sufficient once you are in the correct locality. Small locator maps for some areas as well as trail guides are available from the province's Tourism, Recreation and Heritage Department. Other information is available as noted. Some trails are well marked, others only a path or the beach while a few can only be followed if experienced with map and compass. 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 GPS, walkie talkies 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.
Outdoor Enthusiasts! hike in Nova Scotiaas well as New Brunswick. Once in a while in other parts of the world.
Kouchibouguac National Park is a great place to ski in the Winter. It is 100 km. from Moncton. The Waxing Hut is near Park HQ. From there you can ski to Patterson to Middle Kouchibouguac to La Source to Ryans to South Kouchibouguac to La Source to Petit Large to Waxing Hut to Middle Kouchibouguac via Petit Large instead of vai Patterson. You can go to Pins Pine via Petit Large.
There are lots of Parking Lots for parking cars Ski from Parking Lot to P.L.
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.
Check out " A Hiking Guide to New Brunswick " by Marianne Eiselt & H.A. Eiselt for a good description of some of the above trails in the " St. John River Valley " section. The Second Falls Nature trail on page 43, Maliseet Trail starts on page 44, Lookout Nature Trail on page 46, Streamside Nature Trail on page 47, Nackawic Nature Trail on page 48, Boulderwalk Trail starts on page 49, Mactaquac Provincial Park starts on page 53, Odell Park Loop starts on page 59, Mount Douglas Bald Trail starts on page 62 and Turtle Mountain Trail starts on page 65. Yes! Buy the book.
