Our spring trip to Fundy National Park was an epic adventure. We were so excited to start hiking that when we arrived Friday evening we started hiking the Coppermine Trail at dusk. It was so dark that we had to get out our flashlights at about the halfway point. When we got to the lookout
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Ancient Trails and A Bird in the Hand
I first saw the colored turtle signs in 2005 when I was working in the woods north of the Miramichi. The signs were on either side of the road just before the bridge that crosses the Nepisiguit River north of Heath Steele Mines. I asked everyone I could about the signs. My father told me
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Photographic Yoga at Connors Brothers Nature Preserve
I cut my hands on barnacles, I slid down seaweed covered rocks, and I ripped the butt out of my pants. I balanced precariously on small, slippery rocks over salt water pools left by the receding tide, bending and stretching into strange poses until I felt like I was learning a new type of photographic
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An Evening on Mount Sagamook
I had my heart set on climbing Mount Sagamook. I am usually driving by Mount Carleton Provincial Park withou having enough time to stop, but tonight I had time. My heart sank a bit as the woman at the park gatehouse told me I only had enough time before dark to hike Williams Falls or
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Hiking during Hunting Season in New Brunswick
In my opinion fall is the best time of year to hike. The weather is cooler, the leaves change adding beautiful color to the landscape, and best of all there are no flies. The forests are also much busier in the fall because of hunting season. During the 2013 hunting season in New Brunswick there
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New River Beach Trails
We arrived at New River Beach Provincial Park at supper time. After setting up the tent we headed to the beach. Tonight was dedicated to photography and exploring the beach. Tomorrow would be hiking. Tonight was going to be a full moon. A super moon. And I had used the photographers ephemeris app to tell
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Top 5 Beach Trails
What better way to cool off after a summer hike than to hit the beach. The following is a list of my top 5 picks for trails near sandy beaches in the province that are great for swimming. There are also many beautiful rocky beaches along the Bay of Fundy that are great for photography
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Top 5 Swimming Waterfalls
Bonus videos from 2015 at the bottom. The following are my favorite five New Brunswick waterfalls to swim in: 1. Moosehorn Falls – The Moosehorn Trail at Fundy National Park starts at Laverty Falls and travels down along Laverty Stream until the stream bed turns into rock. The large granite slabs have been carved by
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Building the Fundy Footpath Link Trail
We were planning for a day of leisure but decided to spend the day working instead. We definitely made the right choice. We arrived at Fundy National Park at around supper time on Friday. We made a quick stop at the visitor center to ask about the trails and then continued on to our campsite
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Backcountry Camp Sites in New Brunswick
I received an e-mail from a Hiking NB user a few weeks ago asking for ideas for a campsite that would require a 2-4 hour hike to access that is maybe near a lake. The following is my response with all of the backcountry campsites I could think of that fit the requirements. I thought
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