Grand Opening

2010-03-28T13:52:00.000-07:00

Coastal Connections Trail Association is planning the grand opening for the Lighthouse Trail on June 6, 2010.

Lighthouse Trail

2010-03-05T06:08:00.000-08:00

You will never find a more historical hike then the Lighthouse Trail. The present day lighthouse is actually the fourth to be built on this point, the original being the first built inCanada, in 1734. Lighthouse point was the sight of the English attack onBattery Island which guards the entrance to Louisbourg Harbour. Battery point was a first deference for the Fortress of Louisbourg, the largest historical reconstruction inNorth America. About one hour down the trail you will find Wolfe's cove, the actual site where the English landed with their canons. As you walk, think of the English troops dragging six cannons along these cliffs and bogs to the lighthouse.

According to one British soldier when the fortress surrendered a British platoon came across a French boat landed in the cove here. They tracked down a group of French soldiers in the woods. They attacked and when the smoke cleared one French soldier remained alive. He told the soldiers if they saved his life He would give them a kings fortune. But he died before he could tell them where. There is a legend of a huge fortune missing from the Fortress.

The trail starts at the Louisbourg lighthouse and continues on to Big Lorraine, located about 7 km away. Lorraine Head, the sight of a 1900's Irish immigrant shipwreck, The Astrea, is located two hours into the trail. You should be careful on this hike, there are many areas near cliffs and spots where the trail disappears and you are forced to follow the rugged coast.
There is a well documented report that during the siege of 1745 a band of Indians attacked and killed a New England army group in the woods here and there are 40 or 50 graves in here somewhere.
There is also one of Wolfes Redoubts (small fort) in here someplace. It is much over grown but local kids played in it.
You will find many quaint coves and knolls on this hike. You will also notice many bogs and sinkholes along the way (careful around these, I sunk up to my knee in one). There are many opportunities to take pictures along the way and you will find much plant life and wildlife to keep you interested. One of the most unusual things about the plant life is the spongy feeling you get underfoot as you walk. These areas are all rock, with very little drainage; the vegetation grows on top of this terrain and therefore forms almost a waterbed affect.

CAUTION: The weather in this area, like most of Cape Breton, can change quickly and the rocks can become very slippery when the weather gets bad. Also storms can produce very heavy surf and dangerous waves.

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Community Trail Groups

2010-03-04T14:30:00.000-08:00

Community Trail Groups

A community trail group is an organization of community-based residents who represent the interests of trail users in their respective area. To become a NS Trails member, a community trail group must be in corporated under the Societies Act of Nova Scotia, apply to NS Trails and be recognized by the NS Trails Board of Directors.

Membership Privileges for Community Trail Groups
Click here to go to the Services & Benefits page where you will find the advantages of being a NS Trails registered community trail group.

Community Trail Group Contacts:

Cape Breton Region

Baille Ard Recreation Association
Contact: John Borden
Email: davidgabriel@ns.sympatico.ca
Website: http://www.acapcb.ns.ca/baille_ard_trail/

Cape Breton County Trails Association
Contact: Heather MacDougall
Phone: (902) 563-5512
Fax: (902) 539-2962
Email: hgmacdougall@cbrm.ns.ca

Cape Breton Island Pathways Association
Contact: Darrell Taylor
Mail: P.O. Box 41 North East Margaree, NS B0E 2H0
Office: Gaelic College 51779 Cabot Trail St. Ann's, NS
Phone: (902) 295-3177
Fax: (902) 295-1582
Email: pathwayscb@yahoo.ca
Website: www.pathwayscb.ca

Cape Mabou Trail Club
Email: n.hunt@ns.sympatico.ca

Ceilidh Coastal Trail Association
Contact: Wilson Cameron
Mail: 2766 Highway 19 Craigmore, NS B9A 1A8
Office: 2766 Highway 19 Craigmore, NS B9A 1A8
Phone: (902) 625-3701
Email: camgil@auracom.com

Coastal Connections Trail Association
Contact: Mike Hunter
7524 Main Street
Louisbourg, NS B1C 1J2
Phone: (902) 371-1185
Email: mike_hunter@cbu.ca

Development Isle Madame Association
Contact: Joan Clannon
Mail: 2575 Hwy 206, P.O. Box 57 Arichat, NS B0E 1A0
Office: 2575 Hwy 206, behind the courthouse
Phone: (902) 226-1918
Fax: (902) 226-1919
Email: joan@dimans.ca
Website: www.growislemadame.com

East Bay Areas Community Council
Contact: Guy Harris
Mail: 4872 East Bay Hwy, Ben Eoin, NS, B1J 1N7
Phone: (902) 828-2738
Email: guycathy.harris@ns.sympatico.ca

Grand Narrows Waterfront Development Society
Contact: James Redden
Email: toskyeriver@ns.sympatico.ca

Inverness County Trails Federation
Contact: John Austin
Phone: (902)787-2666
Email: skyeriver@ns.sympatico.ca

Judique Flyer Trail Association
Mail: Box 88, Judique, NS
Contact: Blaise MacEachern
Phone: (902) 787-3251
Email: bmaceachern@ns.sympatico.ca

Municipality of Inverness
Contact: John Cotton
Phone: (902) 787-3506
Fax: (902) 787-3110 Email: jcotton@invernessco.com

Whitney Pier Community Heritage Trail
Contact: Mary Mombourquette
Mail: 88 Mount Pleasany St. Sydney, NS B1N 2G1
Fax: (902) 564-1115
Email: wpchtrail@eastlink.ca
Website: www.wpchtrail.4t.com

Central Region

Atlantic View Trails Association
Contact: Doug MacLeod
Email: dmacleod@primus.ca

B.L.T. Rails to Trails Association
Contact: Catherine Klefenz
Mail: 1492 St. Margaret's Bay Rd. Lakeside, NS B3T 1B3
Office: 6 Klefenz Ln Timberlea, NS B3T 1C9
Phone: (902) 876-2055
Fax: (902) 876-8230
Email: blttrails@eastlink.ca
Website: www.blttrails.ca

Canoe to the Sea Society
Contact: Allan Billard
Email: allanb@ca.inter.net

Cole Harbour Trails & Parks Association
Contact: Holly Woodill
Mail: 51 Forest Hills Parkways #13 Cole Harbour, NS B2W 6C6
Phone: (902) 462-5706
Email: chpta@ns.sympatico.ca

Dartmouth Harbourfront Trails Association
Contact: Jean Rennie
Email: j.rennie@ns.sympatico.ca

Driftclimbers Snowmobile Club
Contact: Cindy Patriquin
Email: president@driftclimbers.org
Website: www.driftclimbers.org

Ecology Action Centre
Mail: 2705 Fern Lane Halifax, NS B3K 4L3
Office: 2705 Fern Lane Halifax, NS B3K 4L3
Phone: (902) 429-2202
Fax: (902) 405-3716
Email: info@ecologyaction.ca
Website: www.ecologyaction.ca

Five Bridges Wilderness Heritage Trust
Contact: Beth McGee
Email: jemcgee@eastlink.ca

Friends of First Lake
Contact: Monique Guilderson
Email: mlguilderson@yahoo.ca

Friends of Sir Sandford Flemming Park
Contact:
Email:

Halifax North West Trails Association
Contact: Wendy McDonald
Email: wendyathome@eastlink.ca
Website: www.halifaxnorthwesttrails.ca

Halifax Regional Municipality (Associate Member)
Contact: Jessie Debaie
Phone: (902) 490-1393
Fax: (902) 490-1344
Email: debaiej@halifax.ca
Website: www.halifax.ca
Get out Check it out: www.halifax.ca/recreation
Active Transportation Plan: www.halifax.ca/TDM/activetransportation/index.html

Halifax Regional Trails Association
Contact: Jessie Debaie
Phone: (902) 490-1393
Fax: (902) 490-1344
Email: debaiej@halifax.ca
Website: www.halifax.ca
Get out Check it out: www.halifax.ca/recreation
Active Transportation Plan: www.halifax.ca/TDM/activetransportation/index.html

Halifax Urban Greenway Association
Contact: Karine Renton
Phone: (902) 422-2095
Email: greenyway_hfx@yahoo.com
Website: www.halifaxurbangreenway.org

Head Chezzetcook-Musquodoboit Trail Association
Contact: John Hawkins, Chair
Email: jbhawk@accesswave.ca
Website: www.cmttrail.ca

Mineville Community Association
Contact: Rick Mader
Email: ramader@eastlink.ca
Website: www.mineville.ca

Musquodoboit Trailways Association
Contact: Mike Berrigan
Mail: P.O. Box 336 Musquodoboit Harbour, NS B0J 2L0
Email: auimhere@yahoo.ca
Website: www.mta-ns.ca

Oyster Pond Walk Society
Contact: Ron Jennex
Email: ron.jennex@bljc.com

Porters Lake & Myra Road Wilderness Area Association
Contact: John Blumsum
Email: crowbartrail@yahoo.ca

Portland Estates Residents Association
Contact: Hugh Milward
Email: hugh.milward@smu.ca

Sackville Rivers Association
Contact: Walter Regan
Phone: (902) 865-9238
Email: sackvillerivers@ns.sympatico.ca
Website: www.sackvillerivers.ns.ca

Second Lake Regional Park Association
Contact: David Snelson
Email: dsnelson@eastlink.ca
Website: www.secondlakepark.ca

Shubenacadie Canal Commission
Contact: Allan Billard
Email: allanb@ca.inter.net
Website: http://shubie.chebucto.org

St. Margaret's Bay Rails to Trails Association
Bill Wiggins
Email: bwigginsbaytrail@eastlink.ca
Website: www.stmargaretsbaytrails.com

West Chezzetcook/Grand Desert Community Interest Group
Contact: Zane Fraser
Email: fraserz@gov.ns.ca

Woodens River Watershed Environmental Organization
Contact: Richmond Campbell
Mail: 3650 Hammonds Plains Road Unit 14, Suite 300 Upper Tantallon, NS B3Z 4R3
Phone: (902) 876-7847
Email: richmond@dal.ca
Website: www.wrweo.ca

Fundy Region

Bell Park Development Association
Contact: Gerry Leslie
Email: haztravel@accesswave.ca

Carroll's Corner Community Centre
Contact: John George (President)
Phone: (902) 758-2680
Email: jgeorge@ns.sympatico.ca

Cobequid Eco-Trails Society
Contact: Garnet McLaughlin
Email: mclaughlins@vrodinternet.com
Website: www.ce-ts.ca

Colchester Trails Association
Contact: David Belt
Email: sunmerc@aliantzinc.ca

Cumberland Trails Association
Contact: Craig Greene
Email: messogreenes@eastlink.ca

Fundy Trail Snowmobile Club
Contact: Valerie Tucker
Email: tuckerv@ccrsb.ednet.ns.ca

Kenomee Trail Society
Contact: Garnet McLaughlin/ Anita MacLellan
Mail: 3248 Hwy 2, Economy, NS B0M 1J0
Office: 3248 Hwy 2, Economy, NS B0M 1J0
Phone: (902) 647-2600
Fax: (902) 647-2600
Email: wccda@ns.sympatico.ca

Mi'kmawey Debert Cultural Centre
Contact: Donald Julien
Phone: (902) 895-6385
Website: www.cmmns.com

Municipality of the County of Colchester
Contact: Hilary Paquet
Mail: P.O. Box 697, Truro, NS B2N 5E7
Office: 1 Church St., Truro. NS
Phone: (902) 897-3180
Email: hpaquet@colchester.ca
Website: www.colchester.ca

Municipality of East Hants
Contact: Dale Smith
Mail: P.O. Box 190 Shubenacadie, NS B0N 2H0
Office: 2361 Highway 2 Milford, NS
Phone: (902) 758-2715
Fax: (902) 758-3497
Website: www.easthants.ca

North Shore ATV Mud Runners Society
Contact:
Email:

North Shore Snowmobile Club
Contact: Gwen McConnell
Phone: (902) 890-4089

Route Six Snowmobile Club
Contact: Dan Purdy
Phone: (902) 447-2411

South Maitland Historical Association
Contact: Minna Ettinger
Email:

Sutherlands Lake Trail Groomers Association
Contact:
Phone:
Website: www.sltga.ca

Highlands Region

Dalhousie Mountain Snowmobile Club
Contact: Gary Murray
Phone: (902) 758-4525
Email: contact@dalhousiemountainsnowmobileclub.com
Website: www.dalhousiemountainsnowmobileclub.com

Eastern Tip Trail Association
Contact:
Email:

Guysborough County Trails Association
Contact: Philip Hochman
Mail: P.O. Box 83 Guysborough, NS B0H 1N0
Office: Caboose at Firehall - Guysborough, NS
Phone: (902) 533-3508 ext. 223
Fax: (902) 533-2749
Email: phochman@modg.ca

Little Dover Community Development Association
Contact: Margie Sampson
Email: janet.peitzsche@modg.ca

North Shore Development Committee
Contact: Mary Mac Lellan
Home: (902) 863-1101
Email: mmaclellan@antigonishcounty.ns.ca

Pictou County Trails Association
Contact: Jeffrey Turnbull
Email: jeffrey1@ns.sympatico.ca

Pomquet Development Society
Contact: Colette Rennie
Email: crennie@stfx.ca

Trenton Trails Society
Contact: Susan Higdon
Mail: P.O. Box 328 Trenton, NS B0K 1X0
Office: 120 Main St. Trenton, NS
Phone: (902) 752-5311
Fax: (902) 752-0090
Email: shigdon@town.trenton.ns.ca
Website: www.town.trenton.ns.ca

South Shore Region

Adventure Trail Association
Contact: Valentina Oakley
Mail: 131 Mailman Rd. Blockhouse, NS B0J 1E0
Phone: (902) 541-1352
Fax: (902) 527-1135
Email: lbarkhouse@modl.ca

Bay to Bay Trail Association
Contact: Laura Barkhouse
Email: lbarkhouse@modl.ca

Black Loyalist Heritage Society
Contact: Stanley Jacklin
Mail: P.O. Box 1194 Shelburne, NS B0T 1W0
Office: 98 Old Birchtown Rd. Shelburne, NS
Phone: (902) 875-1310
Fax: (902) 875-1352
Email: blackloyalist@auracom.com
Website: www.blackloyalist.com

Bull Run Trail Association
Contact: Clarence Slauenwhite
Email: dontanner@bwr.eastlink.ca

Dynamite Trail Association
Contact: Sandy Hamilton
Email: sandy.benefits@ns.sympatico.ca

LaHave River Trail Association
Contact: Helen Feesey Ferns
775, Hwy10
Cookville NS B4V 7P9
902 543 9241

Email:ferns@eastlink.ca

Lunenburg/Queens Recreation Coordinators/Directors Association
Contact: Laura Barkhouse
Phone: (902) 541-1352
Fax: (902) 527-1135
Email: lbarkhouse@modl.ca

Municipality of the District of Chester
Contact: Kevin Benjamin
Mail: P.O. Box 582 Chester, NS B0J 1J0
Office: 151 King St. Chester, NS
Phone: (902) 275-3490
Fax: (902) 275-3630
Email: kbenjamin@district.chester.ns.ca

South Shore-Annapolis Valley Recreation Trail Association
Contact: Corey Robar
Email: robarandnaas@ns.sympatico.ca

SouWest Nova ATV Association
Contact: Harvey Doucette
Email: lhdoucette@eastlink.ca

Yarmouth County Trail Development Association
Contact: Ron Day
Mail: 77c Starrs Road, Suite 181 Yarmouth, Nova Scotia B5A 2T6
Office: 77c Starrs Road, Suite 181 Yarmouth, Nova Scotia B5A 2T6
Phone: (902) 761-3081
Email: ronday@auracom.com

Valley Region

Annapolis County Trails Society
Contact: James Frank
Email: jfrank@ns.sympatico.ca

Annapolis Valley Lake & Ridge Runners Snowmobile Club
Contact:
Email:

Association Sentier de Clare - Rails to Trails
Contact: Pierre Comeau
Email:

Bear River to Sissiboo Trails Association
Contact: Rick Jacques
Email: ricks_repair@hotmail.com

Black Rock Community Association
Contact: Laurie Arnburg
Email: irmlipp@hotmail.com

Cheverie Crossway Saltmarsh Society
Contact: Don Aldous (President)
Phone: (902) 757-2085
Email: don.aldous@gmail.com

Freeport Community Development Association
Contact: Andy Moir (President)
Phone: (902) 839-2675, (902) 839-2337
Fax: (902) 839-2018
Email: andyandchris@ns.sympatico.ca

Hants County Sno-Dusters Snowmobile Club
Website: Sno-dusters

Kings County Trails Society
Contact: Bob Wright
Email: moesgal@ns.sympatico.ca

Long Lake Loggers ATV Association
Conact:
Email:

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