Musquodoboit Trailblazers

Featuring 25 kilometres of river frontage and 175 acres (70 hectares) of wetlands, the Musquodoboit River area supports mature hemlock and softwood forest on steep, mossy hillsides, as well as intact floodplains, featuring an uncommon combination of black cherry and red oak trees. It’s one of the most untouched sections of the Musquodoboit River, which has, in many places, been altered by mining, forestry and agriculture.

Volunteers will be maintaining trails that will connect the Musquodoboit Trailway with the back-country South Granite Ridge Trail. This former portage trail has not been used much since Hurricane Juan knocked down trees that blocked much of it. The restored path will become part of the 26 kilometres of back-country trails that wind along the granite ridges of the White Lake and Ship Harbour-Long Lake wilderness areas. Volunteers will help by making the trail user-friendly: removing trees, trimming branches and shrubs, and installing steps, an informal footbridge, and a trail head sign.

The lower Musquodoboit River supports mature hemlock and softwood forest on steep, mossy hillsides, as well as intact floodplains, featuring an uncommon combination of black cherry and red oak trees. It’s one of the most untouched sections of the river, which has, in many places, been altered by mining, forestry and agriculture.

Contact Doug van Hemessen: atlantic@conservationvolunteers.ca