Dartmouth Volksmarch Club Walk Schedule
Sunday, September 5th
Trail Name: St. Margaret's Bay Rails to Trails
Leader: Lionel Conrod (466-4421)
Time: 10 am
Length: 10 km
Rating #: 1B
Meeting Place: Hwy 103, Left at Exit 5 to Tantallon Jr. HIgh School parking lot
Sunday, September 11th
Trail Name: Short Seasonal Bike Event
Leader: Ron Kent (462-2743)
Time: 9 am
Length: 52 km/ 70 km
Meeting Place: Cole Harbour Place parking lot, 51 Forest HIlls Parkway
Sunday, September 12th
Trail Name: Sackville River Trail
Leader: Michelle Clark (864-5308)
Time: 10 am
Length: 10 km
Rating #: 2B
Meeting Place: Fultz House Parking Lot, Memory Lane (off Cobequid rd). Lower Sackville
Sunday, September 19th
Trail Name: Chezzetcook River
Leader: Dan Haycock (479-2817)
Time: 10 am
Length: 12 km
Rating #: 3D
Meeting Place: Hwy 107, exit 21, left to Conrod Settlement
Sunday, September 26th
Trail Name: Uniacke Estate Museum Park
Leader: Sylvie Theriault (443-9711)
Time: 10 am
Length: 11 km
Rating #: 3B
Meeting Place: Uniacke Estate Visitors Parking Lot, Old Hwy #1
Cole Harbour Heritage Park Guided Hike
Hike Nova Scotia and the Cole Harbour Park and Trails Association present a guided hike in the Cole Harbour Heritage Park in Cole Harbour on September 11th at 10am. Participants qualify to win trail prizes.
Go to www.hikenovascotia.ca for details.
Sugar Loaf Trail
Guided Hike: Sept. 13
Hike Nova Scotia and the Hike the Highlands Festival present a guided hike on the Sugar Loaf Trail in Cape Breton on September 13 at 1 pm. The hike is $10 per person. Participants qualify to win “trail prizes.”
Go to www.hikenovascotia.ca for details.
INTERNATIONAL APPALACHIAN TRAIL NOVA SCOTIA
Invites you to attend our Chapter Meeting
Wednesday, September 15th
4:00 to 6:00 p.m.
At the Second Cup
Sunnyside Mall, 1595 Bedford Hwy
Bedford, NS
Limited Seating. Please RSVP if you plan to attend!
The Nova Scotia chapter of the International Appalachian Trail (SIA-IAT) would like to extend a warm invitation to attend our bi-monthly chapter meeting. Our goal is to raise the profile of this project, form community and regional committees, recruit volunteers and business partners, prepare trail guides and materials, and create a continuous walking trail route from the PEI ferry terminal in Caribou to the NL ferry terminal in North Sydney.
The International Appalachian Trail is a 3,000 km international mountain walking trail route stretching from Mount Katahdin, Maine, through New Brunswick to the Gaspé region of Québec, then to Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia and the west coast of the Island of Newfoundland. It connects with the Appalachian Trail(3,505 km), the Benton MacKaye Trail (96 km), the Georgia Pinhoti Trail (225 km), the Alabama Pinhoti Trail (209 km), and the Keys-Everglades Roadwalk (281 km) to form the 9,000 km Eastern Continental Trail. The SIA-IAT is now extending “across the pond” to Western Europe, putting Nova Scotia at the centre of this Trans Atlantic Appalachian trail network. Already, the NS IAT chapter plays an important role in this international organization as the central point of travel, and hosts the annual SIA-IAT Council Meeting every year in Halifax, with delegates attending from the United States, Eastern Canada, Greenland, and Europe.
The entire length of the SIA-IAT in Nova Scotia is 465 km, extending from Caribou to North Sydney. It joins the IAT route from Maine, New Brunswick, Québec and Prince Edward Island to the IAT route in Newfoundland and Labrador, and passes through wilderness, rural and urban centres. It connects scenic, historic and recreational areas in many communities and offers exciting health and fitness, tourism, and recreational opportunities for our province.
Seating is Limited
So please RSVP if you plan to attend!
info@iatnovascotia.ca ~ (902) 256-2193
The Nova Scotia chapter of the SIA-IAT is a project of Hike Nova Scotia Society, a nonprofit society that encourages and promotes hiking, walking and snowshoeing throughout Nova Scotia. For more information on Hike Nova Scotia, go to www.hikenovascotia.caor email info@hikenovascotia.ca.
Le vieux chemin du Cap Rouge Trail
Guided Hike: Sept. 16
Hike Nova Scotia and Hike the Highlands Festival present a guided hike on the Le vieux chemin du Cap Rouge Trail in the Cape Breton Highlands National Park on September 16 at 1:30 pm. The hike is $10 per person. Participants qualify to win “trail prizes.” Go to www.hikenovascotia.ca for details.
BlueMountain Birch Cove Lakes
Guided Hike: Sept. 19
Hike Nova Scotia and the Halifax North West Trails Association present a guided hike in the Blue Mountain Birch Cove Lakes Wilderness Area near Kingswood in HRM on September 19 at 1:30. Participants qualify to win “trail prizes.”
Go to www.hikenovascotia.ca for details.
Earltown Lakes Guided Nature Walk
Guided Hike: Sept. 21
Hike Nova Scotia, MoveOn Colchester and Take Me Outside Week present an Earltown Lakes Guided Nature Walk in Earltown on September 21 at 6 pm. Participants qualify to win “trail prizes.”
Go to www.hikenovascotia.ca for details.
Take Me Outside Week
September 20-26
Take Me Outside Week is a new project coordinated by Recreation Nova Scotia to support a growing “back to nature” movement as we invite more children and youth out into the great outdoors.
While still in the initial stages of planning, we wanted to let our various partners and stakeholders know about Take Me Outside Week as early as possible. More information will come over the next six weeks or so. Organizations or families and small informal groups can get involved. Both will be able register online and pledge to participate in Take Me Outside Week. More details are found at http://www.recreationns.ns.ca/files/TakeMeOutsideWeekIntroJun16-10.pdf.
Organizations may register events they organize and families and small groups may register their plans to take a child or children outside. We hope to have online registration available in early August. However, we encourage organizations to plan their events ahead of time and let us know by emailing wonder@senseofwonderee.ca.
Recreation Nova Scotia is coordinating Take Me Outside Week in partnership with Sense of Wonder Environmental Education and the Sharing Nature Foundation. Funding partners include the IWK Community Grants, the Nova Scotia Department of Health Promotion and Protection and Mountain Equipment Co-op.
Rogart Mountain Trail Power Hike
Guided Hike: Sept. 23
Hike Nova Scotia, the Truro Trailblazers, MoveOn Colchester and Take Me Outside Week present a guided hike on the Rogart Mountain Trail in Eartltown on September 23 at 6 pm. Participants qualify to win “trail prizes.” Go to www.hikenovascotia.ca for details.
Freshwater Lake Full Moon
Guided Hike: Sept. 23
Hike Nova Scotia, Cape Breton Highlands National Park and Take Me Outside Week present a guided Full Moon Hike at Freshwater Lake, Cape Breton Highlands National Park on September 23 at 9pm. Participants qualify to win “trail prizes.” Registration is required. Go to www.hikenovascotia.ca for details.
Geocaching Challenge Launch Event
October 16-17
ACGA is pleased to let its membership know that ACGA is currently working with Kejimkujik National Park to create a new geocaching challenge with the launch event coming on October 16-17 2010!
If you had the opportunity to log the 22 geocaches that ACGA have placed in Fundy & Cape Breton Highlands National Park, then you will have a good idea what to expect, or maybe not...
THIS WILL BE A CHALLENGE!!
I am telling you now that this geocaching challenge will be unlike anything you've seen in a National Park.
You will have to hike, snowshoe or cross country ski close to 30kms;
You will have to portage or walk across a frozen lake;
You will have to back country overnight, or hike a really, really long day;
You will be encouraged to find the caches at night, and without a GPS.
TELL ME MORE!!!!
I can't! That's all I have at this time, you will need to keep an eye on this URL (http://bit.ly/ACGA_KEJI) for ALL of the details, including the launch event on October 16-17, youtube videos, passport & cache details (yes we will give out the details 1-2 days before the event).
We hope everybody can make plans to come by the park on October 16th 2010 for the launch event. We'll have the group camping shelter ready for event base activities.
Disclaimer:
1. Note that you will NOT be able to complete the challenge during the launch event. It is recommended to book an overnight.
2. The reward item will be trackable on geocaching.com
3. The geocaches will be winter friendly and available all year.
Regards,
The Atlantic Canada Geocaching Association Forum Team.
http://forum.atlanticgeocaching.com/index.php
