Terra Nova has more wetland and therefore more boardwalk than just about anywhere we can think of.
Louil Hill is a hiking trail that unoffically sees a lot of mountain bike traffic. There is a plan to open it officially. With views like this, we hope it's soon.
Louil Hill will hopefully also link with the Malady Head campground trail in the future. The green carpets of moss go on as far as you can see.
As of our visit, this was one of the two mountain bike trails on the map. The park will be closing this soon so they can move forward with their other plans.
Trail enthusiasts from all over the province arrived for the workshop.
Children in the campgrounds have nowhere to ride their bicycles. We practiced design and layout in an area where a childrens bike park has been proposed.
Small examples of new trail building and social trail closure were done to get everyone ready for the next day.
Three or four social trails were merged into one.
The sandy soil was easy to dig through but the thick mat of blueberry roots was not.
Sandy Cove has the potential to become major trail hub. This is the trail head for one of their lookouts. Everything from the whale jaw archway to the signage was very well done here.
This is one of the three swimming areas that the town hopes to link together with trails.
The "Old Trails" is a trek that dates back almost 400 years along the Eastport Peninsula just outside the park.
Those 400 year old mud holes were fixed with 400 pound boulders.
We removed the corduroy you see piled on the right.
This pitched stone raised tread will last a lot longer.
One of the best reroutes we've done involved moving this trail to higher ground on the left to avoid a muddy section.
The picture speaks for itself (notice the curved tree from the before photo). Our host, who hikes the trail regularly, did a double take when he saw it for the first time.
