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Saturday, August 21, 2010 - Natural History Hike on The Bluff Wilderness Hiking Trail
Co-sponsored by the Woodens River Environmental Organization, The Halifax Field Naturalists and the Nova Scotia Wild Flora Society. We will walk the first loop of The Bluff Wilderness Hiking Trail, exploring and talking about the natural history of the area. The terrain is a patchwork of black spruce, red spruce, oak and mixed forest types, lakes and associated wetlands, granite barrens and bogs. The Bluff Trail lies within The Five Bridge Lakes Wilderness Area, now a candidate for protection under the Wilderness Protection Act.Difficulty: moderate
Duration: 4-6 hours, 8km. There will be a shorter, approx. 2 hr option.
Time: 10:00 a.m.
Place: Meet at the Bluff Trail Parking Lot, 2890 St. Margaret's Bay Rd. To access the parking lot, go to exit 4 on hwy 103, turn onto the Bay Road (Rt.3) heading back to Halifax, go 2 km to Bay Self-Storage on the right. The Bluff Trail parking lot is immediately afterward. See this website for maps and last minute weather changes.
Raindate: Sunday August 22, 2010, 10 a.m.
Registration: Required. There is a limit of 30 participants. Contact David Patriquin. Check this website for space.
Leader/Contact: David Patriquin, 4235716, patriqui@dal.ca. Please put "Bluff Hike" in the subject line of e-mails (he is away Aug 2-13, so of you e-mail him in that interval it may take until the 14th to confirm.)