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Learn about a member night through MEC, details on the Hike NS AGM in June, who won the Summit Award at the Hiking Summit, upcoming courses and more.
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MEC Member Night for Hike NS
All Hike NS paid members (those with membership cards) are invited to an MEC-hosted member night on Thursday, May 26 at the Halifax store. Just click on the image to the right, print it and bring it with you. Please see the image for more details.
MEC is one of several of Hike NS's member benefit partners. This is one of many benefits that paid Hike NS members receive!
Please stop by on May 26 to say hello and pick up your hiking must-haves!
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Hike NS AGM June 11
The Hike NS Annual General Meeting will be held on Saturday, June 11 in Timberlea at St. Andrews Church Hall (2553 St. Margaret's Bay Road) . A light lunch will be held at noon with the AGM from 1 pm to 2:30 pm. A hike will be organized that morning at 8:45 am on The Bluff Trail in Timberlea.
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Hike NS is offering a suite of training courses and workshops across the province: Re-Connecting with Nature Workshops June 3-17 |
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Hike NS Presents Summit Award at Digby Event
Hike Nova Scotia has awarded a Digby area trail builder and a hiking group with its highest award. At its annual Hiking Summit, this year held in Digby from April 29 to May 1, Hike NS presented Larry Goodwin and the Fundy Erratics with Summit Awards.
"The Summit Award is presented to an organization or individual who has demonstrated outstanding leadership and commitment to the growth and development of hiking in Nova Scotia," explains Deb Ryan, Hike NS's Past President. Read the full article here.
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Upcoming Events- MAYhem, the Outdoor Council of Canada challenge to get outside: May
- Nova Scotia Walk Day, Heart&Stroke Walkabout: May 11
- 3rd Recreation for Mental Health Symposium, Gaelic College, Cape Breton: May 12-13
- Friends of Redtail Society, May Days Guided Walk on Public Lands, Scotsburn: May 14
- Trails and Towns Together: How Communities Capitalize on Trail Tourism webinar: May 19
- Nature Nova Scotia 26th Annual AGM and Young Naturalists Nature Weekend, Wolfville: May 27-29
- Cobequid Eco-Trails Society Trail Building event, Gully Lake Trail system, Earltown: May 28
- International Trails Day: June 4
- 7th International Outdoor Education Research Conference, CBU, Sydney: Jul. 4-8
- Cape Mabou Highlands 3 Peaks Challenge, Mabou: Aug. 27
- Cape Breton Camino Walking Pilgrimage, Western Cape Breton: Sept. 4-9
Find more events listed here.
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Hiking/Trail News Hits
These are some news hits from Twitter:- Vitamin N: The Essential Guide to a Nature-Rich Life, book release by Richard Louv view
- Long Lake Provincial Park opens new trail, says more to come view
- Not far from the madding crowd: Parks Canada seeks to manage free 2017 influx view
- Hike Nova Scotia to hold Hiking summit in Digby view
- Cole Harbour's Salt Marsh Trail is a natural treasure view
- Nature groups want amendments to Mineral Resources Act, miners opposed view
- Hike Nova Scotia honours Digby landowner for trail development view
- Stop destroying Nova Scotia's forest for biomass power generation - Next step: paper petition to the NS legislature view
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Featured Trail: Cape Mabou Highlands
By Steven Rolls
Mabou is known for many things: its Scottish roots, the Red Shoe Pub, and lively square dances to name a few. One of its greatest kept secrets, however, is the Cape Mabou Highlands trail system.
This wondrous highland network has 12 nature trails, measuring over 3o km in total (some trails may be closed due to a spruce bark beetle infestation). The trails take you along old cart tracks, which connected pioneer settlements, and near sheer oceanside cliffs and isolated beaches. You will travel rising mountains, hardwood forests, glens, and meadows. View the full posting here. Check out the Cape Mabou Trail Club website here.
Steven Rolls is a Hike Nova Scotia board member and he maintains the website Moosebait.com, which is dedicated to the hiking trails of Cape Breton.
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