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WARNING, THIS HIKE IS EXTREME. ONLY FULLY EQUIPPED, EXPERIENCED HIKERS SHOULD ATTEMPT. The Lobster Hole is the name of one of the coves along the shoreline towards Cape Split.  It is the third cove back from the Split on the Scots Bay side of the Blomidon Peninsula.  I know not of lobsters here but I do [...]

Black Hole, Kings County, Nova Scotia has an interesting history, if one can manage to get through the myths and fables.  Pirates Gold, a hidden treasure is but one of these stories, add on being used as a smugglers hideout and we are having our interest piqued.  Believable, nah!  Admittedly the locale offers multiple uses [...]

Keji, that is what we Nova Scotians like to call the national park.  We are very proud of her, she has had a long history of providing to the peoples of Nova Scotia.  The Aboriginal Peoples knew a good thing when they saw it.  Keji was an important seasonal transitional place to them on their journey [...]

  Colder weather is on its way, yes I know, bummer.  Awe, come on it isn’t the end of the road, it just means you need to gear up differently.  There are some disadvantages but there are also gains made to offset the changes. In the backpacking world you can now go fly weight with [...]

  Kejimkujik National Park is a wonderland of hiking, canoeing, kayaking and camping in a national treasure of South West Nova Scotia.  This is a wilderness retreat that brings many into contact with nature.  A historical seasonal transition area for the aboriginal peoples of our region.  A stop over spot between the shores of the Atlantic and [...]

Cape Split where the sky meets the mountain and the mountain meets the sea.  Where the power of nature can be witnessed from high upon an open meadow or be impressed at sea level by a constant roar of tidal waters. The Trail Shop select hiking team came to the Annapolis Valley to take on this [...]

The Meat Cove to Pollett’s Cove is  surely a very crazy hiking adventure.  There really isn’t a trail.  Well maybe at one time but now it is dubious.  No matter, it is still available to do.  You just better be ready for it.                 Meat Cove is one of, [...]

    Brier Island, that little piece of land at the end of Digby Neck.  Long known as awhale watchers paradise.  Every summer Humpback, Finn and other lesser seen whales congregate off of it’s shores.  The rich waters of the Bay of Fundy bringing these leviathans close to our shores so we mere mortals may be amazed and awed.  But [...]

Are bears attracted to…?????               YES – citronella, mouthwash, diapers, bug spray, dryer sheets, sunblock, the sleeping bag you spilled food on, food bags, where you cooked, where others have cooked/spilled food before you, candy, perfume, deodorants. Maybe – used sanitary products, flatulence. No – natural deodorant, the white vinegar [...]

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