Love Your Trails, Love Your Community!
Riverside-Albert is home to a budding project with loads of potential! The Shepody Trail, which runs almost 12 km from Riverside-Albert to Daniel’s Flats in Shepody, has recently been redesignated as a portion of the Trans Canada Trail. It’s also a segment of a much larger trail in development: The Shore-Line Trail, which will run 170 km along the Bay of Fundy and connect the major tourist hubs of Shediac and Alma as well as many points in between. Plan360 (Regional Service Commission 7) will be starting work to improve trail infrastructure on the Shepody Trail this spring.
Over the past several months the Chipoudy Communities Revitalization Committee (CCRC) and Friends of Fundy have partnered with Plan360 to host conversations with community members and experts in the field to create a local trail strategy for the Shepody Trail. Planning on trailhead signage, community engagement, trail maintenance, and events were key areas of focus. With the new signage getting ready to go in this spring, it was decided to have a Grand Reopening of the trail on June 4th, International Trails Day. This day-long volunteer event will include volunteer training and a trail clean up in the morning to prepare for the opening of the summer season. The afternoon will see business supported trail activity with art and music incorporated, inviting area residents to celebrate the reopening of this beautiful outdoor recreation asset.
The volunteer and community activities are still being planned, so keep a look-out for more information as things come together! Send any questions or comments to community@friendsoffundy.ca
by Ian Duncan, Friends of Fundy Program and Events Coordinator
The volunteer and community activities are still being planned, so keep a look-out for more information as things come together! Send any questions or comments to community@friendsoffundy.ca
by Ian Duncan, Friends of Fundy Program and Events Coordinator
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