There are countless trails criss-crossing HRM. Some are informal footpaths used for generations for hunting and fishing, others are on old rail beds taken over and managed by community groups, others are in public parks. There are even water trails along the coast.
HRM's emerging Regional Trail System reflects the widest possible range of experiences associated with our diverse natural history landscapes. The system features challenging wilderness trails with a guaranteed high degree of environmental and ecological integrity, multi-use, shared trails which link communities and offer visitors a unique glimpse of our cultural/living history, coastal trails which traverse beaches, truncated headlands and estuaries and offer outstanding vistas, and urban greenways which offer that unique opportunity for overnight visitors to exercise in a pleasant natural setting.
Clattenburgh Brook Wilderness Area About the Site: Visit www.gov.ns.ca/nse/protectedareas/wa_clattenburgh.asp
for more information. Caution: Natural Features: The gentle topography of this wilderness area is created by the parallel ridges of the Quartzite Barrens. Changes in the forests, bogs, and barrens parallel folds in the bedrock.
From the air these alternating patterns are plainly visible. Glaciers scraped the hard quartzite ridges and dropped thick deposits in the intervening swales. The thin soils and outcrops support barrens of woody shrubs and lichens. Areas where somewhat deeper soils support trees are called semi-barrens, and here black spruce, larch, white pine, and red maple take hold. Slate is more easily eroded than quartzite and so formed the low areas capturing water running off the ridges. The swales are filled with sphagnum bogs and shrubs, or flats of black spruce and larch with fens bordering the lakes and streams.
Getting There: There is no formal access to this wilderness area. More Info: Images are courtesy of the Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History, Halifax, NS Did You Know?:
