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Hike NS Enews: October 2016
Read about Hike NS's recent award, a Re-Connecting with Nature workshop, new navigation courses and more!
Hike NS Wins Bluenose Achievement Award

Hike NS was honoured to receive the Bluenose Achievement Award  for its Re-Connecting with Nature Workshop series  from Recreation Nova Scotia  at its annual conference on September 28 in Pictou County.  Read the full posting here.
Re-Connecting with Nature Workshop Oct. 21 in Truro

Hike NS's award-winning Re-Connecting with Nature Workshop will be offered in Truro on October 21.

Learn more and register here for this one-day workshop.
 
Navigation Courses

Key to having a safe and enjoyable hike is knowing where you're going and how to get back. This fall Hike NS and the Outdoor Council of Canada offer a new course called Navigation Maps and Compass. The cost for the two-day course is $100 for non-Hike NS members and $90 for paid members.  Register here  for one of t wo courses offered on  Nov. 19-20 in Sydney and  Dec. 3-4 in Halifax.

Fall 2016 Guided Hikes

Hike Nova Scotia and partners are offering the 2016 Fall Guided Hike Series. Hike NS thanks its partners for organizing the hikes on the ground, Goose Lane Editions for its prize donations, the NS Department of Communities, Culture and Heritage and Halifax Parks and Recreation for their support.
Upcoming Events
  • Hike NS Fall Guided Hike Series, province-wide: Sept. 10-Nov. 5
  • October Trail Challenge, Halifax: Oct. 1-31
  • The Trail Shop Tuesday Talk: Duke of Edinburgh, Halifax: Oct. 11
  • Field Leader - Hiking course, Wolfville: Oct. 15-16
  • Re-Connecting with Nature workshop, Truro: Oct. 21
  • The Trail Shop Tuesday Talk: Trail Cross, Halifax: Oct. 29
  • Leave No Trace Canada Annual General Meeting, Halifax and online: Oct. 29
  • Field Leader-Hiking course, Halifax: Nov. 5-6
  • Navigation Maps & Compass, Sydney: Nov. 19-20
  • Navigation Maps & Compass, Halifax: Dec. 3-4
Hiking/Trail News Hits

These are some news hits from Twitter :
  • Federal government announces $3.9M in funding for Kejimkujik National Park view
  • Parks Canada calls hiking the new way to date view
  • Purcells Cove proposed park comes to Halifax council view
  • Parkbus tests interest in people taking bus from Halifax to Kejimkujik view
  • Rare N.S. forests being protected view
  • T is for Trails for our A for Adventure team this week view
  • Gull Cove Trail improvements meant to boost offbeat coastal hike in Cape Breton view
  • Inverness residents wary of beach path expropriation view
  • Culinary Keji: It's not your ordinary trail mix view
  • Porters Lake Provincial Park gets funding for upgrades view
  • Is this the global swan song for seabirds and songbirds? view
Featured Trail: Cape Dauphin
By Steven Rolls

The trail to Cape Dauphin, also known as "The Fairy Hole", is not a difficult one if taken cautiously. There are some spots where you have to step over, or crawl under windfalls or shimmy your way down embankments. The trail is clearly marked until you get to the river; there is no more trail from there. Follow the river down to the shore where you will find a quaint little beach, perfect for a hotdog roast, or a nice cool dip. If you look to your right, about five kilometres out, you will see the Bird Islands. Directly to your right you will see Glooscap's Cave. Read the full posting 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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