parks canada

Apr 17, 2012, 4:10 pm
Parks Canada

It seems that some of the ridership in and around Fundy National Park have been a bit keen to ride the new White Tail trail that was designed in August of last year. As it stands, it is only a design and has not seen the upgrades / reroutes necessary for the trail to be deemed suitable for multi-use. Until such time, White Tail will remain a hiking ONLY trail.

Dec 19, 2011, 10:54 am

ep·ic adj \ˈe-pik\ : extending beyond the usual or ordinary especially in size or scope.

One word to describe the 2011 Trail Care Crew season; epic. Thirty two official visits, 9 provinces, 290 days on the road and over 50,000 kms travelled. We drove through snowstorms, a hurricane, a tropical storm and endured a heatwave. We started the season digging into frozen ground, we finished the season in a wind storm.

Dec 9, 2011, 11:14 am

Our visit to Fort Rodd Hill National Historic Site in Victoria, BC was, for lack of a better word, historic. It was the first time that the Trail Care Crew hosted a trailbuilding school at a National Historic Site and only the second time that we couldn't dig a trail (the first was last season at Gulf Islands National Park because of snow).

Oct 25, 2011, 1:57 pm

Following the month of design work in Corner Brook, dialogue was initiated between various interested parties in western Newfoundland. The focus of much of these discussions was on expanding the trail offerings outside of the City and highlighting other terrain in the area.

For those who are familiar with Gros Morne National Park, it is one of the post card parks within Canada due to its dramatic landscapes complete with ocean shorelines, mountains and classic Newfoundland bog.

Sep 26, 2011, 12:00 am

While we were prepping our project in Nipigon, Ontario one of the long time residents and trail advocates stopped in to see what we were up to. He was impressed at how Chad was swinging Heidi the hoe and at the style of trail we were constructing. During our conversation he asked us “How much do you guys get paid per foot?” After considering his question he answered for us. “You get paid by every happy foot that travels along your trail”.

Aug 31, 2011, 11:21 am

The end of August saw IMBA Canada’s resident trail specialist Daniel Scott head to Fundy National Park on the south shore of New Brunswick for three weeks of trail design and layout. He was given the task of redesigning one of the Park’s more popular trails, White Tail, as well as redesigning the East Branch trail and laying out a new trail at Wolfe Lake to coincide with the proposed campground.

Aug 30, 2011, 12:56 pm
Parks Canada

Located at the very tip of the Gaspe Peninsula in Quebec, Forillon National Park was created in 1970. Like all of Canada's national parks, it is home to amazing terrain and scenery. Most of the trails in the park are either old roads or were created in the early years of the park. Forillon is home to a section of the International Appalachian Trail, has a couple of family friendly cycling trails and an entirely different winter trail network.

Jul 15, 2011, 7:21 am

Chad and Deanne Lazaruk, IMBA Canada's Trail Care Crew give an IMBA Trail Building School at Georgian Bay Islands National Park, July 12, 2011.

Huge thanks to Greg Brewer, CTS Bike Club, for filming the event and putting together this awesome video!

Jul 13, 2011, 12:00 am
Parks Canada

The Bruce Peninsula National Park (BPNP) is known for its most iconic feature, the Grotto. Hundreds of thousands of people visit the rocky beaches at the Grotto every year and yet very few of those visitors get to experience the beauty of the rest of the park. We had the opportunity to tour the trails and other attractions with a member of the park staff as we did rolling trail assessments over two days.

Jun 7, 2011, 10:56 am

We were thrilled to learn earlier this year that we would be heading to Fort Smith in the Northwest Territories to work with the Parks Canada staff at Wood Buffalo National Park. It's home to many endangered species with the only nesting site in the world for migratory whooping cranes and the world's largest free-roaming herd of wood buffalo. During our visit we were stopped by black bears and bison everyday and we spotted sandhill cranes, bald eagles and pelicans as well.