Landowner Rights & Trail User Responsibilities

The Waskahegan Trail is a unique resource that exists only because of the generosity of landowners. Before you set foot on the trail:

  1. Know the landowner rights and the trail user responsibilities.
  2. Check the trail conditions

Ross Creek Maintenance: Boardwalks Floating

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On May 11, 10 of us really cleared did clear the trail well from A111 until about three quarters of the way where we came across a floating/sinking boardwalk with deep water caused again by beavers. So instead of a hike through, we returned and then went in from the other direction. Out again on May 18 we cleared trail from the gas well to A109, again running into a floating boardwalk, but this time we could route around it.

Landowner Ken Bilobrowka beside the first floating boardwalk gave us access through his property to build a new bridge. Ken also helped with the bridge by cutting a telephone pole for supporting the bridge over the water and helped put it in place along with his brother Kevin. Thank you!Ross C TM May 18 (1) Ross C TM May 18 (8)

North Miquelon Boardwalk, Beavers, and Blooms

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Our first hike in the country this year, and talk about May flowers! It was the perfect day to see blossoms on our native fruit trees and the woodland plants and shrubs.

Here is the list of what the twelve of us saw in bloom today:

early blue violet (see right)early blue violet
wood violet
fairy bell
saskatoon (see above)
pin cherry
red currant
black currant
goose berry
dew berry
bracted honeysuckle
low bush cranberry
sandwort

We also saw a white tailed deer and a frog.

North Miquelon Boardwalk

Here we are on the smart new boardwalk that the trail maintenance team installed last week. The heap of boards at the bottom left is the old walk.

 

 

 

 

Poplar tree, a beaver's work-in-progress

As you know the beavers are very active in this area. This tree will not be standing upright for much longer. Here you see only the base of a really tall poplar tree. We did not linger for long.