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

Miquelon Provincial Park Hike

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It was another short-sleeve shirt day in the last week of summer, a perfect day for a hike. Twelve people came out to Miquelon Provincial Park to walk some favourite trails.

Low water

At one of our stops we spotted a cute little baby snake … but when I looked at my photos later, I discovered I was standing pretty much over a rather long mama snake.

Thanks to Irene for scouting and leading the hike and to Alberta Parks for maintaining this great park. You can find more photos on Flickr.

Where we’re going next.

Ministik and Nature Conservancy Trail Hike

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Twelve people came out on a sunny day to hike the area next to the Ministik Bird Sanctuary. The trail runs through the Ball property of the Nature Conservancy Canada (NCC).

We were fortunate that our hike leader, Delaney, is the NCC steward of this property, because she led us on paths that we would not take on our own. She also told us about the unique inhabitants of this property, such as sun-dews, Alberta’s only carnivorous plant.

We didn’t see sun-dews, but we saw plenty of channels like these, carved out by beavers.

Our lunch spot was at the Berg Stopover, from which we took our group photo below. Thanks to Delaney for leading the hike, to trail maintenance for their dedication and hard work clearing the trail on that very hot day, and to the landowner for their continuing support. You will find these photos on Flickr.

Where we’re going next.