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

North Coal Lake Hike

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Eight people came out to hike the North Coal Lake trail. It was the most brilliant of blue sky we’ve seen in a long time.

What’s so special about this picture?

Somewhere around this fence line is the edge of a “little great divide”. Water runoff on the left runs into the Battle River, while runoff on the right is the Source of the Blackmud. That’s Blackmud Creek, which merges with Whitemud Creek in south Edmonton, which eventually flows into the North Saskatchewan River.

Hundreds of miles east, at North Battleford, the Battle River catches up and also joins the North Saskatchewan.

Thanks to Johanna for scouting and leading the hike, to Trail Maintenance for the great work, and to the landowners for their continuing generosity. You can find more photos on Flickr.

Where we’re going next.

Middle Battle River

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It looked like it could rain when the seven of us started out. But then the blue sky and sun came out and gave us great hiking weather. 

Thanks to trail maintenance, there was a nice clear path. 

We also saw quite a few mushrooms and raspberries. 

On this pond, we saw a lone bird that looked like a grebe. 

We enjoyed a comfortable picnic spot for our lunches and a pretty outhouse.

After lunch, some of us made the seven minute walk to Fidler’s Monument. 

We didn’t notice mosquitoes much until the last little bit—perhaps we’d worked up a little body odor! 

Thank you to everyone who came out on this day, to Trail Maintenance for their great work, and to the landowners who make this trail possible . Here are the photos on Flickr.

Where we’re going next.