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Fundy Footpath
September 2007
Sussex Corner , NB
posted by Fundyguy25
This is a trip I do often and everytime I discover something new. I was hooking up with a buddy of mine to hike approximately 60km in four days along New Brunswick's rugged Bay of Fundy Coast. Though not a supporter of the new tourism development called the Fundy Trail Parkway (which incidentally will open up this wilderness area with roads and multiuse trails) we decided to hike the 10km of multiuse trail it currently has into Big Salmon River. Once done this section we swore to each other we would never do it again...boring road walking is what it compares to. There are a few nice vantage points though. After Big Salmon River the trip got down to business with some large hills through softwood forests that sloped steeply to the shoreline or exposed rock faces.
We spent our first night camped along the shore of Seeley Beach, 9.5km from Big Salmon. This area offers a photographer many angles, and dares you to take a bad picture. You can stay here, for now, free of charge.
Day 2 was going to be a short day distance wise, but you more than make up with it by doing two difficult hill climbs, each rising from the Bay to +/- 750m in less than 1km. The climb up out of Seeley warmed us up and then we plummeted down into Cradle Brook. Warm meadows and rock faces to gaze upon. Next it was out of Cradle Bk and into Little Salmon River. We managed to skirt around this tidal area and make camp just above where the tides come in. Again tenting here is free for now.
Day 3 would be a game of waiting for the tides. We dropped into numerous steep valleys, including Rapidy Bk, Wolfe Brook, and Telegraph Bk. Each of these watersheds are full of waterfalls and rock. They truly require atleast a day each to explore but I had to get back to work at the end of the weekend (Nuts). From Telegraph we took a detour to the mouth of the Quiddy R. hoping to get there before the tide got to high. Unfortunately we explored the valleys to long and we missed our window for the tide. This gave us about a 4 hour wait on the shores near Martin Head, which is another photographers dream. We finally crossed Quiddy R near dark and decided to rock hop another 1km along the shore to Goose Ck.
At this free campsite we made supper in the dark and rested for the next day.
Our last day took us into Fundy National Park and ended our hike much to early. The trip all in all consisted of cool sunny weather and lots of wonderful forests, rivers, and shoreline walking. It is a trip I will do again and again.
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