Kennebec Shores trails now open to the community

Craig Bakay | Oct 18, 2017

On Saturday morning, the first of many people began to explore the new trails through the parkland just north of Kennebec Lake.
“There are about five to seven kilometres so far with two to three more to come,” said Gord Brown, one of those who’s spent time, marking out and grooming the new trails. “But it’s hard to tell because those are Nova Scotia kilometres.”
In other words, there’s a lot of up and down walking.

“I would say it’s a moderate difficulty trail,” Brown said. “It’s about two-thirds bush and one-third meadow and winds through the 156 acres of Parkland.”
Highlights along the route include the old ski hill, Mallard Pond (which should be good for skating in the winter), beaver meadows, rock cliffs and several glacial erratics (huge boulders deposited when the glaciers retreated 10,000 years ago).
The trails are on Central Frontenac Township parkland, which was acquired when the Kennebec Shores Waterfront Community was developed several years ago.
In fact, Brown credits current Kennebec Shores owner Mark Snider with most of the work done on the trails.

“Mark has done most of the work over the past two years,” Brown said. “We only started helping two weeks ago.
“He’s a real outdoor fanatic with a big weed wacker, bush saw and heavy duty mower.”
“He even cleared trail in the winter.”

The trails are an ongoing project of the Friends of Arden, Kennebec Lake Association and District 1 Rec Committee.