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The Fundy Footpath is a hiking trail that starts at the
Fundy Trail Parkway The Fundy Trail Parkway is a 30 kilometer-long scenic parkway in the Atlantic Canadian province of New Brunswick along the coast of the Bay of Fundy. The parkway provides access to a number of trails and over 20 lookout locations along the coast, i ...
from Big Salmon River to
Fundy National Park Fundy National Park is a national park of Canada located on the Bay of Fundy, near the village of Alma, New Brunswick. It was created on April 10, 1946 and officially opened on July 29, 1950. The park showcases a rugged coastline which rises up ...
in
New Brunswick, Canada New Brunswick is a province of Canada, bordering Quebec to the north, Nova Scotia to the east, the Gulf of Saint Lawrence to the northeast, the Bay of Fundy to the southeast, and the U.S. state of Maine to the west. It is part of Eastern Cana ...
. The trail connects to the Fundy Trail at Fundy National Park, which in turn connects to the Dobson Trail. The trail's earliest route was blazed by Jack McKay in the early 1980s but it fell into disuse. It was reestablished by Alonzo and Gilles Leger along with many other volunteers throughout the late 1980 and early 1990s. The trail was officially opened in 1994 under the management of the Fundy Hiking Trail Association Inc. In 2012 more than 500 people hiked the trail, which offers a challenging hiking experience lasting 4 days.CBC News (July 9, 2013
Fundy Footpath is too dangerous for novice hikers, says group
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Fundy Hiking Trail Association
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