Maritimes
August 4 to 21, 2009
Aug 19: sackville
Decided to drive through sackville, new brunswick in order to do the earthcahce "Sackville Waterfowl Park". Here is a partial description of earthcache:
The Sackville Waterfowl Park, contains a 19 hectare shallow freshwater wetland created by reflooding a saltwater marsh that was drained three centuries ago. Its primary purpose is to provide wetland habitat.
The Sackville Waterfowl Park was established in 1988 as a joint venture of the Town of Sackville and Ducks Unlimited Canada.
Located in the heart of Sackville, the Park is a truly beautiful sight to behold. Originally, the park site was part of a vast saltmarsh, flooded daily by the Fundy tides. To the native Mi'kmaq people, the marshes were a valuable resource and waterfowl were abundant. Cattail roots were a nutritious source of food and grasses were used for basket-weaving. Acadian settlers came to the area in the late 1600s. They began ditching and draining the marshes to claim the rich soil for farming, an activity that continues to the present day.
the toll section of the ns highway
and this is way the toll gets you
oxford... blueberry capital of canada! (we didn't stop)
the nova scotia / new brunswick border
radio canada internationale
we arrive at the sackville waterfowl park.
the kids are always excited to get out of the car
taking the mandatory photo
sam snaps a photo too.
a view of the waterfowl park area.
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