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Didn't I hear from somebody that Abraham Lake was hit pretty hard by those winds of Juan in late Sept./03? I'm glad to hear that the big trees there are in not bad shape, even though surrounded by the unprotected Liscombe "Sanctuary". Jim in Wolfville ---------- From: David&Jane Schlosberg <dschlosb-g@ns.sympatico.ca> Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca Date: Sat, 02 Sep 2006 11:35:53 -0300 To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca Subject: [NatureNS] Abraham lake red spruce We hiked the Abraham Lake trail yesterday. It is a beautiful bit of woods, although I couldn't help mutter that old Joni Mitchell song, "Take all the trees and put 'em in a tree museum". The surrounding woods (Liscomb Game "Sanctuary") is well cut over. The old-growth red spruce on the trail is impressive, though, and the area was very quiet--so, no cutting was going on very close. We measured the girth of a few of the larger specimens we saw. We found one that was ten feet around! We couldn't estimate the height, though, because when we got back far enough to maybe see the top, it was too confused with the surrounding canopy. The trees are tall! .... One word of warning for anyone attempting to find Abraham lake from Sheet Harbour: The signage on rt. 374 is for cars coming from Trafalgar. So, if you're going north, drive for twenty minutes and then look carefully at every dirt road going in to your left. We drove past it, and Dave saw the sign in the rearview mirror! There is a small sign on the road itself that reads 'Abraham Lake road. Kimberly Clark'. Then, drive along the gravel road until you see a fairly large metal signpost with no sign in it, on your right, with parking for three or four cars. There is a small wooden sign, almost totally hidden, that marks the trailhead. There were loons on the lake, by the way. Toodaloo. Jane
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