[NatureNS] re fish fauna of Gaspereau River -- path; little fish

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Hi Nancy, all others;
   the "Gaspereau Canyon" sure is a wonderful place to visit. It must =
have been even more grand when the entire river flowed through it, =
before the hydro dams were built. Now most of the river's water flows =
from Gaspereau Lake to the White Rock Headpond via a different route.=20
   Most of the land in the area is privately owned, but a 33 hectare =
parcel of Crown land bordering the river (Patch 158 - Gaspereau River) =
is being considered for protection as part of the "12 Percent by 2015" =
initiative.
   Dusan Soudek
  ----- Original Message -----=20
  From: James W. Wolford=20
  To: NatureNS ; Mike Dadswell=20
  Sent: Monday, February 20, 2012 7:13 PM
  Subject: [NatureNS] re fish fauna of Gaspereau River -- path; little =
fish


  I don't think anyone has mentioned suckers among the fish fauna, and =
perhaps other "minnows" related to the lake chub?  I also wonder if =
brown bullhead catfish might occur in some backwater pools?  And three =
cheers for the volunteers who have worked on that popular trail over the =
decades, for all of us recreators.  And doesn't Nova Scotia Power own =
the land where the trail runs?  Cheers from Jim in Wolfville.



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    From: Rick Whitman <dendroica.caerulescens@gmail.com>
    Date: February 20, 2012 2:10:55 PM AST
    To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
    Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Gaspereau River path; little fish
    Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca


    Hi Nancy,


    The trail is the remains of a "river road" that was built in the =
first
    decade of the last century i.e. 1907 +/-. It was an early stage of a
    pulp mill that was never built. The project likely failed in the
    financial crash of '07. See "My White Rock" by Bert Young for more
    details. In the past 3 decades the trail has been maintained by a
    number of individuals generally working independently. The trail is
    not 11 km long. It only takes one hour of brisk walking to hike to =
the
    end on that side so it's 3-4 km. At that point you have to ford the
    river to continue, wisely done only in summer. There is a =
quasi-trail
    somewhat further on the other side but it's unused & barely visible.
    It only goes another 1-2 km.


    I know 3 individuals who have walked the entire Gaspereau River from
    Rte 12 to White Rock.


    This is a healthy river. There are fish of all ages in it 12 months =
of
    the year. There are trout, salmon (placed by NSDNR staff from =
hatchery
    fish), lake chub, gaspereau, and sticklebacks and perhaps others.
    Trout & sticklebacks are easily seen. Trout of that size are quite
    young while sticklebacks would be adults.


    Cheers,
    Rick Whitman


    On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 8:36 AM, Nancy Roberts
    <nancy.roberts@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote:
      Hello,,


      Yesterday we walked a trail along the Gaspereau. It starts at a =
bridge I
      believe near White Rock and runs upstream. I'm told it goes about =
11 km and
      then stops. I've never met anyone who has been to the end.


      One question: who made this lovely trail and who maintains it? One =
brief
      place on a steep slope has a drystone wall supporting the low =
side, so it
      was a fair amount of trouble at some point.


      Second question: I left the trail to peer into a shallow side =
channel,
      nearly a stillwater, very clear. It had a clean stone bottom, so =
there must
      be more current when the water is a bit higher. It also appeared =
to have
      more sun than average, since it was completely ice-free, while the =
river was
      about 80% covered. I was surprised to see a small school of fish, =
1" =96 1
      1/4" long. "Just plain fish," the colour of the bottom, visible =
more easily
      by their black shadows on the bottom than by their corpuses. Would =
they have
      hatched this year? overwintered?


      Cheers,


      Nancy


      Nancy Roberts Design
      Celebrating 19 years of making you look GOOD


      Dartmouth, NS B2Y 2X6
      902 461-9488












    --=20
    Rick Whitman


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<DIV><FONT size=3D4>Hi Nancy, all others;</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D4>&nbsp;&nbsp; the "Gaspereau Canyon" sure is a =
wonderful place=20
to visit. It must have been even more grand when the entire river flowed =
through=20
it, before the hydro dams were built. Now most of&nbsp;the river's=20
water&nbsp;flows from Gaspereau Lake to the White Rock Headpond via a=20
different&nbsp;route. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D4>&nbsp;&nbsp; Most of the land in the area is =
privately owned,=20
but&nbsp;a 33 hectare parcel of Crown land bordering the river (Patch =
158 -=20
Gaspereau River)&nbsp;is being considered for protection as part of the =
"12=20
Percent by 2015" initiative.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D4>&nbsp;&nbsp; Dusan Soudek</FONT></DIV>
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  <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
  <DIV=20
  style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: =
black"><B>From:</B>=20
  <A title=3Djimwolford@eastlink.ca =
href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">James W.=20
  Wolford</A> </DIV>
  <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
title=3Dnaturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20
  href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">NatureNS</A> ; <A=20
  title=3Dmike.dadswell@acadiau.ca =
href=3D"mailto:mike.dadswell@acadiau.ca">Mike=20
  Dadswell</A> </DIV>
  <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, February 20, 2012 =
7:13=20
  PM</DIV>
  <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [NatureNS] re fish =
fauna of=20
  Gaspereau River -- path; little fish</DIV>
  <DIV><BR></DIV>I don't think anyone has mentioned suckers among the =
fish=20
  fauna, and perhaps other "minnows" related to the lake chub? &nbsp;I =
also=20
  wonder if brown bullhead catfish might occur in some backwater pools?=20
  &nbsp;And three cheers for the volunteers who have worked on that =
popular=20
  trail over the decades, for all of us recreators. &nbsp;And doesn't =
Nova=20
  Scotia Power own the land where the trail runs? &nbsp;Cheers from Jim =
in=20
  Wolfville.<BR>
  <DIV><BR>
  <DIV>Begin forwarded message:</DIV><BR =
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  <BLOCKQUOTE type=3D"cite">
    <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style=3D"FONT: 12px Helvetica; =
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    color=3D#000000 size=3D3 face=3DHelvetica><B>From: </B></FONT><FONT=20
    style=3D"FONT: 12px Helvetica" size=3D3 face=3DHelvetica>Rick =
Whitman &lt;<A=20
    =
href=3D"mailto:dendroica.caerulescens@gmail.com">dendroica.caerulescens@g=
mail.com</A>&gt;</FONT></DIV>
    <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style=3D"FONT: 12px Helvetica; =
COLOR: #000000"=20
    color=3D#000000 size=3D3 face=3DHelvetica><B>Date: </B></FONT><FONT=20
    style=3D"FONT: 12px Helvetica" size=3D3 face=3DHelvetica>February =
20, 2012 2:10:55=20
    PM AST</FONT></DIV>
    <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style=3D"FONT: 12px Helvetica; =
COLOR: #000000"=20
    color=3D#000000 size=3D3 face=3DHelvetica><B>To: </B></FONT><FONT=20
    style=3D"FONT: 12px Helvetica" size=3D3 face=3DHelvetica><A=20
    =
href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</A></FONT=
></DIV>
    <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style=3D"FONT: 12px Helvetica; =
COLOR: #000000"=20
    color=3D#000000 size=3D3 face=3DHelvetica><B>Subject: =
</B></FONT><FONT=20
    style=3D"FONT: 12px Helvetica" size=3D3 face=3DHelvetica><B>Re: =
[NatureNS]=20
    Gaspereau River path; little fish</B></FONT></DIV>
    <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style=3D"FONT: 12px Helvetica; =
COLOR: #000000"=20
    color=3D#000000 size=3D3 face=3DHelvetica><B>Reply-To: =
</B></FONT><FONT=20
    style=3D"FONT: 12px Helvetica" size=3D3 face=3DHelvetica><A=20
    =
href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</A></FONT=
></DIV>
    <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px; MIN-HEIGHT: 14px"><BR></DIV>
    <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px">Hi Nancy,</DIV>
    <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px; MIN-HEIGHT: 14px"><BR></DIV>
    <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px">The trail is the remains of a "river =
road" that was=20
    built in the first</DIV>
    <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px">decade of the last century i.e. 1907 +/-. =
It was an=20
    early stage of a</DIV>
    <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px">pulp mill that was never built. The =
project likely=20
    failed in the</DIV>
    <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px">financial crash of '07. See "My White =
Rock" by Bert=20
    Young for more</DIV>
    <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px">details. In the past 3 decades the trail =
has been=20
    maintained by a</DIV>
    <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px">number of individuals generally working=20
    independently. The trail is</DIV>
    <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px">not 11 km long. It only takes one hour of =
brisk=20
    walking to hike to the</DIV>
    <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px">end on that side so it's 3-4 km. At that =
point you=20
    have to ford the</DIV>
    <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px">river to continue, wisely done only in =
summer.=20
    There is a quasi-trail</DIV>
    <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px">somewhat further on the other side but =
it's unused=20
    &amp; barely visible.</DIV>
    <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px">It only goes another 1-2 km.</DIV>
    <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px; MIN-HEIGHT: 14px"><BR></DIV>
    <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px">I know 3 individuals who have walked the =
entire=20
    Gaspereau River from</DIV>
    <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px">Rte 12 to White Rock.</DIV>
    <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px; MIN-HEIGHT: 14px"><BR></DIV>
    <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px">This is a healthy river. There are fish =
of all ages=20
    in it 12 months of</DIV>
    <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px">the year. There are trout, salmon (placed =
by NSDNR=20
    staff from hatchery</DIV>
    <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px">fish), lake chub, gaspereau, and =
sticklebacks and=20
    perhaps others.</DIV>
    <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px">Trout &amp; sticklebacks are easily seen. =
Trout of=20
    that size are quite</DIV>
    <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px">young while sticklebacks would be =
adults.</DIV>
    <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px; MIN-HEIGHT: 14px"><BR></DIV>
    <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px">Cheers,</DIV>
    <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px">Rick Whitman</DIV>
    <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px; MIN-HEIGHT: 14px"><BR></DIV>
    <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px">On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 8:36 AM, Nancy=20
Roberts</DIV>
    <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px">&lt;<A=20
    =
href=3D"mailto:nancy.roberts@ns.sympatico.ca">nancy.roberts@ns.sympatico.=
ca</A>&gt;=20
    wrote:</DIV>
    <BLOCKQUOTE type=3D"cite">
      <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px">Hello,,</DIV>
      <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px; MIN-HEIGHT: 14px"><BR></DIV>
      <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px">Yesterday we walked a trail along the =
Gaspereau.=20
      It starts at a bridge I</DIV>
      <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px">believe near White Rock and runs =
upstream. I'm=20
      told it goes about 11 km and</DIV>
      <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px">then stops. I've never met anyone who =
has been to=20
      the end.</DIV>
      <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px; MIN-HEIGHT: 14px"><BR></DIV>
      <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px">One question: who made this lovely =
trail and who=20
      maintains it? One brief</DIV>
      <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px">place on a steep slope has a drystone =
wall=20
      supporting the low side, so it</DIV>
      <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px">was a fair amount of trouble at some =
point.</DIV>
      <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px; MIN-HEIGHT: 14px"><BR></DIV>
      <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px">Second question: I left the trail to =
peer into a=20
      shallow side channel,</DIV>
      <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px">nearly a stillwater, very clear. It had =
a clean=20
      stone bottom, so there must</DIV>
      <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px">be more current when the water is a bit =
higher.=20
      It also appeared to have</DIV>
      <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px">more sun than average, since it was =
completely=20
      ice-free, while the river was</DIV>
      <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px">about 80% covered. I was surprised to =
see a small=20
      school of fish, 1" =96 1</DIV>
      <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px">1/4" long. "Just plain fish," the =
colour of the=20
      bottom, visible more easily</DIV>
      <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px">by their black shadows on the bottom =
than by=20
      their corpuses. Would they have</DIV>
      <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px">hatched this year? overwintered?</DIV>
      <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px; MIN-HEIGHT: 14px"><BR></DIV>
      <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px">Cheers,</DIV>
      <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px; MIN-HEIGHT: 14px"><BR></DIV>
      <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px">Nancy</DIV>
      <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px; MIN-HEIGHT: 14px"><BR></DIV>
      <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px">Nancy Roberts Design</DIV>
      <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px">Celebrating 19 years of making you look =

GOOD</DIV>
      <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px; MIN-HEIGHT: 14px"><BR></DIV>
      <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px">Dartmouth, NS B2Y 2X6</DIV>
      <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px">902 461-9488</DIV>
      <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px; MIN-HEIGHT: 14px"><BR></DIV>
      <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px; MIN-HEIGHT: 14px"><BR></DIV>
      <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px; MIN-HEIGHT: =
14px"><BR></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE>
    <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px; MIN-HEIGHT: 14px"><BR></DIV>
    <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px; MIN-HEIGHT: 14px"><BR></DIV>
    <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px; MIN-HEIGHT: 14px"><BR></DIV>
    <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px">--<SPAN=20
    class=3DApple-converted-space>&nbsp;</SPAN></DIV>
    <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px">Rick=20
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