GENERAL INFORMATION

     Name:            Atlantic View Trail
     County:          Halifax County
     Ownership:       Province of Nova Scotia - DNR 
                      889-2332
     Trail Length:    10 km (20 km round trip)
     Season:          Year Round


EMERGENCY INFORMATION

     Emergency:       911
     Special:         This trail is not patrolled.  The nearest phone is at
                      Lawrencetown Beach House, which is open in the summer. 


DIRECTIONS

Take Highway 207 east of Dartmouth to Lawrencetown Beach Provincial Park. 
Park in the beach lot, and follow the boardwalk back to either the right or
the left.  The trail head and parking area are in the middle of the trail. 


ACTIVITIES

     Walking:             Y        Hiking:         Y
     Mountain Biking:     Y        XCountry Ski:   Y
     ATV:                 N        Horse:          N
     Snowmobile:          N        Coastal:        Y
     Loop:                N        Wheelchair:     Y
     Wheelchair Assisted: N  


DESCRIPTION

This trail travels along and abandoned rail line from Three Fathom Harbour  
Road to the end of the Salt Marsh Trail at West Lawrencetown Road.  Pets must
be on leash.  Please clean up after your pet!  Pack it in, pack it out. The
trail is well-marked with signs, letting the user know that a road crossing
is coming up.

It you travel right from the parking area toward the Salt Marsh Trail, this
is some of what you might see...

There are two benches bewteen the start of the trail at the beach and when
the trail crosses highway 207.  The vegetation in this section consists of
low bushes, shrubs and alders.  You may meet up with a robin, bluejay or 
seagull along the way.  After travelling approximately 800m, you will be
on a raised rail bed crossing a marshy area and Lawrencetown River Bridge.
Look for ducks here in the water, I saw many with new ducklings the last 
week of May!  

After crossing highway 207 you will be in a lightly wooded area of alder,
birch, tamarak and spruce for approximately a kilometre.  Conrad Road will
then intersect the trail.  Cross the road, and after about 300m of wooded
sourroundings you will cross the West Marsh and the West Marsh Bridge on a 
raised rail bed.  The wind will pick up here, as will the smell of the salt 
air!  When the marsh ends you will travel 200m through a wooded area before 
reaching the end of the trail at West Lawrencetown Road.  

If you cross the road there will be a yellow gate marking the Salt Marsh Trail.