GENERAL INFORMATION

     Name:            Atlantic View Trail
     County:          Halifax County
     Ownership:       Province of Nova Scotia - DNR
     Trail Length:    3 km (one-way)
     Season:          


EMERGENCY INFORMATION

     Emergency:       911
     Special:         This trail is not patrolled.  The nearest phone is at
                      Lawrencetown Beach. 


DIRECTIONS

Take Highway 207 east of Dartmouth to Lawrencetown Beach Provincial Park. 
Park in the beach lot, and follow the boardwalk back to the entrance of 
the parking lot.  Cross the highway, and the trail starts here. The other
end of the trail can be accessed from West Lawrencetown Road, but there 
is no parking area there.  If you do decide to park on the road, please 
make sure that you are not blocking the road or the trail itself.


ACTIVITIES

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


DESCRIPTION

This trail travels along and abandoned rail line from Lawrencetown Beach
to the start of the Salt Marsh Trail at West Lawrencetown Road.  Pets must
be on leash.  The trail is well-marked with signs, letting the user know 
that a road crossing is coming up.

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.  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 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.