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NS Department of Communities, Culture and Heritage

NS Department of Lands and Forestry NS Department of Environment

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The Summit program is subject to change

12:00pm – 8:30pm Registration 1:00pm – 1:30pm Travel to Trailheads 1:30pm – 5:30pm Afternoon Hikes 5:30pm – 6:30pm Supper on Your Own 6:30pm – 8:30pm Welcome Reception, Displays & Silent Auction 8:00pm – 12:00am Live Music 9:00pm Night Hike 9:00pm Campfire Program

5:15am – 6:30am Sunrise Hikes 7:00am – 9:00am Breakfast on Your Own 8:00am – 12:00pm Registration & Silent Auction Pick-Up 9:00am – 10:00am Official Opening 9:15am – 12:00pm Kids’ Programming 10:00am – 10:30am Nutrition Break 10:30am – 11:00am Breakout Sessions 11:15am – 11:45am Breakout Sessions 12:00pm – 1:00pm Lunch 1:00pm – 1:30pm Travel to Trailheads 1:30pm – 5:30pm Afternoon Hikes 6:30pm – 8:30pm Banquet: Supper, Keynote & Awards 8:00pm – 12:00am Live Music 9:00pm Night Hikes 9:00pm Campfire Program

5:15am – 6:30am Sunrise Hikes 7:00am – 9:00am Breakfast on Your Own 8:00am – 12:00pm Registration & Silent Auction Pick-Up 9:00am – 12:15pm Kids’ Programming 9:00am – 9:30am Breakout Sessions 9:45am – 10:15am Breakout Sessions 10:15am – 10:45 am Nutrition Break 10:45am – 11:15 am Breakout Sessions 11:15am – 11:45 am Oak Island Check Out 11:45am – 12:15pm Summit Closing 12:15pm – 1:15pm Lunch 1:15pm – 1:45 pm Travel to Trailheads 1:45pm – 5:30 pm Afternoon Hikes

Meals/food included in registration are:

Friday night reception (finger food - not a meal)

Saturday and Sunday mid-morning breaks

Saturday and Sunday lunches

Saturday evening supper during the banquet

Participants are responsible for all other food not included above (such as Friday supper, breakfasts, etc.). See the Summit webpage (below) for a list of local restaurants.

For the hikes, please bring your own snacks, although you can pick up free power bars and apples at the Snack Station in the Summit registration area. The Snack Station is sponsored by Clif Bar and Sobeys.

Hike NS will not provide single-serve water bottles for those going on hikes. Instead, we’ll provide a water bottle fill station in the Summit registration area. If you want bottled water, you can buy it at the gift shop or in the vending machines onsite. The Hydration Station is sponsored by the Nova Scotia Department of Communities, Culture and Heritage.

Scan the QR code below to go to the Summit webpage on your device.

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12:00pm – 8:30pm Registration Bluenose Foyer 1:00pm – 1:30pm Travel to Trailheads 1:30pm – 5:30pm Afternoon Hikes

Option 1 Option 2 Option 3 Option 4 Option 5 Additional charges.

Castle Rock Sponsored by the Municipality of

Chester

Maggie Maggie Brook

Blue Rocks Common Adventure

Sponsored by the Lunenburg Region

Ernst Woodlot Hike

Sponsored by Scotiabank

Blue Rocks Paddle & Hike

to Little Eastern Points Island

Meet at 1:00 pm. You must attend the hike you signed up for during online registration. Please refer to the Detailed Hike Schedule for descriptions and details on each hike. Parents and caregivers are responsible for their children on all hikes, including judging their child’s ability to do a hike. Don’t forget to pick up your hike snacks - free power bars and apples - in the Summit registration area where you can also fill up your refillable water bottles - bring lots of water! The Snack Station is sponsored by Clif Bar and Sobeys. The Hydration station is sponsored by the Nova Scotia Department of Communities, Culture and Heritage.

5:30pm – 6:30pm Supper on Your Own 6:30pm – 8:30pm Welcome Reception, Displays, & Silent Auction Bluenose A & B

*reception includes finger foods, cash bar available

Reception includes four short Pecha Kucha presentations:

● Gordon Tate – Exploring Anticosti Island ● Marnie Oatway – Adventure Trail Running ● Mark Mossman – Keji Seaside Hike ● Sandy Hamilton – Dynamite Trail: Learnings in Trail Maintenance

The presenting sponsor is O’Regan’s South Shore Subaru.

8:00pm – 12:00am Live Music (Guy Paul Thibault) Fireside Lounge *cash bar available, food service until 9:00 pm 9:00pm Night Hikes

Option 1 Option 2

Lantern Hike - Starry Starry Night Sorry, Sold Out!

Lantern Walk - NS Mysteries Sorry, Sold Out!

You must attend the hike you signed up for during online registration. Please refer to the Detailed Hike Schedule for descriptions and details on each hike. Parents and

caregivers are responsible for their children on all hikes, including judging their child’s ability to do a hike.

9:00pm Campfire Program Fire Pit You are welcome & encouraged to bring and play your own musical instruments and singing voices! The campfire is sponsored by the Nova Scotia Department of Lands and Forestry and the Nova Scotia Department of Environment.

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5:15am – 6:30am Sunrise Hikes

Option 1 Option 2

Sunrise at Graves Island Provincial Park Sunrise on Gold River Bridge You must attend the hike you signed up for during online registration. Please refer to the Detailed Hike Schedule for descriptions and details on each hike. Parents and

caregivers are responsible for their children on all hikes, including judging their child’s ability to do a hike.

7:00am – 9:00am Breakfast on Your Own (in LaVista Dining Room for those staying at Oak Island Resort)

8:00am – 12:00pm Registration & Silent Auction Pick-Up Bluenose Foyer 9:00am – 10:00am Official Opening Bluenose A & B 9:15am – 12:00pm Kids Programming Bluenose A & B 10:00am – 10:30am Nutrition Break Bluenose Foyer Sponsored by the Municipality of Chester. 10:30am – 11:00am Breakout Sessions

Session 1A - Bluenose A Session 1B - Bluenose B

Ask not only "What hiking can do for you" but also "What you can do for hiking" Experiences of thru hiking and day hiking the

Appalachian Trail and how you can give back to hiking.

Gordon Warnica & James Balcom

Pecha Kucha Presentations Cindy Harvey – East Coast Trail

Nancy Veinot and Janice Rand – Broad Cove to Petite Riviere

Dan Harvey – Camino de Santiago Trail Eileen MacDonald – Exploring the Floe Edge off the NE

Coast of Baffin Island 11:15am – 11:45am Breakout Sessions

Session 2A - Bluenose A Session 2B - Bluenose B

Hiking on Private Land & Woodlots Panel Marty Murphy will discuss how his family made their land available for a community trail and small park as a memorial to their granddaughter (Ruby) who passed

away in 2017. Larry Goodwin is a private woodlot owner and president of the Acacia Valley Trails Society

and will discuss his experiences allowing the public access on private land.

Marty Murphy & Larry Goodwin

Trail Art Project Join Britt Vegsund, Active Living Coordinator for the

Municipality of the District of Lunenburg to explore the intersection of public art and hiking. We will discover

local and foreign examples of how large-scale art projects, strategically placed, provide not only a beautiful spot for breaks while hiking, but also a

reason to hit the trail in the first place! Britt Vegsund, Municipality of the District of

Lunenburg 12:00pm – 1:00pm Lunch Bluenose A & B 1:00pm – 1:30pm Travel to Trailheads

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1:30pm – 5:30pm Afternoon Hikes

Option 1 Option 2 Option 3 Option 4 Option 5

Riverbank Habitat Trail Art

Hike Sponsored by

Orthotics East Ltd.

Castle Rock Sponsored by the Municipality of

Chester

Gold River Mines Tour Sponsored by

Atlantick Repellent Products

Sorry, Sold Out!

Dynamite Trail / Oakland Common

Sponsored by Saltbox Brewing

Company

LaHave River Trail / Arthur Young Trail

You must attend the hike you signed up for during online registration. Please refer to the Detailed Hike Schedule for descriptions and details on each hike. Parents and caregivers are responsible for their children on all hikes, including judging their child’s ability to do a hike. Don’t forget to pick up your hike snacks - free power bars and apples - in the Summit registration area where you can also fill up your refillable water bottles - bring lots of water! The Snack Station is sponsored by Clif Bar and Sobeys. The Hydration station is sponsored by the Nova Scotia Department of Communities, Culture and Heritage.

6:30pm – 8:30pm Banquet: Supper, Keynote & Awards Bluenose A & B After supper, we’ll hear from Jan Sebastian LaPierre, with A for Adventure followed the presentation of Hike Nova Scotia’s annual Summit Award. O’Regan’s South Shore Subaru is the presenting sponsor for the banquet and keynote speaker. 8:00pm – 12:00am Live Music Fireside Lounge *cash bar available, food service until 9:00 pm 9:00pm Night Hikes

Option 1 Option 2

Lantern Hike - Starry Starry Night Sorry, Sold Out!

Lantern Walk - NS Mysteries Sorry, Sold Out!

You must attend the hike you signed up for during online registration. Please refer to the Detailed Hike Schedule for descriptions and details on each hike. Parents and

caregivers are responsible for their children on all hikes, including judging their child’s ability to do a hike.

9:00pm Campfire Program Fire Pit You are welcome & encouraged to bring and play your own musical instruments and singing voices! The campfire is sponsored by Kejimkujik National Park & National Historic Site of Canada, Parks Canada.

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5:15am – 6:30am Sunrise Hikes

Option 1 Option 2

Sunrise Hike at Graves Island Provincial Park Sunrise Hike to Narrow’s Basin You must attend the hike you signed up for during online registration. Please refer to the Detailed Hike Schedule for descriptions and details on each hike. Parents and

caregivers are responsible for their children on all hikes, including judging their child’s ability to do a hike.

7:00am – 9:00am Breakfast on Your Own (in LaVista Dining Room for those staying at Oak Island Resort) 8:00am – 12:00pm Registration & Silent Auction Pick-Up Bluenose Foyer 9:00am – 12:15pm Kids Programming Bluenose A & B 9:00am – 9:30am Breakout Sessions

Session 3A -Bluenose A Session 3B - Bluenose B

Caring for Our Conservation Areas Nature Conservancy of Canada has been working to

protect and manage private land in Nova Scotia since 1971. Come learn about our journey, how we care for our land, and how you can take part as we continue protect land along the south shore of Nova Scotia.

Danielle Horne, Nature Conservancy of Canada

There's an App & Tech for That Learn to use a variety of apps and technology to make your hikes more satisfying and safer than ever before.

Christine Angelidis, MEC

9:45am – 10:15am Breakout Sessions

Session 4A - Bluenose A Session 4B - Bluenose B

Hiking Opportunities in Nova Scotia Parks and Protected Areas

Learn about hiking opportunities within NS Provincial Parks and Protected areas. Share your feedback on NS

Parks new trail maps and trail rating system. Sandra Fraser, NS Parks, NS Lands and Forestry and

Oliver Maass, Protected Areas & Ecosystems Branch, NS Environment

Give me a map and I’m magic! An introduction to the beauty of orienteering maps

and their wider application, we will introduce the sport of orienteering in general and explain how it exercises

both the body and the mind. Emily Secord and Kara Turner of Orienteering Nova

Scotia

10:15am – 10:45 am Nutrition Break Bluenose Foyer Sponsored by the District of Lunenburg.

Don’t forget to post comments and photos on social media during the Summit and tag us! #hikingsummit #hikens Facebook: @HikeNovaScotia

Twitter: @HikeNS Instagram: @hikenovascotia.ca

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10:45am – 11:15 am Breakout Sessions

Session 5A -Bluenose A Session 5B - Bluenose B

Parks Canada Session Kejimkujik National Park has some changes coming up over the next year or two that will impact hikers. Learn

about campground changes, new trails and more. Jill Francis, Kejimkujik National Park & National

Historic Site of Canada, Parks Canada

Connecting With Mother Earth Melissa will be talking about the connection to the

World around us, primarily the plants & trees and how we fit in to an amazing network of life. This is a basis

for our Mi’kmaq culture/traditions/values. Melissa Labrador, Acadia First Nation - Wildcat

Community

11:15am – 11:45 am Oak Island Check Out (or before) 11:45am – 12:15pm Summit Closing Bluenose A & B 12:15pm – 1:15pm Lunch Bluenose A & B 1:15pm – 1:45 pm Travel to Trailheads 1:45pm – 5:30 pm Afternoon Hikes

Option 1 Option 2 Option 3 Option 4 Option 5

Riverbank Habitat Trail Art

Hike Sponsored by

Orthotics East Ltd.

Gold River Mines Tour Sponsored by

Atlantick Repellent Products

Sorry, Sold Out!

Gaff Point & Hirtle’s Beach

Indian Path Commons Medicine Walk &

Card Lake Hike Sorry, Sold Out!

You must attend the hike you signed up for during online registration. Please refer to the Detailed Hike Schedule for descriptions and details on each hike. Parents and caregivers are responsible for their children on all hikes, including judging their child’s ability to do a hike. Don’t forget to pick up your hike snacks - free power bars and apples - in the Summit registration area where you can also fill up your refillable water bottles - bring lots of water! The Snack Station is sponsored by Clif Bar and Sobeys. The Hydration station is sponsored by the Nova Scotia Department of Communities, Culture and Heritage.