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Roderick Haig-Brown
Provincial Park
Hiking and Walking Trails
Lower
Trail System
The lower Trail System provides access
to the viewing areas during the salmon runs and encompasses
all the
trails south-east of the SQUILAX-ANGLEMONT road.
- Forest – The trail meanders from the main parking
lot through the forest to the river-mouth parking area, a distance
of 1.5 km. Return along the river via the Cottonwoods Trail.
A
section of the trail connects the parking lot to the overflow
parking lot and the Roderick Haig-Brown Dedication Plaque.
- Cottonwoods
Trail – Follows
the easterly bank of the river for about 3.5 km linking the river
mouth with the main parking
lot and the overflow parking lot with the highway bridge. This
trail offers superb views of spawning salmon during the October
dominant runs.
- Island
Loop – Approximately
1.5 km loop around a small island by river channel. This channel
is dry during the winter
months but provides one of the most appealing salmon viewing areas.
- Phil
Rexin Memorial Trail – Approximately 1.5 km trail
that takes you from the main parking area to the river-mouth parking
area or the top or the groundwater spawning channel. In summer
it offers a shaded cooler experience through a mixed forest.
Upper
Trail System
The
Upper Trail System encompasses all of the trails north of the
SQUILAX-ANGLEMONT road. These trails
offer an impressive array of human and natural history, scenic
beauty and distinctive trail structures.
- Packer – Traverse
attractive, dry forest well above the river following an old
horse packer’s trail for most of its
length.
- Adams – The
trail starts out as an old road and turns into a trail at the
canyon area. The trail follows
Adams
River for the most part until it ends at Gold Creek. The
trail is linked
with the Packer Trail at the power line, permitting a loop
to be made back to the old road.
- Historic
Flume – This
trail follows a historic log flume. There are also seven
unique bridges and the impressive
Bear Creek
Falls on this scenic and interesting route. This trail
is not accessible from Adams Trail. Bikes are not permitted
in this area.
Canyon
and Canyon Pool
A
favourite area on the Adams Trail for anglers and picnickers.
It is also an exciting area to view
rafters and kayakers as they test their skills through the canyon
section of the river. Below the canyon is a large pool with a sandy
beach. Bikes are not permitted in this areas.
Return to: Roderick
Haig-Brown Provincial Park.
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