Stan O'Brien Interpretive Trail

Goose Creek Marsh Hiking Trail

Record #: ARG0007
Last Modified: 11 Apr 2019
Last Full Update: 20 Jul 2017

Location

Located In Roberts Island
Where To Find Us
Roberts Island, NS
Areas Served Yarmouth County

Contact

Website www.munargyle.com/goose-creek-marsh-hiking-trail.html
E-Mail recreation@munargyle.com
Phone 902-648-3379
Mailing Address c/o Argyle Recreation Department - Département des loisirs d'Argyle 
27 Courthouse Rd 
Tusket, NS B0W 3M0

Description & Services

Information  
 
From Town take Hwy 103 to exit 32A, turn R onto Hwy 3, after 0.8km turn L onto Robert's Island Road, after 0.8 km turn R to Parking. 
 
Starting Point: Entrance at Parking. 
 
This 1.5-km (1-mi.) interpretive trail leads through the Goose Creek Marsh wetlands management area.  
 
Time: 20 mins. 
Description: Linear and loop.  
Attractions: Forest and wetland. 
Services: None.  
 
The wetlands include an area of dykelands constructed by Acadian settlers in the late 1800s. 
 
Here birdwatchers may glimpse herons, osprey, geese, kingfishers, and several species of ducks. 
 
 
GPS: Lat: 43°47.3184, Lon: -65°53.16558