Jesse wanted to see more of the Bay of Fundy. I took him to Little Salmon River, a popular stop on the Fundy Footpath, it’s also a great place to picnic as it’s just about the half way point if you were hiking the Eye of the Needle loop route.
The Eye of the Needle is approximately a 45 minute hike up the Little Salmon River. You’re better off wearing sneakers as you’ll be walking in and across much of the river headed to the Eye. Getting wet is part of the experience and bare feet need not apply.
Today L.S. was flowing fast and high as the area received a lot of rain. The current is strong enough to send you down river and emptying into the Bay.
Once we made it thru the Eye, which is about 5 feet deep, we trekked up Walton Glen Gorge to the observation deck, then down the much easier McCumber Brook trail back to the Footpath, then east looping back to Little Salmon River where our camp was set up.
If you ever camp at LS, be sure to hike the 1km to the beach. Its like a barren scape that hardly anybody visits. There’s a beauty little cove with perfect sized pebbles to chill out on, and go for a swim, but be careful of the tide, it comes in fast and you might get stranded on the beach until the next low tide. You can find the Bay of Fundy tides at www.whipsadventurecompany.com, scroll to the bottom of the page.
Little Salmon is part of the inlet of coves along the Fundy Coast that used to have an old Saw Mill and some buildings that have long been lost to many storms and time.
Remnants remain. Cribbing to shore up the cove, brick and concrete from old buildings, old logs that were used as a wharf. There’s even a big ol’ oven still intact buried in the trees (as seen in the above video). To find it, you have to look for the blue plastic ribbon near the beach campsite for the side trail.
It was great weather, and a good sleep in my hammock. If you’d like to check it out, let me know! – WHiP