Phase II - Day Use at Eatonville

The second phase of development at Cape Chignecto Provincial Park, a Day-Use Park, is currently under construction and will not be open to the public until the Summer of 2008 (construction has been delayed due to weather). We ask that the public not visit the Eatonville site during construction due to safety concerns.

Located in the once thriving settlement of Eatonville Harbour, Cape Chignecto’s Day-Use Park will provide visitors with accessible walking trails suitable for everyone including families and the physically challenged.

Visitors to the new Day Park will arrive via the West Apple River Road. While it might seem like a long drive, the experience waiting at the top of the cliffs is well worth the adventure. Entrance to Phase II is at the new “Three Sisters Interpretive Centre”, a renewable energy building that provides access to the trail system as well as information on the historical and geological significance of the area.

Located approximately 20 kms from a conventional electrical grid, this side of Cape Chignecto Provincial Park will be self-sustaining. Powered by a series of solar panels, the 1600 square foot “Three Sisters Interpretive Building” will also have a satellite communication and point-of-purchase system. Services available at the centre will include registration, interpretation, washrooms, food concession, retail area and boardroom facilities.

Two user-friendly trail systems will provide an entire day of entertainment for park visitors. One trail will take visitors to the famous Three Sisters, three magnificent sea-stacks, engulfed in local folklore. The second trail leads to Squally Point, an actual raised beach that was created thousands of years ago when glaciers covered much of this area. The tremendous weight of the glaciers compressed the land to sea level and while there a beach was formed. When the glaciers started to melt and retreat and the weight was removed, the land rebound to its original elevation and the beach came with it, leaving a spectacular wave cut terrace, 35 meters (115 feet) above sea level.

The new day-use park also offers rest and picnic areas along the trail systems and several engineered viewing stations complete with interpretive information.

Click here to view an article that was in the Chronicle Herald, August 29, 2006 on the parks phase 2 development (144 kb).