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Nice views to the southwest over the Salmon River valley, from Brookside Rd. There is a great rock garden at the Agricultural College off College Rd.  Continue south on Vimy Rd to College, and turn right to find it.  Spring is best.  There is a stop sign at College Rd and Main St.  The left turn…

This ride starts at the Truro visitor centre.  If the centre is open, find out the time of the tidal bore, as the west end of the railtrail passes close to the Salmon River. A tidal bore is a strong tide coming in against the flow of a river.  A wave is created that rides upstream against the ri…

<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small; color: #000000;">This ride is out and back on a paved road parallel to the Cobequid Hills, and just high enough up the northern flank of the hills that you can often see the Northumberland Strait beyond the open farm areas. The route is prett…

Lots of water views on this ride. At the Blue Sea Provincial Park a long sand beach extends to the left (west).  And there are interesting cliffs to the right (east) at low tide (Treen Bluff).   The cliffs look like high stone walls, but they are actually upended sedimentary strata.