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Jim Cyr
"With the help of a constellation of satellites, Jim will explore the outdoors within Nova Scotia."
February 23, 2011

Winter at Fortress Louisbourg

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Shortly after Christmas, it was announced that there would be a geocaching event at Historic Fortress of Louisbourg - in February.I could not pass up at the opportunity of not only visiting the Fortress for the first time, but explore many...
January 14, 2011

Just Because It's Winter...

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With Winter well underway, many feel the need to pack it in for the hiking season. But, for the well dressed out there, that simply means that we have many areas to ourselves.Provincial Parks still encourages people to cross the...
October 28, 2010

Exploring the Backcountry in Kejimkujik

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This is part two of my previous post about the upcoming geocaching/hiking challenge at Kejimkujik National Park on November 6th 2010.My second trip to the park was to finalize the geocache locations and to place the containers in five locations...
September 28, 2010

Geocaching & Hiking Challenge in Kejimkujik National Park

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A great day of activities are shaping up over at Kejimkujik National Park & National Historic Site of Canada. The park is hosting their first geocaching challenge launch event on November 6th 2010 (GPS: N 44° 26.299 W 065° 12.964)....
September 8, 2010

Tent Alternative at Amherst Shore

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At some point along my hiking career, I will be attempting more and more back country hikes and the odd overnight in the back country. Over the last three years, I started to transition from the world of tent camping...
August for us has always been prime camping weather; the days are warm, the nights are cool and most of the bugs are long gone. So with that information, we decided to plan four nights of exploration in the Southwest...
With the help of a constellation of satellites, Jim will explore the outdoors within Nova Scotia....