News from the 2022 Event The AGM public meeting held Sunday, March 20, provided a summary of Trust successes and achievements over the past year, as well as, a description of future plans to promote, study and protect the Five Bridge Lakes Wilderness Area in 2022. Annual memberships were sold and everyone enjoyed testing the…
Trust Marks 20th Anniversary
This fall, the Five Bridges Wilderness Heritage Trust organization turns 20. The non-profit group run by nature-loving community leaders was originally founded in 2001 to halt development on the Chebucto Peninsula. One of the original founding volunteer team, Wayne Rogers, 77, remembers its inception well. “We knew that the centre of the Peninsula would soon…
Photo Contest Winners
Drum roll please! The following original photos by talented non-professional photographers have been selected by our jury panel as the outstanding winners of the Trust’s second annual Photo Contest. Each photo was carefully selected for its beauty, composition and representation of the Five Bridge Lakes Wilderness Area. Category 1 – My Favourite… 1st Place: Stephanie…
Tribute to Ralph Wheadon
Outdoorsman, Friend and Nature Advocate Ralph Wheadon, 92, of Timberlea, passed away a few weeks ago. He was a valued former Trust Board volunteer and Board Advisor, who knew the wilderness area very well after working and being the first fire chief in the area. As an elder of our community and an outdoorsman who…