The 2009 Purcells Cove Backlands fire, often called the Spryfield Fire, was sparked by an abandoned campfire on April 30. The wildfire quickly escalated into an 2000 acre blaze that swept through the Jack Pine barrens and rugged granite ridges toward the coast. The disaster forced the evacuation of roughly 1,000 residents and destroyed several homes, leaving a profound impact on the local community and the landscape. The fire burned dense brush to reveal the raw topography of the backlands, creating a stark, silver-grey forest of scorched trunks and skeleton trees that now stand as a backdrop to the resilient, fire-dependent vegetation such as Jack Pine, Huckleberry, and White Birch that are reclaiming the barrens. – from Google Gemini
March 29, 2026 (Hill 100 and East Pine Island Pond)
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March 25, 2026 (Solo – Short hike at Long Lake Wilderness Trail)
March 22, 2026 (Solo – Latters Lake to Ocean Breeze Dr)
March 18, 2026 (MacIntosh Run – Clark Kent, Divide, Attic Loop)
March 11, 2026 (Trans Canada Trail – Bayers Lake to Joe Howe Drive)
March 4, 2026 (Trans Canada Trail – 103 to Five Island Lake)
March 1, 2026 (Shaw Nature Reserve)
February 28, 2026 (Solo – MacIntosh Run, West Pine Loop)
February 25, 2026 (Shaw Nature Reserve)
February 18, 2026 (Trans Canada Trail – Six Mile Falls to 103)
February 15, 2025 (Cranberry Pond, Herring Cove)
January 28, 2026 (Trans Canada Trail – Bayers Lake to Six Mile Falls)
January 22, 2026 (Trans Canada Trail – Joe Howe Drive to Bayers Lake)
