News from the wharf…..

The Arisaig Community  Development Association (A.C.D.A.)  represents the villages of Knoydart, McArra’s Brook, Arisaig, Doctor’s Brook, Malignant Cove and West Maryvale along the North Shore on the Gulf of St. Lawrence.  They are linked through the wharf at Arisaig Point and the Community Hall across the Sunrise Trail (Hwy 245) from Arisaig’s St Margaret’s Parish Church.

COMMUNITY  NEWS

It’s late April & plans for the summer are changing.

There will be no  Mother’s  Day  Lobster  Dinner   this spring.

All mothers please stay home and enjoy the day with your families.

 

With everything closing up for the spring and summer, Arisaig will be a quieter place for the next while.

THE  LIGHTHOUSE  

Will be closed this summer, until further notice.

 

THE  DOCKSIDE  CAFE

Also closed this summer – until further notice.

The Lobster Fishery & Marina

FOR  NOW  THE  DOCK AREA  IS  CLOSED  TO ALL  VISITORS

No Cars allowed down Arisaig Pt. Rd.

•  23 boats and their lobster fishermen have started  the season . it will until mid-July.
•  Some boats continue to fish for other catch during the summer.  

 The Marina

• 45.761 N  x  62.171  W      We are on Atlantic Daylight Time.
• INFORMATION ON USE OF BOAT SLIPS THIS SUMMER IS NOT AVAILABLE
• The great beach still close at hand
• open daily in summer – no parking during the lobster season !!!

 ARISAIG PICNIC & INTERPRETIVE PARK

2020: The Park is closed to vehicles – Reopens opens late  May

      Park at gate & walk in…

  The goal is still to rebuild an Acadian  Forest as it would have been before humans arrived in the area.

 Park Replanting  …  the long-term project

• Continues in 2020 with more young trees being planted throughout the season.
• White pines and yellow birches planted earlier in large numbers among the downed trees in the areas that have been felled in response to the devastation  of the spruce stand which has hit the park. These saplings should overtake the landscape as the cut trees go back to nature.
• The wide swaths of felled trees are planned fire-breaks. Many of them are showing new signs of life while others have yet to flourish.

The eventual goal is to recreate an Acadian Forest environment, with only trees that grew naturally in Nova Scotia before mankind arrived.

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