Skibbereen to Joy's Point, Northside Road

July 29, 2013   

We joined the T'Railway at Skibbereen, Woodford's Station, part of the Trans Canada Trail.  From the Conception Bay Highway, take Woodford's Station Road, which turns inland opposite the North Arm Irving.  Drive about 0.6 km to the intersection with the T'Railway.  Walking to the left (i.e. south), the trail slopes gently downhill through spruce woods as far as Country Path.

The trail elevation gave us a fine view of the harbour in North Arm, Holyrood, including the dock where our boat is moored.

After crossing Country Path, the trail takes you over North Arm River, which is flat and slow here but has a pretty set of falls which we had seen as we descended the hill.

From the river we crossed the Conception Bay Highway.  The trail now followed the southeast side of North Arm.  A mountain (by local standards) was on our right and the the land dropped sharply off to our left, down to the shore.  Again we looked down at the harbour and the boats.

We concluded at Joy's Point on Northside Road, with our house in sight across the water.

Looking north to the opening of Holyrood harbour.

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One-way distance: 4 km.