Cole Harbour Parks and Trails Association

10/23/2026

How many eagles can you find at the Cole Harbour Heritage Park?
Answer three, Yes 3.
Bald Eagle - our variety here has the white head that extends almost to the shoulders. If you see these in the US. Well they were transported there to rebuild the Bald Eagle population down south. The pesticides - killed off a great many of the American Bald Eagles. They only had the white head.

Then we have the Golden Eagles, usually mistaken for immature Bald Eagles. I find them massive and have nothing immature about them.

We also get the Stellar's Sea Eagle - not common but lovely to see them from time to time. Also have the best majestic soaring flight of our eagles.
IMO anyway.

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10/23/2026

10/23/2026

While e-scooters and scooters are not regulated to be on the trails in Cole Harbour's Heritage Park.

The Province and Halifax have finally past some much needed regulations.

Kids under 14 are now banned from e-bikes and e-scooters in Nova Scotia
by Haligonia
October 21, 2026, 3:34 pm

If your child is under 14, they can no longer legally ride an e-bike in Nova Scotia. The rule kicked in Monday, Oct. 19, along with the rest of the province’s new Traffic Safety Act and the regulations that go with it.

E-scooters already had a minimum age of 14. The new Using the Road Regulations bring e-bikes up to the same age, and they make the adults involved responsible too.

Under the province’s new penalty table, a parent or guardian who allows or knowingly permits a child under 14 to ride an e-bike faces a fine of up to $100. The bike’s owner faces the same. For e-scooters, the child, the parent or guardian, and the scooter’s owner can each be fined up to $100. Court costs and surcharges are extra.
Have a read here -

Nova Scotia's new traffic rules bar kids under 14 from e-bikes as well as e-scooters, with fines of up to $100 for parents and owners who allow it.

09/23/2026

These two hikers found a book in the “forest” this week and were pretty excited about it! You never know what treasure you will find in our parks and trails. The joys of our little library.

09/01/2026

Thanks Andrew! and Hike NS!

Cole Harbour Salt Marsh for a time stood the Halifax County Poor Farm, a place where the sick and poor were hidden away from sight. Andrew visits the marsh on this episode.
Walkabout, Whalesong Group Inc
https://www.hikenovascotia.ca/resources-walkabout-show/

09/01/2026

09/01/2026

Take the Hike NS 20th Anniversary Challenge

Hike NS has been around for 20 years! Take the Hike NS 20th Anniversary Challenge to help us celebrate and fundraise for our work.

For $20 - hike 20 km on any combination of trails anywhere in Nova Scotia in September and October to earn your badge and qualify for prizes donated by Mountain Equipment Company

For $200 - hike on 20 trails anywhere in Nova Scotia to earn your badge, get a Hike NS neck gaiter and qualify for prizes donated by Mountain Equipment Company

You can hike or walk anywhere in Nova Scotia, outdoors on a trail or other area that is accessible to you.

09/01/2026