Irishtown Nature Park

This park is unique in that it offers a wide variety of habitats to explore from Acadian forests to wetlands, aquatic/terrestrial environments and much more. This picturesque nature park consists of 2,200 acres of forest and 250 acres of water. The Irishtown Nature Park features a wonderful setting for outdoor environmental experiences with many kilometers of forested trails. Several  trail systems provide an opportunity for  hands on personal experiences with nature. The nothern footpath (1.1 km) starts at the Tankville School (a historic museum displaying an original one room Tankville Schoolschool house in the top section of the building and the basement serves as a community center for meetings and various outdoor activities) and ends at a new parking lot on the northwesterly boundary of the park.  There is a loop trail used by school groups that is 680m long that leaves and returns to the parking lot. This trail is a natural trail with a chipped surface due to wet areas. It is used by walkers, hikers and snowshoers in winter.