Five Bridges Wilderness Heritage Trust

A registered Canadian charity, the FBWHT was established in 2001, by a group of local volunteers who loved the wild lands of the Chebucto Peninsula and wanted the area preserved for future generations.

By combining the talents, knowledge and skills of its’ founding volunteers, the Trust successfully lobbied the Nova Scotia government to declare 8, 600 hectares of public wilderness lands on the Chebucto Peninsula, a designated wilderness area. That special designation was achieved in October 2011 and the area named the Five Bridge Lakes Wilderness Area.

It includes five distinct watersheds, rivers, lakes and even a settler route that is estimated to be about 200 years old. Named the Old St. Margaret’s Bay Road, this overgrown trail was once used as a busy horse and buggy route from the metropolis of Halifax to the beaches of Seabright and St. Margaret’s Bay.

The area continues to be a nature retreat for hikers, bikers, ATVers, photographers and paddlers to escape modern life and the surrounding urban communities of Halifax Regional Municipality.