N.S. trail reopens after Hurricane Fiona damage [Video]

The Louisbourg Lighthouse Trail is well-known for its iconic scenery.

“They have Peggy’s Cove, but we have this,” said area resident Cathy MacAulay-Spencer.

The trail was closed for two years due to the damage it sustained from Hurricane Fiona.

“I probably had tears in my eyes, because this is one of my favourite hikes,” said hiker Art Spencer. “There was so much destruction; at times, 150 metres by 50 metres, the whole trail gone.”

On Monday, people were able to walk the trail for the first time since the September 2022 storm.

It took nearly $159,000 in funding from the Nova Scotia government – announced in August 2023 – to make the area more resistant to the impacts of a changing climate.

Refurbishment of the trail also required a lot of work and fundraising by local volunteers.

“It took us a while, but we were successful in getting a contractor …