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International Appalachian Trail New-Brunswick

Days
19
Distance
298 km
Elevation gain
3452 m
Highest point
697 m

The place

long-distance hiking trail in the Eastern United States and Canada

Why go

Mount Carleton summit (820 m, highest in Maritime provinces). Tobique River salmon fishing. Acadian coastal villages. Chaleur Bay and its Acadian cultural heritage. Old-growth boreal forest.

Detailed route

Le sentier débute à la frontière canado-américaine à Perth-Andover, accompagne la rivière Tobique par Plaster Rock jusqu'à Nictau, puis oblique au nord-est vers le parc provincial du Mont-Carleton. Il repart ensuite vers l'ouest en direction de Saint-Quentin et Kedgwick, tourne au nord-est en franchissant la rivière Upsalquitch, traverse l'embouchure de la rivière Restigouche à Tide Head, puis vire à l'ouest pour passer au Québec à Flatlands.

A bit of history

The IAT was conceived in 1994 by Dick Anderson and Gary Browne, extending the Appalachian trail concept northward on the recognition that the Appalachian Mountain chain continues through Maine into New Brunswick, Quebec and the maritime provinces. The New Brunswick section was developed in the late 1990s–2000s by volunteers.

Getting there

Mount Carleton: car from Fredericton (3h) — limited public transport. Baie des Chaleurs: Bathurst has a VIA Rail station (from Montreal 10h). Car or taxi needed.

Recommended gear

Tent (mandatory — remote sections). Bear canister. Water filter. GPS. Insect repellent (black flies in June).

Best season

June to October. Black flies severe in June. September–October ideal: colours, no insects.

Day by day

  1. 1
    J1 · Perth-Andover → Tobique First Nation / Riverside15.00 km · +110 m
  2. 2
    J2 · Tobique First Nation → Plaster Rock18.00 km · +130 m
  3. 3
    J3 · Plaster Rock → Three Brooks16.00 km · +140 m
  4. 4
    J4 · Three Brooks → Oxbow17.00 km · +150 m
  5. 5
    J5 · Oxbow → Blue Mountain Bend16.00 km · +180 m
  6. 6
    J6 · Blue Mountain Bend → Riley Brook15.00 km · +170 m
  7. 7
    J7 · Riley Brook → Nictau14.00 km · +200 m
  8. 8
    J8 · Nictau → Mount Carleton Provincial Park (Armstrong Brook)15.00 km · +340 m
  9. 9
    J9 · Armstrong Brook → Mount Carleton summit → Bathurst Lake13.00 km · +780 m
  10. 10
    J10 · Bathurst Lake → Mount Sagamook → Williams Brook14.00 km · +650 m
  11. 11
    J11 · Williams Brook → Mount Head → park east boundary16.00 km · +500 m
  12. 12
    J12 · Park boundary → Miramichi Highlands (Gordon Meadow Brook)18.00 km · +280 m
  13. 13
    J13 · Gordon Meadow Brook → St. Quentin20.00 km · +200 m
  14. 14
    J14 · St. Quentin → Kedgwick River crossing19.00 km · +190 m
  15. 15
    J15 · Kedgwick River crossing → Kedgwick17.00 km · +150 m
  16. 16
    J16 · Kedgwick → Upsalquitch Valley18.00 km · +170 m
  17. 17
    J17 · Upsalquitch Valley → Restigouche River approach25.12 km · +167 m
  18. 18
    J18 · Restigouche River approach → Tide Head16.00 km · +100 m
  19. 19
    J19 · Tide Head → Flatlands (Quebec border)8.00 km · +40 m

Refuges along the route