Chippewa Bay Preserve Trail
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The Chippewa Bay Preserve Trail is one of the newest
additions to the Thousand Islands Land Trust hiking trails. It was opened to
the public last summer so we were among some of the first of the general public
to experience it. It is about a mile
long loop. Depending which direction you go, you either start out on an old
farm path and then head into the woods, or the other way around.
It is a lovely
and peaceful hike in the woods on a not-too-well-worn, but well parked path.
There are some minor hills to navigate once you get off the straight upper
path. And of course one of the trademark
TILT footbridges.
The trail is
part of the Chippewa Bay Preserve which is a sixty-plus acre property that runs
along Chippewa Creek. The TILT page
describes it as an “important wetland habitat, protecting lands for wildlife
and wildlife movements. Part of a wildlife corridor, that extends from the
Adirondack mountains northward across the St. Lawrence and into Algonquin Park,
the Preserve helps to provide safe passage as well as excellent habitat for
breeding, nesting and feeding wildlife.”
Part of the initial adventure for us
was finding the trailhead. We ended up contacting TILT and they gave us
detailed instructions which got us right there.
From Rte 12, you can either turn into Chippewa Bay on Church Street or on Rte 6, the Hammond/Chippewa Bay Road. Church
Street intersects Rte 6 and then becomes New Road (take a left from Rte 6).
You’ll see the Chippewa Bay Preserve sign at the corner. Drive all the way to the end of the Road.
You will come
to the River Bay Adventure Inn. Drive on past and up the slight hill straight
ahead. Just a little farther up the road
you will see a parking area on the left and the trailhead straight ahead. We hope you'll enjoy this lovely walk in the
woods as much as we did.
Link to
Chippewa Bay Preserve:
Thank you Thousand Islands Land Trust (TILT) for your very kind statement on your Facebook page:
Be sure to see...
Hiking the Thousand Islands...Foster Blake Woods Preserve
Hiking the Thousand Islands...Grand Lake Reserve
Hiking the Thousand Islands...Kanik Nature Trail
Hiking the Thousand Islands...Lonesome Bay State Forest
Hiking the Thousand Islands...Redwood Hill Preserve
Hiking the Thousand Islands...Sissy Danforth Rivergate Trail
Be sure to see...
Hiking the Thousand Islands...Introduction
Hiking the Thousand Islands...Foster Blake Woods Preserve
Hiking the Thousand Islands...Grand Lake Reserve
Hiking the Thousand Islands...Kanik Nature Trail
Hiking the Thousand Islands...Lonesome Bay State Forest
Hiking the Thousand Islands...Red Lake Indian River Trail
Hiking the Thousand Islands...Redwood Hill Preserve
Hiking the Thousand Islands...Sissy Danforth Rivergate Trail
