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Initiatives

Real projects, run by real neighbours, restoring and revitalizing Fundy Albert.

Every initiative below started with a handful of people who saw something worth saving — a bridge, a trail, a tradition. Some are finished. Some are years-long journeys still underway. All of them started with someone showing up.

Status Legend

🟢 Active — currently underway    ✅ Complete — finished and delivered      🔁 Ongoing — no end date, runs continuously

Restoration & Trails

Lumsden Bridge Restoration

✅ Complete

Rebuilding a vital trail crossing, stronger than before — reopened February 2024. → Read the Story

3 Season ATV Trail Initiative

🟢 Active

100 km of sanctioned trail connecting Hillsborough to Alma — currently in route planning and landowner review. → Follow This Project

114/915 Crossroads Project

🟢 Active

Bringing new life to the Old Bank of New Brunswick and the Anderson Hollow Lighthouse. → See Community Plans

How You Can Help:

Buy a Chase the Ace ticket

— 15% of proceeds since November 1, 2024 go directly to this trail. Tickets available at Crooked Creek Convenience (Riverside-Albert) and Cookes Country Store (Hillsborough), or Friday evenings 5:30–7:00 PM at the Fundy Curling Club, 16 Mill Street. Draw is at 7:30 PM, live-streamed on Facebook — you don't need to be present to win. E-transfer tickets also accepted at ccrcchasetheace@gmail.com (include name, phone number, and location).

Volunteer

— for trail development and planning

Businesses

— reach out if you'd like to support or sponsor this initiative

Project Overview in Detailed

SENBSA Trails

Work to develop this trail is on going; In March of 2024 a presentation was made to the Village of Fundy Albert from which a working group was developed. Their first meeting was held in May to determine next steps in preparation for presentation to the community for input, routes, etc. The “tentative” trail has been tracked and submitted to Quad NB and DTI for review, comments and landowner identification in late September. Landowner permissions are not assumed, and the tentative track may need to be altered several times before the final trail is determined. Included in this trail development is an application by Quad NB which has been submitted to Fundy National Park for the use of the 45 and Old Shepody Road as part of this trail system.

The development process is complicated and will require many ongoing conversations with various stakeholders, government departments and landowners. We estimate a three-to-five-year development timeline.

This trail system when completed will add approximately 100 km of sanctioned trail and will benefit local users by joining our communities with a safe and well-maintained trail. It will also benefit SENBSA as a significant portion of the tentative tracked path uses winter snowmobile trails. Summer maintenance will keep trails in better shape for winter snowmobile use and help contribute to funding for bridges and infrastructure because of the increased number of trail users. Once this trail is finally developed, sanctioned, and signed we know that visitors will want to come and explore our area creating exciting opportunities for both existing and new business owners alike.

As with any project, one of the first hurdles is funding. With that in mind, the CCRC and the Fundy Curling Club have agreed to share 15% of the revenues from our Chase the Ace license which began on November 1, 2024, to be earmarked specifically for the ATV trail development project. We are very excited to add a second ticket sales location in Hillsborough at Cookes Country Store in addition to our established location at Crooked Creek Convenience in Riverside- Albert. Tickets can also be purchased on Friday evenings before the draw from 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm at the Fundy Curling Club at 16 Mill Street, in Riverside-Albert. The draw is at 7:30 and is live-streamed on Facebook, you do not have to be present to win. Tickets can also be purchased by e-transfer to ccrcchasetheace@gmail.com.  Please include your name, phone number, and from where in NB you are purchasing from.  Photos of tickets will be emailed back to you before the event. 

You can support this three-season ATV trail initiative by purchasing Chase the Ace tickets during this round. If you would like to volunteer to help with trail development and planning, or if you are a business interested in supporting or helping with this initiative, please contact the CCRC at Chipoudycrc@gmail.com.