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Nepisiguit Club #1
The Nepisiguit Snowmobile club #1, which is the oldest snowmobile club in the province, has the largest membership in New Brunswick with 949 registered last season (826 for 15/16), (849 for 14/15), (794 for 13/14), (809 for 12/14), (765 for 11/12), (579 for 07/08) with a strong Nova Scotia and PEI contingent and maintains a trail system about 400 Kilometers in length. The club started in 69/70 with one small groomer with membership fees of $10 and groomed about 175 Km in the area between Brunswick Mines (Old Theriault Rd), Highway 430 (Nine Mile East Rd), and the now Caribou Mines.
Trails were designated and signed by such names as Caribou, Bear, Fox, Rabbit and Beaver. Log shelters were built along the trails and were also designated with animal names. One unique feature at the beginning was that all traffic was in one direction. It made for safer trails as the drags were only so wide. The trails were made in a series of 5 loops and one could vary their trip in any combination of loops as they so wished. We only use a small percentage of these trails today in our present system< namely: Nine Mile East, Nine Mile North, Rio, and the Forty Four. As time progressed the trails expanded closer to Nepisiguit Falls where the Bathurst Fish and Game Ass. had built a lodge which is currently the Nepisiguit Sports Lodge. Then it progressed into Bathurst to the Atlantic Host Motor Inn. Then the trail system blew up into the Chaleur area ( we were all one club back then) and down to the Miramichi to the Belfont area where there was a thriving club house.
Of course everything was dependent on the volunteer. Some of the founders were Howard Doucet , Bud Kenny, John Labonville and there were a few more, plus loads of volunteers.
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Sackville
Your club is well known all across the Atlantic Provinces for the team effort and dedication it takes to make your club successful for all of us to enjoy
Halifax
Great work,great trails groomed to a tee with a lot of effort from some dedicated people
Dieppe, NB
Thank you so much for the trails reports and all the grooming hours, the trails were excellent today!!! Also, thanks for the safety message reminder!!!
NB
Thanks for the awesome job and all that effort! We went for a ride yesterday and the trails were great!!
PEI
Wicked job Boys keep up the great work you guys are committed for sure cheers
NB
amazing! Thanks for all your hard work. Mitch
Andy Perrin, Moncton
We just spent 4 nights with our good friend Alyre at Serpentine. Julie, Alyre and Vicky were gracious hosts as usual. We did a lot of off-trail riding and had a great 4 days and when we left this morning to head back to Rogers Lake we had the best surprise as it was absolutely TABLE TOP all the way back! Hats off to the groomers they did an amazing job grooming the trails!!!
oui boys
Don you all doing a awesome jobs folks--thank you -big shout out to DON AND JACKIE- NEW owners of Auberge Ressources Inn ( Sugar Camp-) awesome new menue--- Wicked Pizza -and half Chicken with home style crispy brown fries makes the crusty coated old colonel look real bad ha ha----
Fred NS
what a great job you folks do
Miramichi
You guys always do a great job Greg
Halifax
Nice keep up with the great work thanks to all who this possible
Thunder- NS
It really is to bad we cant get groomers on snow in theses early snow years earlier than 15th. Get the trails set up from dec 1st on -it seems we would have been able to handle this knuckler -if we had been groomed up last 10 days -i know all the insuransce isses ect----- ect just you guys do such a great job getting ready and when rolling now base is beat out and melting much tougher for team -we had wicked riding last week-i am sure- Don you have tried to be more flexible with dates but if all clubs agree the province or who ever should bend-alot less work for you guys for this year if we started earlier and got our base - and NO disspointment foreveryone whos booked for next week lol me included--Thanks for all you do my friend --see you soon- cheers THUNDER
Moncton
BEST snowmobile club around.. you guys do great work and we’re always pleasantly surprised by conditions when we go up your way. Keep up the good work!! And thanks to everyone involved. Alex
THUNDER
YOU GUYS ARE AMAZING ----!!! GREAT JOB ON RED BROOK AND EVERYTHING YOU HAVE DOING TO MAKE 2020 the ------snowmobling year yet---cheers Paul
PEI
I am amazed at the amount of work done at this club.Thanks to all the volunteers and sponsors!! Bob
PEI
you guys do an awesome job and you get lots of snow which PEI does not.
Donald
PEI
Thanks for all the work you guys put into the trail system. It is always a joy to look forward to! Randall
New Brunswick
Can't say enough for all the work you guys do.The grooming alone is an epic task but that's just the icing on service provided by volunteers provide to ensure a safe and enjoyable trail system...Thanks to all. Bob
Bathurst
I have heard so many wonderful comments from tourists and those who visit our region on what an amazing job you have all done! Kudos to you all!! Angella
PEI
you guys do an awesome job and you get lots of snow which PEI does not. Donald