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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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Blair Branch
I would like to thank Don and all the staff at Nepisiguit club Number 1 for another great year also the Groomer operators for a great year Blair
Joey
Great job Don to you and your team another awesome year of trails in the books
Denise
Thank you so much for all your updates and infos, you're an amazing volunteer And yes the trails were awesome all winter..great job ???? Nepisiguit Club #1
Mark
Thank you. Great trails as usual. So much hard work.
Bathurst
Outstanding trails this year as usual.
Thunder
Don -sending you GOOD vibes for you and your family-hoping all turns out ok-Family first is right my FRIEND--big hug
Bill from Labrador. Wec
Big shout out to Nepisiguit club for giving us some prime trails to ride on! We did a tour of northern New Brunswick and loved it. We did Bathurst area, Acadian Peninsula, Miramichi and Edmundston and Moose Valley Lodge area.
Barry NS
Thanks for the great up to date website and I really enjoy the trail map that shows grooming status. I wish we had 25% of your snow. Regards
Mike
We were out for a run to the camp on Saturday, trails were great..thanks to the groomer operators for all their work. Point of interest to sledders with blinders on, stop signs mean stop! Please use them. We followed a couple of sledders down from Arlo brook and they blew through every stop sign on the trail to the Sormany Lodge, and the signs were visible. Be safe out there.
Trevor NS
I was with a group on your trails last week, SUPER AWESOME JOB! Thank you Don for your daily reports and hard work!
mike
Keep up the great job grooming we couldn't sled with out yas cheers BOYS FROM THE SOUTH
Randall and André PEI
Enjoying some of the best trails we have been on in a long time. Great job to all the hard workers that make it so enjoyable. Even today with the new snow it was a lot of fun.
Fred NS
Great job folks we were on your trails yesterday for a few hours. Awesome flat trails what a great job you guys do and that’s on a Sunday morning
George Richard
Trails were awesome today , the best I've ever been on. great job ! Everyone we met were smiling and happy about the trail condition.
Bathurst
Great work done by your crew!
PEI
Perfect 10 out of 10. Thanks guys and keep up the good work Dave
Thunder- NS
WE just finished our annual QUI-BOY Trip- and its always ends up at the end of each day -we plan our route to end on the BEST trails in our system- CLUB #one- of course - best updates- most grooming and great team- hats off to Joan and her pit crew- and where else in the world can you get more consistent enjoyable experence than Nepisiguit-lodge and the Atlantic host -yeeeha -lets call the Boys - load our toys -QUI BOY ! QUI BOY! lets go SLEDING --Cheers-
Gary Scothorn, NS
Message: U are all during a great job on trails this year, I have seen the best of trails ever! amazing how u can keep this up with the amount of snow we have had already this season, not to mention the two major rain falls. The new trail 503 is a beautiful trail to explore the mountains and valleys within the nepesiguit trail system,plus it makes the perfect loop from Bathurst and return for out of towners. I also think it is time to give Don Kenny a very big Thank you for all of the information given on the big white north snowmobiling world, with trail updates, event updates, weather updates and what ever else goes on with club #1 and Bathurst area.This takes a Hugh amount of dedication and time. I hear snowmobillers talking all over Atlantic Canada about reading Don Web pages. All of these things add up to a beautiful place to vacation and snowmobile with a very friendly, neighborly group of people from all over Bathurst area and Atlantic Canada. BIG THANK YOU !!!!
Mike Chapman
We might be 6 hours away but we come up as often as possible...I just wanted to say, that besides the obvious of your trails being amazing, your efforts and work is simply amazing!! Your dedication is second to none...well done folks!!!!!
Denise
Tks to you all for your great work with the trails..Club #1 The BEST !!!