{"id":1468,"date":"2023-03-02T21:08:21","date_gmt":"2023-03-03T00:08:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?page_id=1468"},"modified":"2023-03-03T16:43:32","modified_gmt":"2023-03-03T19:43:32","slug":"here-are-our-news-posts","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?page_id=1468","title":{"rendered":"News Posts"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"lcp_catlist\" id=\"lcp_instance_0\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=2245\">Transfer of management of Lakeview Trail<\/a>Martin Willison<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nA brief history of trail management at Long Lake\n\n\nIn 2015 Long Lake Provincial Park Association (LLPPA) adopted a 10-year management agreement with the Crown (NS Department of Natural Resources, NS-DNR) for a trail and parking lot at Long Lake Provincial Park. The facilities associated with the Lakeview Trail were constructed under this agreement and opened ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=2223\">The Spryfield Community Bench<\/a>Martin Willison<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nThe Spryfield Community Bench beside the trail at the Long Lake dam\n\n\nThe Spryfield Community Bench was put in Long Lake Provincial Park in November 2025. Three organizations worked together on this project: the Spryfield Community Association, Long Lake Provincial Park Association, and the Ecology Action Centre. The bench was made by Lake City Works in ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=2219\">Why Do Leaves Change colour.<\/a>Mike Harvey<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nLong Lake Provincial Park Association&#8217;s Martin Willison explains the science behind the fall leaf colour change.\n\n\n\n\nhttps:\/\/youtu.be\/IRkxECjuCEM\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=2215\">A Trio of Lakes<\/a>Mike Harvey<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nby Erin Mackinnon\n\n\nOn Sunday November 2nd, a group of 12 hikers took part in our latest guided hike; A Trio of Lakes.\n\n\nThe group explored the trails off the beaten track along the shores of Long Lake, Cranberry Pond and Witherod Lake. Monique Mullins-Robert captured the beauty of Long Lake perfectly in this photo.\n\n\nStay tuned for ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=2200\">Seeking Volunteer Treasurer<\/a>Martin Willison<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nVolunteer Treasurer \u2013 Long Lake Provincial Park Association\nPosition Type: VolunteerLocation: Spryfield\/HalifaxTime Commitment: ~5-10 hours\/monthTerm: 1\u20132 years (renewable)\n\n\nRole Overview:The Treasurer is a key member of the Long Lake Provincial Park Association\u2019s Board of Directors,responsible for managing the organization\u2019s finances in a transparent, accurate, and ethical manner.This includes overseeing budgeting, financial reporting, and ensuring compliance with allapplicable ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=2194\">Seeking a Treasurer for Long Lake Provincial Park Association<\/a>Mike Harvey<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nLong lake Provincial Park Association is seeking a volunteer to fill our Treasurer position, please see info below.\n\n\n\n\n\nAre you passionate about nature and numbers? Join our Long Lake Provincial Park Association andhelp protect one of Halifax area\u2019s natural treasures!\n\n\nVolunteer Treasurer \u2013 Long Lake Provincial Park AssociationPosition Type: Volunteer Location: Spryfield\/Halifax Time Commitment: ~5-10 hours\/month Term: ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=2177\">Long Lake Park visitor potential<\/a>Martin Willison<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nLong Lake Provincial Park (shown in purple in the map below) is unusual among Nova Scotia&#8217;s provincial parks in that it lies closely adjacent to the largest urban population in Canada east of Qu\u00e9bec. Access to the park is easy for many people by walking, biking, bus or car. By contrast, most of Nova Scotia&#8217;s ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=2157\">Speech from the Throne, a tonic<\/a>Martin Willison<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nIt was good to hear King Charles speak about the importance of parks and nature at the opening of Parliament in Ottawa today (May 27th 2025). CTV reported this part of the speech as follows:\n\n\n&#8220;Nature is core to Canada\u2019s identity,\u201d said the King. He added the Liberal government will \u201cprotect more of Canada\u2019s nature than ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=2077\">Elected representatives for Long Lake Provincial Park<\/a>Martin Willison<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nLong Lake Provincial Park Association (LLPPA) was formally registered as a non-profit community organization with the Nova Scotia Registry of Joint Stock Companies in 1987. LLPPA has been engaged in its registered roles since then. We advocate for conservation of the park and engagement of local communities in park management,\n\n\nSignificant successes have been the creation ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=2048\">Annual General Meeting, June 10, 2025<\/a>Martin Willison<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nThe 2025 Annual General Meeting of Long Lake Provincial Park Association (LLPPA) will be held at Captain William Spry Community Centre on June 10th, starting at 7 p.m. and finishing before 8.45 p.m.\nThe meeting will begin with a presentation by Keith Spafford of the Nova Scotia Nature Trust.Protecting What Matters: Land Conservation in Nova Scotia ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=2045\">Parking lots open for the 2025 season<\/a>Mike Harvey<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nHappy Earth day and welcome to a new park season, our parking lots have been opened for the 2025 season.\n\n\nPlease remember that Long Lake Provincial Park is a &#8220;Pack in \/ Pack Out&#8221; park, please take your garbage and anything else you bring to the park back home with you.\n\n\nThanks in advance for taking care ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=2042\">Park Cleanup Event<\/a>Mike Harvey<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nHello Park users\n\n\nLLPPA are looking for some volunteers for This Saturday to help with a Long Lake park cleanup before the opening. We want to walk the park and pickup any trash and do an inspection of the trails.\n\n\nIf you have a couple of hours to spare this Saturday April 12,2025 from 10am to 12. ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=2031\">Tree Down on trail<\/a>Mike Harvey<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nPlease  be advised that a tree is down on the lakeview section of the trail toward the back of Witherod Lake.  We will get this clears ASAP.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=2024\">Parks Day<\/a>Martin Willison<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nThe third Saturday of July is &#8220;Parks Day&#8221; in Canada. The Nova Scotia government&#8217;s parks website states:&#8220;This annual event is celebrated by provincial parks as well as federal and municipal park agencies Parks host activities where families can have fun and learn new things about the benefits of parks and historical sites, the value of ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=2014\">2024 Fun Duct Raiser<\/a>Mike Harvey<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nHere is some of the action at the cardboard boat races at Long Lake Provincial Park today in support of the Long Lake Provincial Park Association.\n\n\nThanks to our sponsors: PolyCorp, Maritime Paper, LLPPA, Spryfield Days.\n\n\nMore to come later.\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=1978\">Trail Closure &#8211; Friday Morning<\/a>Mike Harvey<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nTrail Closure Advisory, morning of May 17th\n\n\nPart of the Lakeview Trail will be closed during the morning of Friday May 17th for removal of a potentially dangerous tree which was damaged in a storm. The provincial parks department (Natural Resources and Renewables) will be doing the job and LLPPA volunteers will be present to advise ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=1958\">2024 Winter Carnival<\/a>Mike Harvey<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nLLPPA hosted a winter carnival at Long Lake Park on Saturday March 2, 2024, we had the opportunity to meet many park users and some people who were discovering the park for the first time.\n\n\nWe had kids games, hikes for young and old, and a great BBQ.\n\n\nThanks to all who attended and those who volunteered, ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=1938\">Fundraising Raffle for Long Lake Park<\/a>Mike Harvey<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nOur new series of 50\/50 raffles is now active on Raffle Box. \n\n\nWe need to raise funding to operate Long Lake Provincial Park for the upcoming season.  Please help keep the park open and maintained for the summer season.\n\n\nRaffleBox Link\n\n\nA view over Withrod lake at the Lakeview Trail in Long Lake Provincial Park.\n\n<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=1931\">Winter Carnival 2024<\/a>Martin Willison<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nThe first Long Lake Provincial Park &#8216;Winter Carnival&#8217; will be held on Saturday March 2nd at the trailhead parking lot at 10 Dunbrack Street. This entrance to the park is located where Cowie Hill Road intersects with Dunbrack Street. Activities will begin at 10 a.m. and continue until 3 p.m., as follows:\n\n\n\nAll day: Free hot ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=1924\">Long Lake Winter Carnival<\/a>Mike Harvey<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\n\n\n\nYou may have seen that we are hosting a &#8220;Long Lake Winter Carnival&#8221; with Engage Nova Scotia and a crew of local partners\n\n\nat Long Lake Park. We hope to see you there!\n\n\nWe are pleased to share the detailed schedule of what you can expect (so you can time your arrival) and share these details\n\n\nwith your ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=1913\">50\/50 Fundraising Raffle<\/a>Mike Harvey<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nOur next fundraiser for Long Lake Park will be starting March 1, 2024. We will again be holding a series of Rafflebox raffles. Please support the Long Lake Provincial Park Association as we raise funds to keep the park clean and the trails safe.\nLong Lake Provincial Park does not receive funding from the province for ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=1907\">Witherod Lake in the fall.<\/a>Mike Harvey<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nLong lake park is a wonderful place all year long, but it the fall with our many trees, it&#8217;s when it gets to show it&#8217;s true colors!\n\n\nThis was originally filmed in 2021. Enjoy and relax.\n\n\n\n\nhttps:\/\/youtu.be\/_Fjo-eiO0Co\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=1893\">English Oak tree at Long Lake<\/a>Martin Willison<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nMixed forest\n\n\nThe forest in Long Lake Provincial Park is described as a &#8220;mixed forest&#8221;, meaning that the forest has a wide range of species of trees. In Nova Scotia in particular &#8220;mixed forest&#8221; usually means that there are several species of evergreen conifers (trees that have needle-like leaves and seeds within cones) and several species ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=1883\">Closing the Gates<\/a>Martin Willison<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nLong Lake Provincial Park Association (LLPPA) is frequently asked why the gates to the parking lots at Long Lake Provincial Park are closed for the winter.\u00a0 It\u2019s a simple question to ask but a difficult one to answer fully.\n\n\nOne of the gates at Long Lake Provincial Park on 20th November 2023. \n\n\nAgreement with the province\n\n\nLLPPA ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=1870\">New map of the park<\/a>Martin Willison<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nLong Lake Provincial Park Association (LLPPA) is pleased to announce that we have a new map of the Lakeview Trail region of the park that is managed by LLPPA.  The map has been prepared by cartographer Darren Talbot who lives in Spryfield.  Once we have raised sufficient funds and have sorted out the ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=1865\">Final 2023 Park Cleanup &#8211; Sat. Dec. 2, 2023<\/a>Mike Harvey<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nHi All\n\n\nWell it&#8217;s that time of year again, the days are colder and its dark by suppertime.\n\n\nIt&#8217;s also time to do one more cleanup in Long Lake Provincial Park before the snow buries things.\n\n\nWe need some help with this cleanup, we want to walk all the trails and the beach areas and make sure they ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=1863\">Park Closing for Winter<\/a>Mike Harvey<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nWe would like to remind all park users that the Long Lake Provincial Park parking lots like all provincial parks close for the winter. This park is maintained by volunteers of the Long Lake Provincial Park Association, therefore we are able to keep the parking lots open a little longer, but we do still have ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=1841\">The ducks of Duck Cove<\/a>Martin Willison<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nVisitors to Long Lake are frequently welcomed by ducks.  The easiest place to see the ducks and visit with them is at Duck Cove near Old Sambro Road close to the end of Dunbrack Street. The ducks are used to people and often swim over hoping for a treat.  Food is a strong ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=1825\">Barb&#8217;s Bench at Long Lake<\/a>Martin Willison<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nThe purple bench near the Long Lake dam is a popular spot for visitors to enjoy the view across Long Lake.  It&#8217;s a special bench with a special meaning.\n\n\nBarb&#8217;s Bench at Long Lake Provincial Park provides a place to rest and appreciate the lake.\n\n\nThe bench was placed in Long Lake Provincial Park by the ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=1815\">A Busy October Weekend at Long Lake<\/a>Martin Willison<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nWhile most of Nova Scotia&#8217;s day-use parks officially closed on October 12th this year (2023), Long Lake Provincial Park and a few others that are managed by volunteer community groups still have open gates. The weekend of October 14th and 15th was specially busy at Long Lake Provincial Park.  \n\n\nHarness Dog Sports Event\n\n\nThe Maritime ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=1799\">LLPPA Volunteer Walk<\/a>Mike Harvey<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nLLPPA members lead a nice walk around the Lake View trail on Friday night, it was really nice to get to know some of our volunteers and spend some time with them. The Lake View trail makes it&#8217;s way around Witherod Lake.\n\n\nThanks to all who make time to care for our park.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=1780\">Managing the park keeps volunteers busy<\/a>Martin Willison<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nThere is always plenty to do at Long Lake Provincial Park.  Here are some before and after images from today (September 21st 2023) of work to keeps signs visible and fix potholes.  Work like this is needed almost daily through the summer.  \n\n\nIt took one pensioner using hand tools about four hours ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=1735\">Fall is for Fungi<\/a>Martin Willison<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nFall is approaching and this is the time of year when an abundance of fungi can be observed in the forest at Long Lake Park.  Fungi are present all year round but we see them more frequently at this time of year because they produce more of their above-ground reproductive structures in summer and ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=1729\">Benches repaired<\/a>Martin Willison<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nThe Lakeview Trail at Long Lake Provincial Park has many benches at rest stops in wooded areas along the trail.  Some of these have been adopted as memorials.  Long Lake Provincial Park Association maintains the benches to the best of our ability depending on availability of volunteers.\n\n\nLLPPA volunteers repairing a bench on the ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=1713\">Snowshoe hares at Long Lake<\/a>Martin Willison<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nSnowshoe Hare, Varying Hare, Rabbit\n\n\nBiologists have a name for all the world&#8217;s rabbit-like animals: lagomorph. There are three types of lagomorph in the world: rabbits, hares and pikas. In Nova Scotia the most common truly wild kind of lagomorph goes by several names.  It is called &#8220;snowshoe hare&#8221; because it has very large back ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=1702\">Trail repairs, August 2023 update<\/a>Martin Willison<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nThe Lakeview trail system at Long Lake Provincial Park was designed to stand up to weather events as much as possible.  Recent torrential rains have been a severe test for the design.  While most parts of the trail system have passed the test, there have been some washouts of the fine &#8216;crusher dust&#8217; ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=1663\">Park user survey<\/a>Martin Willison<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nLong Lake Provincial Park Association (LLPPA) is keen to learn more about the views and experiences of people who visit Long Lake Provincial Park. For this purpose we have created a short &#8216;visitor experience survey&#8217; which can be filled in online at https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSerj6Ysni1NfpbDKYFl-N9uypuGE5bNlYxA8ebaI0Lppj5KCA\/viewform\n\n\n\n\nLLPPA is a volunteer-run community group that manages the Lakeview Trail and its ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=1653\">A nice surprise for park visitors on Canada\u00a0Day!<\/a>Martin Willison<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nDuring Canada Day 2023, Jay Mankowski and Martin Willison welcomed visitors to Long Lake Provincial Park from many parts of HRM and beyond! Park visitors enjoyed Canada Day cupcakes, cookies and other\u00a0refreshments generously donated by local\u00a0businesses.\n\n\nThank you to Jay for organizing this annual event and\u00a0raising awareness\u00a0about\u00a0stewardship of Long Lake Provincial Park!\n\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=1634\">Poison Ivy beside the trail at Long Lake<\/a>Martin Willison<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nThere are patches of poison ivy beside the Lakeview Trail in Long Lake Provincial Park. If you are unfamiliar with poison ivy, the presence of this plant near the trail provides a good opportunity to learn to recognize the plant so that it can be avoided should you come across it again.\n\n\nWhy should poison ivy ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=1631\">Snapping turtles at Long Lake<\/a>Martin Willison<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nSnapping turtles have made nests at the edges of the trails in Long Lake Provincial Park in recent years. This is a good sign that there is a healthy population of snapping turtles in the park. People who walk along the trails may encounter one of these turtles during the summer.  This will most ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=1622\">Annual General Meeting 2023<\/a>Martin Willison<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nThe 2023 Annual General Meeting of the Long Lake Provincial Park Association will be held at the Captain William Spry Community Centre (16 Sussex Street) on Wednesday June 14th. The door to the meeting room will open at 7 p.m. The meeting will begin with a talk about the park and be followed by the ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=1615\">Our Raffle Winner<\/a>Mike Harvey<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nCongratulations to Claudia Mann Ticket #: C-1050, who has won our series final raffle # 10, winning $275.00.\n\n\nThanks to all who bought tickets and support Long Lake Provincial Park.\n\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=1610\">Summer Job, 8 weeks, Long Lake Park<\/a>Martin Willison<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nLong Lake Provincial Park Association (LLPPA) \u2013 Job NoticeLLPPA will hire a student as Park Ranger for 8 weeks, 35 hours per week, pay $14.60 per hour as provided under the Canada Summer Jobs program.Starting June 12th or 19th, 2023 (dates somewhat negotiable)Requirements for applicants :\n\n\n\nApplicant is between 15 and 30 years of age (inclusive) ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=1603\">Earth Day<\/a>Martin Willison<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nApril 22nd is International Mother Earth Day. It is commonly called Earth Day.  While we need to care for &#8216;Mother Earth&#8217; every day of the year, Earth Day is a special day for education and action.\nAnt\u00f3nio Guterres, UN Secretary-General wrote: &#8220;On International Mother Earth Day, we reflect on humanity\u2019s most important relationship \u2014 our ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=1578\">Watersheds<\/a>Martin Willison<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nLong Lake and Chain Lakes\n\n\nMuch of Long Lake Provincial Park lies in the watershed of McIntosh Run. &#8220;The Run&#8221; as it is sometimes called flows south from Long Lake and enters the Atlantic Ocean at Herring Cove. \n\n\nA watershed is all of the area from which a river or stream obtains water from precipitation. Alternative ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=1572\">International Day of Forests<\/a>Martin Willison<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nMarch 21st is International Day of Forests. It\u2019s a day for understanding and celebrating the many values that forests provide for humanity.\n\n\nThe United Nations says that \u201cextensive research demonstrates that use of forests contributes to reducing stress and promoting more positive moods and feelings.\u201d Also, \u201ca visit to a forest environment lowers blood pressure and ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=1548\">Dogs on leash<\/a>Martin Willison<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\n\n\nSign at Long Lake Provincial Park\n\n\nLong Lake Provincial Park Association has posted several notices in Long Lake Provincial Park stating that pets (notably dogs) must be leashed in the park. Some park users have wondered why dogs should be leashed, and a few refuse to follow this guidance.&nbsp; So why has LLPPA posted these notices?\n\n\nThe ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=1545\">Which Long Lake?<\/a>Martin Willison<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nLong Lake Provincial Park is well described at this Wikipedia page: https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Long_Lake_Provincial_Park_(Nova_Scotia)\n\n\nFinding information about Long Lake on the web can be confusing because there are a lot of lakes in Canada named \u201cLong Lake\u201d. Three examples of this confusion are:(a) There is a Long Lake Provincial Park in Alberta. Some people have mistakenly posted photographs ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=1535\">LLPPA Raffle #9 Winner<\/a>Mike Harvey<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nCongratulations to Darlene Burbridge who won our latest raffle, taking home $250.00.\n\n\nThanks Darlene and all who supported us by buying tickets.\n\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=1349\">Parking Lots Closing<\/a>Mike Harvey<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nNOTICE : The Main parking lot at Long Lake Park will be closed on Tuesday Dec 27th at 4pm, Please do not park there after 3:30pm.\n\n\nThe Kayak Launch lot on Old Sambro road will be closed as soon as it is empty today or tomorrow.\n\n\n\n\nSee you all next Season.\n\n\nLong Lake Provincial Park Assoc. Board\n\n<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=1286\">Park Users need to be responsible<\/a>Mike Harvey<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nWe know summer is fun and it&#8217;s hot out there, we also know that nobody wants to carry any more then they have to on a hot day, but if you can carry it in full, then it&#8217;s much easier to carry it out empty.\n\n\nWe have let you all know that we have adopted a ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=1266\">LLPPA Fundraising Raffle<\/a>Mike Harvey<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nPlease Support Long Lake Provincial Park Association by buying a 50\/50 ticket, we use this funding to keep your park clean and maintained.\n\n<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=1259\">Volunteers Needed!!<\/a>Jean-Paul Deveaux<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nSome members of the Long Lake Board discuss the park cleanup on Saturday April 14, 2018. The day was successful and the park was opened around noon.\n\n\nDo you love Long Lake Park?  Do you want to keep it clean, keep it going, or help to make it better?  Then we want to hear ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=1221\">Garbage in Parking Lot<\/a>Mike Harvey<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\n\n\n\nWe are aware of the garbage in our main parking lot, some of this was garbage collected in the park on our recent community cleanup day. Most of the garbage was picked up along Dunbrack Street, We are waiting for TIR (NS Department of Transportation and Infrastructure) to pick it up, as they do garbage ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=1210\">AGM Announcement, Keeping the Park Clean<\/a>Jean-Paul Deveaux<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">Our Annual General Meeting will be taking place on Wednesday, May 25th, 2022, at 6:00pm at the Captain William Spry Community Centre in Spryfield. All are welcome; if you are going to attend, please let us know so that we can be sure to have enough chairs set up, etc. If anyone is interested in ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=1192\">Long Lake Park open for 2022 season<\/a>Mike Harvey<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\n\n\n\n The gates to the Lakeview Trails at Long Lake Provincial Park are open for the season!. This year, we are adopting a Pack-It-In, Pack-It-Out approach to the garbage in the park.  Bring your garbage home!  And yes, this includes your dog poop bags.  This park belongs to all of us, and ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=1187\">Raffle Winner # 4<\/a>Mike Harvey<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\n\n\n\n Congratulations to J. Wombolt ticket number 1145 who has won our Feb. fundraising raffle, the prize is $447.50.\n\n\nThanks to all who bought tickets and supported our park.\n\n\nOur next raffle starts in 2 day 19 hours.\n\n\nhttps:\/\/www.rafflebox.ca\/raffle\/llppa\n\n<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=1184\">Summer is Coming<\/a>Mike Harvey<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nI personally cannot wait for Spring and Summer, getting back to the lake and enjoying a paddle along it&#8217;s shores, or just relaxing on the shores watching the sun set.\n\n\nOur 4th fundraising raffle is happening this month, please support us if you can as we will use these funds to keep the park in tip ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=1180\">Parking Lots Closing &#8211; Dec6 4pm<\/a>Mike Harvey<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\n To all Park Users &#8212; Due to the impending storm arriving tomorrow, Dec 7th, we will be closing the parking lots at Long Lake Park today at about 4-5pm. Please make sure your vehicles are not in the parking lots at this time.\n\n\nThanks for all your support.LLPPA Board \n\n<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=1176\">Help us maintain your park<\/a>Mike Harvey<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\n Only 3 days left to get your tickets and support Long Lake Park, Help us to keep the park maintained this coming year.\n\n\nhttps:\/\/www.rafflebox.ca\/raffle\/llppa\n\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=1172\">50\/50 Raffle #2<\/a>Mike Harvey<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nOur second fundraising raffle starts tomorrow, drop by our link and get your ticket.\n\n\n\n\n\nhttps:\/\/www.rafflebox.ca\/raffle\/llppa\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=1170\">50\/50 Raffle Winner<\/a>Mike Harvey<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nCongratulations to Sarah McNamara, ticket #1144 who won the 50\/50 draw in Long Lake Park Associations first raffle draw!\n\n\nThank you everyone who purchased tickets.\n\n\nOur next raffle starts on Monday Dec. 6. \n\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=1167\">Tickets on Sale Now<\/a>Mike Harvey<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nPlease help keep Long Lake Park trails in Tip Top share and your park clean. Support LLPPA&#8217;s 50\/50 Raffle \n\nhttps:\/\/www.rafflebox.ca\/raffle\/llppa\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=1162\">Support LLPPA 50\/50 Raffle<\/a>Mike Harvey<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\n\n\n\nHelp support the Long Lake Provincial Park Assoc. care for Long Lake Provincial Park. With Covid 19 making the rounds we were not able to hold any fundraising activities at the park for the past 18 months. We need to raise funds to keep the trails in tip top shape, the bathrooms clean and the ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=1158\">A Repost as a reminder.<\/a>Mike Harvey<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nLong Lake Provincial Park Association \u2013 Who are we and what do we do\n\n\nPosted on&nbsp;May 9, 2018&nbsp;by&nbsp;Mike Harvey\n\n\nThe Long Lake Provincial Park Association is a group of community minded volunteers who stepped forward to care for a new accessible park planned for Long Lake in Spryfield. The association is made up of a executive board ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=1145\">Happy Long weekend<\/a>Mike Harvey<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\n\n\n<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=1110\">Thanks for the Help<\/a>Mike Harvey<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\n\n\n\nLLPPA would like to thank whoever took the time to cleanup this little sitting spot along the trial, it&#8217;s nice to see that people care about our park and are willing to help out to keep it nice.\n\n\nSo Thanks to you for helping make the park a better place. \n\n<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=1107\">New Paving at Parking Lot<\/a>Mike Harvey<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nHi All Park users\n\n\nYou will see that the lower Parking lot at the kayak launch is closed at this time, we have had the entrance to the parking lot paved to help with dust and the potholes that form there. The lot needs to remain closed for 5 days to let the pavement cure. Please ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=1094\">Long Lake Park Open<\/a>Mike Harvey<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nWell here we are at another year for Long Lake Park being open for all to enjoy. It&#8217;s so nice to get the park cleaned up and the parking lots open for another season. The board of LLPPA would like to thank all those who came out on a beautiful morning Saturday to help us ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=1091\">Garbage issues in the park<\/a>Mike Harvey<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nLong lake Provincial Park Association wants to remind people that the park is closed for the season. when the gates are locked we do not do regular garbage pickup.  \u201cLLPPA has Never done winter pick up, due to  gates being locked and that the small number of cans that are  overflowing will ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=1088\">Parking Lots Closed<\/a>Mike Harvey<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nPlease be advised that Long Lake Park is now closed for the winter. We had a great run this year as the snow is just arriving on Dec. 17th. you will now find that the parking lots on Dunbrack St and Old Sambro road are closed for the winter. Stay safe this winter and see ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=1056\">Long Lake Park Opening for the Season<\/a>Jean-Paul Deveaux<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nWith most of the seasonal maintenance on the Lakeview Trails having been completed, and with clearance from the Provincial Government, we are happy to announce that the gates to Long Lake Provincial Park are opening this week.  \n\n\nAs much as we all want to rush out and enjoy the trails, we must remember to ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=993\">Let&#8217;s Talk Trails<\/a>Martin Willison<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">There will be a meeting (Let&#8217;s Talk Trails!) for friends of Long Lake Provincial Park on Wednesday October 23rd (starting at 7 p.m.) at the Captain William Spry Community Centre. It will be an opportunity for park users to learn more about the park and discuss its future development. The meeting is organized by Long ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=985\">Spruce Hill Lake<\/a>Mike Harvey<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">Spruce Hill Lake<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=968\">Enjoying a nature walk<\/a>Martin Willison<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">Members of the 55+ program at Chebucto Connections enjoyed a nature walk in the park on September 17th. Tasty huckleberries were a highlight of the adventure. The program helps people in Spryfield and surrounding area make new friends, meet old friends, and enjoy activities together. Long Lake Park Association is planning to hold more activities ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=966\">Eight species new to science discovered in Long Lake Park<\/a>Martin Willison<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">Professor Doug Strongman, a biologist at Saint Mary&#8217;s University, has many interests among which are the trichomycetes. &#8220;The what?&#8221; you may ask! These are fungi that live inside the guts of the larvae of aquatic insects such as mayflies and stoneflies, so it&#8217;s unlikely you will ever have seen one. All the same, trichomycetes are ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=963\">Park Closure<\/a>Mike Harvey<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">ATTENTION : PARK CLOSURE\nLong Lake provincial park will be closing tonight at 6pm for the weekend due to Hurricane Dorian. This closure is inline with the provincial decision to close all provincial parks for safety.  The park will be reassessed for damage after the storm and we will make an announcement on opening.\nThanks LLPPA\n<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=914\">Outline map of Long Lake Park<\/a>Martin Willison<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nMaps help us visualize our place in the world. This map of Long Lake Provincial Park shows that the park as a whole is about the same size as the Halifax peninsula. The map also shows a stippled region within the park. This is the region that is co-managed by Long Lake Provincial Park Association ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=905\">Trails Strategy<\/a>Martin Willison<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nI attended yesterday&#8217;s announcement by the NS government about the new &#8220;Shared Strategy for Trails in Nova Scotia&#8221;. The document is 38 pages including pictures, so it&#8217;s not overwhelming. Natural Resources Minister Iain Rankin announced over $900,000 in trails funding, including $12,000 for the BLT trail (for repairing part of the trail) and $40,000 for ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=902\"><\/a>Mike Harvey<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">It&#8217;s time to enter the August photo contest, send us your best Long Lake photo!\nWant to share your photos of Long Lake Park?, want to win a kayak rental?\n\nAnnouncing the first Long Lake Park association photo contest, send us your best photo for July, August and September, at the end of each month we will ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=898\">July Photo Contest Winner<\/a>Mike Harvey<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">Sarah Gates is the July LLPPA photo contest winner, congratulations Sara, you won a one hour free kayak rental from Long Lake Adventure company.\n\n<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=892\">FunDuct Raiser<\/a>Mike Harvey<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">Thanks to all who came out to support LLPPA at the Polycorp FunDuct Raiser.\nStart planning your boat design for next year!\nBoat loads of fun, have a look at our video.\nhttps:\/\/vimeo.com\/347937199\n<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=884\">LLPPA Summer Photo Contest<\/a>Mike Harvey<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">Want to share your photos of Long Lake Park?, want to win a kayak rental?\n\nAnnouncing the first Long Lake Park association photo contest, send us your best photo for July, August and September, at the end of each month we will have our panel of judges declare a winner who will be awarded a free ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=881\">Long lake Park Video<\/a>Mike Harvey<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">Here is a short video of Long Lake through the seasons. Enjoy the scenes.\n\nLong Lake Park - The Seasons from mikehhfx on Vimeo.\n\n<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=876\">Join the Funduc Raiser &#8211; July 13<\/a>Mike Harvey<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nDo you like to build stuff, do you enjoy community events, do you like swimming, because you might!\nBuild yourself or your teams boat with cardboard and Duct Tape and race it around the course to win, all while raising money for Long Lake Park.\nAnd if your build does not go so well?, you can have ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=873\">Fun DUCT-Raiser<\/a>Mike Harvey<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nFun-DUCT-Raiser\nWhen: Saturday, July 13th, 2019\nTime: 1:00 pm \u2013 4:00 pm (check-in at 12:00 pm)\nWhere: Old Pumphouse Site at Long Lake Provincial Park, Halifax (Off Old Sambro Rd and Opposite Schnare Street)\nPhone: 902-442-9435\nWebsite: www.funductraiser.org\n<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=869\">LLPPA AGM Reminder<\/a>Mike Harvey<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">PLEASE NOTE: The LLPPA AGM is tonight Thursday June 20th at 6pm at SDBC 339 Herring Cove Rd. 2nd floor.\nPlease note the AGM is open to association members only at this time.\n<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=857\">Join Our Team<\/a>Mike Harvey<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nLLPPA would like to have more help and involve our community in planning and maintaining our park.\nIf you are interested in joining Long Lake Provincial Park association please fill in the form below.\nThe current members of the LLPPA have worked hard so far in developing this park for all to use, and it is now ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=849\">Cancelled AGM<\/a>Mike Harvey<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">We would like to apologize to anyone who missed our Facebook post about the cancellation of our AGM. This was a sudden cancelation the night before and I forgot to post here on our site that the meeting was cancelled. Please bear with us while we work on getting it rebooked.\nCheers Mike H\n<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=846\">LLPPA AGM<\/a>Mike Harvey<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">We would like to invite all who are interested to join us for our Annual General Meeting. \nArmdale Yacht Club,  75 Burgee Run, Halifax NS B3P 0C9\nApril 24th,2019\n7pm to 8pm\n<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=842\">Welcome to our 2019 season<\/a>Mike Harvey<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nFinally winter is behind us and the gates are open, we hope you all enjoy the park.\nfrom the LLPPA Board members\n<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=837\">Long Lake Park opens tomorrow<\/a>Mike Harvey<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">Well it&#8217;s been an ok winter, but spring is here, and the park is opening it&#8217;s gates.\nWe will be opening the gates to the parking lot tomorrow Saturday March 30th. The park fared well over the winter with not a lot of winter damage, there are a couple trees that might need trimming, and some ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=814\">Commenting on this site<\/a>Mike Harvey<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">If you would like to comment on this site, please be advised the you must post with a valid email address and name or your post will not be approved. \n<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=812\">Kayaking at Long Lake<\/a>Mike Harvey<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">What better way to spend an evening then a kayak on Long Lake.\nhttps:\/\/youtu.be\/85LS2Lgxj2c\n<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=799\">Kayakers enjoy lake<\/a>Mike Harvey<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nLots  of  kayakers on the lake tonight, so nice to see people using Long Lake.\n<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=797\">New website coming soon<\/a>Mike Harvey<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">Hi All\nOver the next week you will see a new look to the Long Lake Provincial Park Assoc. website, our Blog, which is where you are now will be moving to a new location, but will remain the main communication and news outlet for LLPPA. Our Web Home page will be updated with a new ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=793\">Kayak Rentals Update<\/a>Mike Harvey<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">LLPPA would like to remind people that the Kayak\/Canoe launch is a public launch for anyone to use. Bring your own boat and enjoy the lake.\nYou will find two Kayak Drop off parking spots near the launch site, these are 15 min. Parking only so you can drop your boat when the parking lot is ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=757\">Sometimes the design needs a little work<\/a>Mike Harvey<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">Hopefully these 2 young fellas will be back next year with a redesigned&nbsp; boat.\n#Fun-DUCT-Raiser\n\n<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=728\">Weather cancels\/postpones some Spryfield Day events<\/a>Mike Harvey<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">Well&nbsp;as&nbsp;you&nbsp;know&nbsp;the&nbsp;rain&nbsp;came,&nbsp;and&nbsp;it&nbsp;put&nbsp;a&nbsp;bit&nbsp;of&nbsp;a&nbsp;damper&nbsp;on&nbsp;tonight&#8217;s&nbsp;festivities,&nbsp;but&nbsp;join&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;other&nbsp;events&nbsp;tomorrow&nbsp;and&nbsp;join&nbsp;LLPPA&nbsp;for&nbsp;fireworks&nbsp;next&nbsp;Saturday&nbsp;night.\n\n<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=594\">#FunDuctRaiser: Duct Tape Boat Races<\/a>Mike Harvey<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">Lots of people showed up to see the Duct Tape boat races today. Here are some of the images of the fun. Next year why not enter!\n<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=529\">Morning Kayak<\/a>Mike Harvey<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">Nice morning on Long Lake, had a great paddle, a few others on the lake , a paddle boarder, and a canoe.\n\n<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=527\">Long Lake Provincial Park Association &#8211; Who are we and what do we do<\/a>Mike Harvey<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">The Long Lake Provincial Park Association is a group of community minded volunteers who stepped forward to care for a new accessible park planned for Long Lake in Spryfield. The association is made up of a executive board and several committee chairs and members.\n\nThe Spryfield Business Commission&#8217;s Bruce Holland was initially contacted by Councillor Steve ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=418\">Look at all that Garbage<\/a>Mike Harvey<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">Again Long Lake Provincial Park Assoc. would like to thank the 30+ volunteers who helped cleanup the park on Saturday, we collected over 50 bags of garbage, here are a few photos of the final hour of getting the day finished, and the park open.\n&#8221; order_by=&#8221;imagedate&#8221; order_direction=&#8221;ASC&#8221; returns=&#8221;included&#8221; maximum_entity_count=&#8221;500&#8243;]\n<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=417\">Beware of Ticks<\/a>Mike Harvey<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nWe wanted to alert everybody that someone found a tick after being in Long Lake Park on the weekend. Ticks are in the area, some areas more then others, so please keep an eye out if you walking in the woods or tall grass.\n<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=411\">Long Lake Park open for the Season<\/a>Mike Harvey<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">&nbsp;\nA special thanks for all those who attended and helped us clean the park\u00a0for a successful opening on Saturday. We had about 30 people show up at the main parking lot yesterday at 9am. Everybody grabbed bags and headed out quickly to clean the park, some headed for the trails, while others worked on the ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=407\">Park Cleanup for Opening<\/a>Mike Harvey<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nHi All\nWell many of you have been asking about your park and when it will be opened. The winter and some of our winter visitors have been hard on the park, there is a lot of maintenance to be finished before we can open the park. We have 27 areas that our trails have washed ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=398\">Park Closing for the Winter<\/a>Mike Harvey<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nLong Lake Park Association would like to thank all our visitors for a wonderful year of park use. We have encountered many wonderful park users during the spring, summer and fall and we hope you all enjoyed your walks, runs hikes and bike rides as well as our new kayak\/canoe launch over the summer.\nWith winter ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=396\">Park used in promotional video<\/a>Mike Harvey<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">See our park in a promotional video for Long Lake Park Village. Did you know that Atlantic Developments and Polycorp were instrumental in getting our trails developed.\nhttps:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LongLakeVillage\/videos\/1892743220754547\/\n&nbsp;\n<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=383\">Join us for a Paddle<\/a>Mike Harvey<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nKayak\/Canoe Roundup\nCome on out to join us on the Lake this\nDate: Saturday, September 16th,\nTime: from 1 pm to 4 pm.\nAt the new parking lot off Old Sambro Road, we will be entering at the new Canoe\/Kayak Launch area.\nAs part of our Spryfield Harvest Festival, we are hosting a Kayak\/Canoe Roundup this year. Whether you canoe ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=379\">Filming a sunset<\/a>Mike Harvey<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">There was some filming taking place at Long Lake park tonight. Watch for our park staring in a development ad soon.\n\n\n<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=371\">New Directional signs<\/a>Mike Harvey<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">Some new signs have been put up along the trails to help people find their way.\n\n<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=368\">Sunset&#8217;s of Colour<\/a>Mike Harvey<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\n<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=366\">Kayak \/ Canoe launch area open<\/a>Mike Harvey<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">Great news, our Kayak\/ canoe launch area is now open at our Old Sambro Rd trail head.\n<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=360\">Trail View<\/a>Mike Harvey<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">This view is from the new point Trail at the old pumphouse site on Old Sambro Rd.\n\n<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=356\">Long Lake Park &#8211; Phase 2<\/a>Mike Harvey<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">Phase 2 of the upgrades to Long Lake Park are nearly complete. There are now new trails, parking lot and canoe\/kayak launch at the old pump house site on Old Sambro Road. These new trails also connect to the Lakeview trail at the end of North West Arm Drive.\n\n&nbsp;\n<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=329\">Benny has been found &#8211; Lost Dog in Long Lake Park<\/a>Mike Harvey<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nThis dog is missing in Long Lake Park area&#8230;last known sighting was in the wooded area between the St. Margaret Bay parking lot and this way, towards the Lakeview Trail; he was last sighted Yesterday.&nbsp; Please email out to your networks. The owner is devastated&#8230;and has been going back each day or night, trying to ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=328\">New Trail Surface<\/a>Mike Harvey<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">We want to share our good news! Our Lakeview trail has a new smooth surface. Special thanks to Polycorp and Peter Polly for his continued support of Long Lake Provincial Park Assoc.\nIt was nice to see people out on the trail this morning and especially nice to see moms with strollers enjoys a walk.\n\n<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=317\">Join the Fun Run at Long Lake Provincial Park.<\/a>Mike Harvey<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\n<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=314\">Trails and Parking Lot now visible on Google Earth<\/a>Mike Harvey<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nHave a look at Google Maps or Google Earth, our Lakeview trail and our parking lot are now visible on the maps.\n<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=312\">Garbage disposal<\/a>Mike Harvey<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">Attention all residents, the garbage cans and storage box at the Long Lake Parking lot and trails are not for household garbage.\nAnyone found dumping garbage at any of the Long Lake Park areas will be charged with littering or whatever charge the police deem appropriate.\nThis household garbage is now littering our parking lot.\n\n<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=308\">Lots of snow in the woods today.<\/a>Mike Harvey<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">There was lots of snow in the park today. We decided to head in near Walker Road and along crabberry pond, had a great walk.\n<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=297\">Cold lake this week<\/a>Mike Harvey<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">It was very cold on our walk around the lake this week, but soon summer will arrive and we can launch our kayak at the new boat launch.\n\n<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=295\">Dogs must be on leash<\/a>Mike Harvey<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">Please remember that all dogs must be on leash as all times while walking the trails at Long Lake Park.\n<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=293\">Access to Parking lot open<\/a>Mike Harvey<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">After a little shoveling, there is access to the Long Lake parking lot off of NW Arm drive. The parking lot is quite clear.\n<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=288\">Long Lake Provincial Park Assoc. General Meeting<\/a>Mike Harvey<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">All are\u00a0welcome to attend the Long Lake Provincial Park Assoc. Annual General Meeting.\nOn Monday January 9th at 8pm, Captain William Spry Centre.\nCome see the people behind making the park more accessible for residents.\n\n<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=285\">Merry Christmas &#038; Happy Holidays<\/a>Mike Harvey<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\n<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=283\">New Trail surface<\/a>Mike Harvey<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">There is a new surface on some of the trail from Old Sambro Rd to the end of the parking lot. This section was done last week. It&#8217;s very nice and smooth and quite to walk on. hopefully we can get the rest of it finished the same way.\n\n<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=275\">POSTPONED &#8211; Long Lake Park Assoc. &#8211; Annual General Meeting<\/a>Mike Harvey<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">POSTPONED &#8211; Please be advised\u00a0 &#8211; The Annual General Meeting (AGM) for Long Lake Provincial Park Association has been postponed until January 9, 2017 at 8pm, at Cpt. William Spry Center. Please watch for the announcement in the December issue of the Chebucto News.\n<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=273\">Long Lake Park &#8211; Phase 2<\/a>Mike Harvey<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">Here is an update to this post, we are posting before and after photos to see how much safer the pump house area will be.\n<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=271\">POSTPONED _ Long Lake Park Assoc. &#8211; Annual General Meeting<\/a>Mike Harvey<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">Long Lake Park Assoc. would like to invite you to our Annual General Meeting, being held on November 21, 2016 at The Captain William Spry centre, 16 Sussex St, Halifax, NS B3R 1N8. at 7pm.\n&nbsp;\n<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=267\">Fall colors at Long Lake<\/a>Mike Harvey<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">&nbsp;\n&nbsp;\n&nbsp;\n<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=259\">New 379-Acre Urban Wilderness Park Proposed for Halifax<\/a>Mike Harvey<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">&nbsp;\nNature Conservancy of Canada Proposes Urban Wilderness Park for Halifax\nHalifax, NS (August 25, 2016) \u2013 The Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) in partnership with the Shaw Group, is proposing a large new urban wilderness park for Halifax, within 5 kilometers of the downtown core.\u00a0 The proposal would see 153 hectares (379 acres) of mixed forest ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=254\">N.S. Woods &#038; Trails still closed<\/a>Mike Harvey<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">NATURAL RESOURCES&#8211;Travel Restrictions Lifted for Cape Breton \n\n&nbsp;\nRestrictions on travel and activities within the woods announced last week have been lifted for Cape Breton. The restrictions remain in place for Mainland Nova Scotia until further notice.\n\u00a0Conditions in Cape Breton are less dry than the mainland. \n&#8220;We appreciate everyone&#8217;s co-operation while these restrictions are in place. ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=252\">Trail Condition<\/a>Mike Harvey<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">To All Park Users\nWe would like to assure you that \u00a0the Long Lake Provincial Park Assoc. are aware of the trail surface issues, and want to thank everybody for bringing this to our attention.\nWe are currently working on solutions so that the trail will be usable and comfortable to all park users. This has been ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=251\">Long Lake Park Trails closed until further notice<\/a>Mike Harvey<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nPLEASE BE ADVISED\nThe Long Lake Park trails will be closed as of Noon today, Tuesday August 9, 2016 due to the dry conditions and fire hazard.\nDo not park in the parking lot off of North West Arm Drive as the gates are going to be locked today.\nFor more information on fire conditions and trail closures ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=177\">Official opening of the Lakeview Trail and Long Lake Provincial Park Parking Lot<\/a>Mike Harvey<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">Today was a special day for Long Lake Provincial Park Assoc. and all those involved in the new parking lot and trail system at Long Lake Provincial Park. The trail and parking lot officially opened today on Earth Day with a ribbon cutting and unveiling of the Provincial Park sign. After years of planning by ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=168\">Put Trash in it&#8217;s place &#8211; Park Cleanup Sunday April 17th<\/a>Mike Harvey<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nLong Lake Park Cleanup\nHelp us cleanup Long Lake Park on Sunday April 17, 2016 &#8211; 10am &#8211; 12pm, volunteers needed to help cleanup the park . Meet at the new parking Lot at North West Arm Drive and Cowie Hill Road.\nBest to wear boots and bring gloves , we will supply Garbage bags.\n&nbsp;\n<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=162\">Grand Opening, Long Lake Provincial Park Lakeview Trail.<\/a>Mike Harvey<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\n<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=158\">Trail construction nearing completion<\/a>Mike Harvey<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">  \nThe trails construction is moving ahead with some of the trail at the back of Withrod lake nearly completed. Bridges are installed at points where a watercourse runs across the trail, and other places\u00a0have culverts installed. Already we are seeing many people enjoying the new trails. But please be careful while in the ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=151\">Trail Construction<\/a>Mike Harvey<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">Construction\u00a0on the new trails is well under way, the parking lot is in and it&#8217;s full steam ahead. Anyone that are used to going into Long Lake Provincial Park at the end of Peter Saulnier Dr (formally Cowie Hill Drive) will notice lots of work going on there, trucks and machinery working on the new ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=139\">Next LLPPA meeting &#8211; Location Change<\/a>Mike Harvey<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">Location Change\n&nbsp;\nOur meeting has been moved to the Spryfield Business Commission 339 Herring Cove Road, Suite 209\n.\nOur next meeting will be on Wednesday November18, 2015\u00a0 6pm, at the Captian William Spry Ctr.\nPlease join us.\n<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=132\">New parking lot construction started<\/a>Mike Harvey<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">A new parking lot and trail system project has begun this month on the east side of Long Lake Provincial Park. Long Lake\u00a0Provincial Park Association along with The Department of Natural Resources have been working with Polycorp&#8217;s Peter Polly to get this project underway. We\u00a0are\u00a0very pleased to see construction begin on the Parking lot\u00a0entrance, the ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=128\">New Design Released<\/a>Mike Harvey<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">At last nights Annual General Meeting of LLPPA ( Long Lake Provincial Park Assoc.) plans were unveiled for development of the Old Pumphouse area. The new park will include, parking, Kayak\/Canoe launch, pit toilets, picnic area and stroller accessible walking trails.\nView the full PDF file\n&nbsp;\n<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=120\">Labour day weekend\u00a0<\/a>Mike Harvey<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">Nice paddle on Sunday morning at Long Lake before it got too hot.&nbsp;\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\n<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=114\">Stop breaking glass<\/a>Mike Harvey<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">Please stop breaking glass in your park. Here is just a sampling of the glass beer bottles littering some of the beach areas along the lakeshore off Old Sambro Rd. This is dangerious for children and others.\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\n&nbsp;Thanks Long lake Provincial Park Assoc.\n<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=111\">Paddle<\/a>Mike Harvey<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">nice day for a paddle on Long Lake&nbsp;\n&nbsp;\n<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=109\">Sunset at The lake<\/a>Mike Harvey<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">Almost missed tonights sunset at the lake. &nbsp;\n&nbsp;&nbsp;\n<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=106\">Long Lake Park Assoc get $40.000 Grant<\/a>Mike Harvey<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">Members of the Long Lake Provincial Park Assoc. attend an announcement at the Dam on Old Sambro rd on Friday June 26, 2015. A provincial grant of $40.000 will be used to develope a family park at the site of the old pumping station on Old Sambro Rd. We will be announcing a public meeting ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=104\">Giant Flea Market<\/a>Mike Harvey<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">Buy or sell your stuff&nbsp;&nbsp;\n<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=89\">Foot prints<\/a>Mike Harvey<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">It&#8217;s always a pleasure to find tracks in the snow on the trails\n\n<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=80\">Long Lake Park Management Plan by DNR<\/a>Mike Harvey<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">Here is a link to the Department of Natural Resources management plan for Long Lake Provincial Park.\nhttp:\/\/novascotia.ca\/natr\/parks\/management\/pdf-longlake\/dpma1208.pdf\n<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=63\">Next Meeting<\/a>Mike Harvey<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">Our next meeting of the Long Lake Park Association will be January 19, 2015 at the\nUpdated&#8230;.\nCaptian William Spry Center\nKidston Rd , Spryfield.\nSpryfield and District Business Commission\n 211-339 Herring Cove Road\n Halifax, NS\nIf you are interested in joining our group, please come to our next meeting.\n<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=56\">Long Lake wins &#8220;Best Place to Swim&#8221;, by Halifax<\/a>Mike Harvey<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">Every Year The Coast publishes &#8220;The Best Of&#8221; and this year 2014 our Lake, Long Lake was voted best place to Swim!, not only that , it&#8217;s been voted best place to swim in 2012 and 2013. What an honor to be named the best place to swim, I guess that&#8217;s why on every warm ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=1\">Welcome to Long Lake Park<\/a>Mike Harvey<div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">Welcome to the new Long Lake Provincial Park Assoc. web site. Stay tuned for updates and information on Halifax&#8217;s largest park.\n<\/div><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1298,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/template-featured-image.php","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":{"0":"post-1468","1":"page","2":"type-page","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"entry"},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P5hACB-nG","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1468","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1468"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1468\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1528,"href":"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1468\/revisions\/1528"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}