Irving Nature Park
A peninsula nature park on the city's southwest coast, with coastal trails, salt-marsh boardwalks and Taylor Island beach where you can see seabirds and seals; free admission.
Irving Nature Park was donated by the Irving family and covers about 240 hectares of dunes, salt marshes, forest and rocky shoreline. A one-way road around the peninsula has several parking areas and viewpoints, where you can stop to walk boardwalks and forest trails. In summer, seals can often be seen on the rocks; spring and autumn are the migratory bird seasons; and at low tide you can collect shells on the beach. Admission is free. The driving loop is seasonally open (roughly May to November), while walking trails are open year-round. It is about a 10-minute drive from downtown.
Opening hours
About 08:00 until sunset (road open seasonally)
Nearby sights
- Reversing Falls Rapids
- Carleton Martello Tower
- Fort Howe Lookout
- Barbour's General Store
- Market Square & Harbour Passage
- Uptown Saint John (Trinity Royal)
- Loyalist House
- Trinity Church