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Drumbeg Provincial Park

GaLLT Walks – Drumbeg Provincial Park and surrounds (2-3km)

Easy trails and low-tide beach walk with very beautiful views of nearby islands. Start at Drumbeg car park area, accessed off Stalker Road. Turn left on shoreline trail through a meadow to the last bench, which marks the park boundary. Climb down to the beach on shelving rocks at low tides. Continue along beach about 350m, staying below high tide line to avoid trespassing. Rocks are very slippery when wet. After the 5th house, look for yellow concrete public access marker and a yellow blaze in a tree by a split rail fence. Follow flagged trail through woods for about 1 km to a cross trail. There is a yellow triangle marked beach access on a log on the right. Turn left here and continue 200 metres to Stalker Road. Re-enter Drumbeg Park by the nearby park sign, or, to add another 1 km to your walk, continue down Stalker Road to the end, re-enter park by turning left on the trail above the beach to return through the woods to the car park.

GaLLT Walk — Drumbeg Provincial Park to Degnen Bay (7 km)

This walk follows park trails, sandstone beach and country roads. Start at Drumbeg car park and turn right along the shoreline and forest trail to the beach end of Stalker Road. Turn left down low bank to beach and follow high tide line to the right for 100 metres. Look for steps made out of car tires leaving the beach. At the top of the steps follow the road allowance trail for 200 metres until it reaches the end of a dirt road. Follow road about 300 metres to the corner of Sir William Drive and St. Catherine’s Drive. Turn right along Sir William Drive for about 1 km. Degnen Bay, with its government wharf and many private docks, will be to your left. Continue to South Road. Turn left and left again onto Bevmaril Cres. After 100m turn left on Maple Lane. At the top of the bluff take the steep narrow trail beside the fire hydrant to the wharf. Walk around the wharf for a view of the entire pretty bay. Look for sunflower sea stars under the wharf. From the wharf follow Degnen Rd along the shoreline to South Road. Turn right and walk 1.2 km to Coast Road. From Coast Road turn right onto Stalker and either turn left down the signed main trail into Drumbeg Park or walk all the way to the water at the end of Stalker and then turn left on the shoreline trail into the park and follow it back to the car park. If the tide is low, you may choose to walk the rock beach back to the car park.