Attend any 2 programs
Leave nature undisturbed, but pick up at least one piece
of manmade litter. What did you pick up and where?
Name at least one Species At Risk in Fundy. (Hint: Check
out Salt & Fir Visitor Guide or ask any park staff)
What year was the Point Wolfe Covered Bridge built?
Walk around MacLaren Pond (between the Visitor Centre and
outdoor theatre). How did that pond get there? (Hint: Look at the
interpretive panels).
Do the activity in the Salt & Fir Visitor Guide on pg 24
-25. Match creatures to their habitats.
Draw 1 park animal that you have seen in the park. Where
did you see it?
There are pencils, crayons, and paper you can use at the
Fundy National Park Visitor Centre Club Corner.
Attend any 3 programs
What has been done at the salt water swimming pool to use more of the sun’s
energy to heat the water? (Hint: Go for a swim and check it out, ask a
lifeguard)
Go to the Visitor Centre and sort mock garbage into Blue and Green. Write
down their letters in the space provided below.
What is the tide pole for on Alma Beach? How many red stripes does it have?
What evidence of old logging activity can you see at Point Wolfe? (Hint:
Visit Point Wolfe Beach and read the interpretive panels on the Shiphaven
Trail).
How many islands are there in Bennett Lake?
DRAW or name 2 different birds or signs of birds that you have seen in the
park. Where did you see them?
Attend any 3 programs
Walk or bike to a program or activity instead of driving.
(Get an interpreter to confirm your journey).
What is special about the woodlots that the campfire wood comes from? (Hint:
Ask a campground or Visitor Centre attendant).
Hike a trail to a waterfall and draw a picture of it for us.
Name two carnivorous plants growing in the bog on Caribou Plain Trail. (Hint:
Check out interpretive panels along the trail).
What structure was created by an animal along the first boardwalk on the
Caribou Plain Trail?
DRAW or name 3 different insects or signs of insects that you have seen in
the park. Where did you see them?
Attend any 4 programs
Bring someone with you to a park program who has never been to one before.
(Be sure to get their signature and introduce them to the interpreter)
What else could Fundy National Park do to be environmentally responsible that
we are not already doing? (Fill out ideas in the card, but also on a small piece
of paper. Give it to an interpreter or put it into the suggestion box at the
Club Corner)
During your park visit, what change have you decided to make that will change
your impact on nature when you return home?
Go to Caribou Plain Trail and Tippen Lot trail (south of Point Wolfe Road).
Which trail has an active beaver pond? How can you tell? (Hint: Visit the ponds
at dusk).
Find the real story behind the Mystery Mounds. What were they thought to be?
(Hint: Check out the interpretive panels on East Branch Trail).
Where in the park is there a presence of an old farm or homestead? How can
you tell? DRAW us a picture of what you think it looked like when people were
living there.
Fundy National Park protects what type of forest? What is this forests’
official name?
Do the activity in the Salt & Fir Visitor Guide on pg 24 -25. Match creatures
to their habitats. 28 correct answers required.
(Get interpreter to check and stamp)
DRAW or name 4 different plants. Where did you see them? Did they have
flowers?
Attend any 5
programs
Find a quiet spot in Fundy and sit alone for an hour. What did you see? What
did you hear? How did the experience make you feel? Tell us about it.
What is happening to the brook that runs through the golf course? DRAW and
describe what is being done? (Hint: Check out Dickson Brook pamphlet or ask any
park staff)
Who was the 1st woman in North America to become a sea captain? (Hint: Look
for a monument in her honour in the village of Alma)
Experience Canada’s other official language by attending a campfire or
evening program in French.
(Ask an interpreter to stamp)
Why is Kinnie Brook known as the disappearing brook? (Hint: Check out the
interpretive panels on the Kinnie Brook trail).
Go to one of Fundy’s beaches and pick up a handful of sand. Look carefully at
their shape, colour, and size. Describe what you see and think of a possible
explanation for the differences.
Find a dead tree covered with moss in the forest. Without disturbing it take
a closer look at what is living on it. DRAW or name everything you discover.
Attend any 6 programs
Name 5 organizations in your province / state that promote the protection of
nature. Choose one you are going to join or describe a local initiative you plan
to start when you get home. (Hint: Internet access available at the Alma Access
Centre in Alma)
Pressure
is put on parks to spray chemicals during insect eruptions. Why do you think it
is best not to spray?
Fill out a comment card on what the Fundy Naturalist Club meant to you and
give it to an interpreter. (Hint: Comment cards can be picked up at the Visitor
Centre or Campground Kiosks).
Find an example of two or more species who depend on each other to survive.
DRAW them and describe their relationship on each other.
How many years did the copper mine operate? (Check out interpretive panels on
the Coppermine trail).
Think about what you would like to remember most about your visit to Fundy.
Write a poem about it using the format called a "cinquain":
Write a pledge for the Fundy Naturalist Club that says how you will continue
to protect the environment. Be prepared and willing to say your pledge at your
button presentation.
Congratulations!
You have successfully become an Extreme Naturalist!!
