This iconic jacket and walking stick belonged to Dr. Art Dobson, whose name you may recognize as the founder of the Dobson Trail. In late 1959, Dr. Dobson started scouting for a viable hiking route to Fundy National Park. For a decade during basic trail building, interested volunteer groups worked under his direction. Boy Scout troops of Moncton, Hillsborough, Riverview, and Alma eagerly joined the spare time project, with the additional encouragement and help from The Moncton Naturalist Club, Members of the New Brunswick Forestry Department, the Moncton Travel Bureau, and the Albert County Council. (fundyhikingtrails.com)
The current Dobson Trail is a continuous footpath through the Albert County wilderness stretching 57.75 km from Riverview, NB to the northern boundary of Fundy National Park near Alma, NB, crossing a variety of woodland terrain, along brooks, lakes, meadows, and crossing a beaver dam. The trail was originally referred to as "The Fundy Trail," after Fundy National Park, but in 1975 the name was changed to the Dobson Trail to avoid confusion with other trails in the park. The trail is now the longest volunteer-maintained trail in Eastern Canada.