Mount Carleton Provincial Park, Provincial wilderness park in north-central New Brunswick, Canada.
Mount Carleton Provincial Park is a wilderness area in north-central New Brunswick, Canada, home to the highest mountain peak in the Maritime provinces. The park contains four large freshwater lakes and a network of marked hiking trails that lead to different summits and lakeshores.
Archaeological finds along Nictau Lake show that First Nations communities lived in this area thousands of years before the park was established in 1970. The evidence left behind points to a long history of settlement in this part of the highlands.
The Nepisiguit Mi'gmaq Trail runs through the park along ancient routes that indigenous communities once used to move between the Nepisiguit and Saint John River watersheds. Walking this trail today means following corridors that connected different regions long before the park existed.
The park sits away from main roads, and there is little infrastructure between different parts of it, so it is worth planning ahead before arriving. Weather and trail conditions can change fast in this highland setting, and checking them before setting out helps avoid surprises.
The park was granted Dark Sky Preserve status in 2009, which makes it one of the darkest spots in Canada. On a clear night, the Milky Way is visible to the naked eye in a way that light pollution blocks almost everywhere else.
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