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Congratulations to all award recipients Lifetime Service Award/ Prix pour long service Edwin Melanson Trails Public Service Award/Prix de la function public pour les sentiers Madam Gertrude Landry Outstanding Media Awards/Prix pour travail exceptionnel dans les medias Miramichi Leader Trails Advocacy Award/ Prix pour la promotion des sentiers Barbara Thibodeau Corporate Award/Prix de l’enterprise Kouchibouguac National Park of Canada …………………………………………………………………………………………… Cross Canada walker finishes first lap of expedition
Meise started his expedition on May 6 at Cape Spear, Newfoundland. Since then, he walked 186 days across Newfoundland, PEI, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, exploring the country’s diverse landscape, experiencing the richness of Maritime culture and talking with people about the communities where they live.
Meise is planning to walk from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean on the Trans Canada Trail, a journey that will take until 2010 -11 to complete. He plans to walk spring, summer and fall each year, working winter months in Prince George.
“Since I was a small boy and read about the great Canadian explorers like David Thompson and Alexander Mackenzie, I have always wanted to explore,” says 34-year-old Meise. “The Trail to me is the modern equivalent of the great push west for furs and exploration, like the Trans Canada railway and the Trans Canada Highway. Each of these served to unify this great country in their time, as the Trans Canada Trail is doing today.”
Meise attended the NB Trails Council AGM in Florenceville on November 8 where he entertained participants with tales about his walk. Poul Jorgensen said NB trails was pleased to welcome him as he completed the first season of his journey and would be on hand in the Spring to wish him well when he sets off from Hartland, heading west to Quebec and beyond. ……………………………………………………………………………………………
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On Saturday November 8, a Prince George forester completed the first section of his epic walk across Canada on the Trans Canada Trail. Dana Meise reached Becaguimic Park in Hartland, New Brunswick where he was greeted by TCT President and CEO Deborah Apps, New Brunswick Trails Council Executive Director Poul Jorgensen, along with trail group members and friends who were on hand to celebrate Meise’s remarkable 2630-kilometre journey. 
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