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By the time we headed up here, colours were well past their glorious and brilliant peak, but the burnt hues of the Spruce Bog Boardwalk Trail have their own beauty. And while the deciduous trees are retreating into winter, the tamarack trees are just beginning to turn and would soon give some added brilliance. Tamaracks are trees with needles, but which do turn colour (bright yellow) in the fall before dropping their needles. The name comes from the Algonquin language and means “wood used for snowshoes” – come back here in winter and you’ll see why snowshoes were important to early dwellers here.
Black spruce, giving name to the bog, and tamarack trees are uniquely suited for the harsh, acidic environment of the bog, as are a variety of shrubs and plant life. The boardwalk allows us to walk through this unique habitat without sinking into a very unstable and wet terrain.
The trail itself is a 1.5 km easy loop just off of highway 60. As with all the trails, there are markers that will allow one to pause and, using a trail guide as reference, learn about important features of a habitat.
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