12 Percent - Parks and Protected Areas System Plan Consultation

Savary Provincial Park

County

Digby

Size

10.82 Ha

Classification

Wayside

Status

Designated; Operational 

Location NS Atlas

63  V 5

Managed As

Supporting Park

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Overview

A pleasant picnic park overlooking St. Marys Bay

Protection Values

Small family cemetery

Education Values

Limited opportunities to interpret St. Marys Bay; former ship building site

Tourism Values

One of few public access points on St. Marys Bay; on Evangeline Trail 

Outdoor Recreation Values

Picnicking, beach access, carry-in boating, geocaching, school fun run, Terry Fox run; local users walking all season

Annual Visitation

Unknown

Operating Cost

$11,099

Other Site Considerations

Susceptible to coastal processes (storm events with high tide surge or wind driven waves) that cause site erosion.

Cemetery

Need to promote new natural hardwoods to replace old hardwoods (white birch) that are reaching maturity.