Martins River Fire Hall

Features and Amenities

Here at the Martins River Fire Department you are near the trailhead for the Dynamite Trail. We ask travellers to please park at the far end of the parking lot so as not to impede emergency vehicles.

This trail was once the railbed for the Halifax and South Western Railway, which was completed in 1904.  A ticket from here to Blockhouse was five cents.  The actual trailhead is behind the old church, and begins at the east end of Martins River Bridge.  It’s there you will find more information about this engineering marvel.

If you decide to go West however, toward Mahone Bay (10km), you will discover the beautiful outlook from the Narrows Bridge.  If you get there without noticing Erin Philp’s art exhibit in the trees, then you truly have “missed the boat”!  Just go back 50m and you’ll find all three.  Moving along from there, you will enjoy a lovely shaded trail all the way to the sparkling blue waters of Oakland Lake and the picturesque town of Mahone Bay.