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Caledonia Gorge Protected Area

Location: north of Riverside-Albert, southeast New Brunswick

Size: 2856 ha

Description:  The Caledonia Gorge contains the steeply sloping Crooked Creek Gorge and nearby brooks, which are dominated by large, old hardwood forests and old-growth red spruce. The area could be connected by a habitat corridor to nearby Fundy National Park, in the future, in an effort to prevent species in the gorge from being isolated from larger populations. The Caledonia Gorge area has been noted by regional economic planners as having great potential for nature-based tourism, due to its wild and scenic appeal.
         This protected area contains rare species of lichens and mosses. In the rushing brooks off Caledonia Creek, and the western parts of Crooked Creek, these rare mosses are especially found in the splash spray zone where water tumbles over rocks. The Crooked Creek watershed is one of only 2 known locations for long-tailed shrew, the other location being in the Nerepis Hills. This rare insectivore lives in mossy, forested areas, often on boulder slopes with mature forest cover, at higher elevations. (Photo by Mary Majka)

Notes:

• contains Crooked Creek, Caledonia Brook, Prescott Brook and Wells Brook.

• crest of gorge has an average elevation of 300-320 meters.

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