Shaubac lands to be protected
The Kingsburg Coastal Conservancy (KCC) and the Municipality of the District of Lunenburg (MODL) recently announced the preservation of four pieces of land totalling more than 54 acres, in the Shaubac, an area on the South Shore’s Kingsburg Peninsula, and the formation of a partnership between the two groups designed to work towards the protection of additional lands in this area.
Through the advocacy, diligence and financial commitment of the KCC, and the financial support and advice of MODL, the Nova Scotia Crown Share Land Legacy Trust and numerous individuals, the KCC was able to acquire four lands in the
Shaubac, which had come on the real estate market during the boom in land sales on the South Shore that took place this past year.
With these recently acquired lands and lands earlier preserved by the KCC within this area, the Shaubac now has a virtually contiguous
116 acre protected corridor, which will aid in the protection of the areas flora and fauna and provide opportunities for public access via an eventual trail system.
Located at the mouth of the Lahave River estuary, the Shaubac, a neighbour to Gaff point, is an area of historical, cultural, recreational and environmental significance and one with importance to the local and provincial community. At over 585 acres, it is one of the last large, predominantly undeveloped coastal forests on the South Shore and in Lunenburg County.
“Joining the KCC in a partnership to protect more land in MODL will help achieve both municipal and provincial goals for climate change and conservation,” says MODL Mayor Carolyn Bolivar-getson. “The acquisition of the additional 55 acres in the Shaubac will facilitate natural corridors that will connect adjacent wilderness areas for wildlife.”
Moving forward, a joint KCC-MODL working committee will be established to map out a medium and long-term strategy for saving as much land as possible on the Shaubac by utilizing joint resources, as well as beginning to plan appropriate public access to these recently acquired lands.
While perhaps most widely known for the preservation of Gaff Point and West Ironbound Island, with the acquisition of these new lands, the KCC now protects and stewards 53 parcels of land, representing over 327 acres, throughout the Kingsburg Peninsula. The KCC’S work in acquiring, preserving and stewarding lands in their natural state is in keeping with the organization’s mission to “protect habitat, beaches, wetlands and shore-line, and secure access to these places in the Kingsburg Peninsula for public enjoyment now and forever.”
Information on the KCC, the lands it stewards and making land donations can be found at www.kccns.org.