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Fundy National Park and Kouchibouguac National Park, New Brunswick 芬迪国家公园 (加拿大-新不伦瑞克省) From the 19th century onwards, most of New Brunswick was extensively logged, including the land now enclosed by Fundy National Park (prior to assuming National Park status). Even today, much of the land outside the park is logged by New Brunswicks rapacious forestry industry. As a result, Fundy National Park has become an ecological island in a sea of resource development. The park safeguards only a relatively small piece of land which means that the viability of wildlife and flora in the park is tenuous. The scenic qualities of Fundy National Park are rather modest; unlike the Canadian Rockies or the American West, this is not a visually spectacular place, but it contains important natural characteristics that compelled the Canadian government to set it aside as a National Park in 1948. Wetland bog and upland forest, Caribou Plain Trail, Fundy National Park, (July 2005) Dickson Falls, Fundy National Park, (July 2005) Point Wolfe, Fundy National Park, (July 2005) Coastline near Alma, Fundy National Park, (July 2005) The view of Kellys Bog from a raised platform, Bog Trail, Fundy National Park, (July 2005) Exploring Kellys Bog along the boardwalk, Bog Trail, Fundy National Park, (July 2005) Stunted spruce, Bog Trail, Fundy National Park, (July 2005) The park consists of forested highlands (known as the Caledonian Highlands) and the Bay of Fundy coast. The forest that covers the Caledonian Highlands is referred to as the Acadian forest and it contains a mix of red spruce, birch, maples, and balsam fir. This forest is a transition between the evergreen boreal forests of the North and the deciduous hardwood forests of the South. Due to the logging activity that took place here before it was established as a National Park, most of Fundys trees are less than eighty years old. The soil in the park is thin, stony, and generally of poor quality. A series of hiking trails criss cross