Story by Andy Cropley, Asst. Scoutmaster - BSA Troop 1776
A year ago, scout Tim Cropley had come up with the idea of doing a Venture trek to the IAT/SIA after reading a story about the IAT in Backpacker Magazine.
He approached the Troop leadership with a proposal for a trek. The trek was approved and he and his fellow crew members began to plan out all the details of their journey.
The Trek began with a car ride from Hillsborough NJ to the New Brunswick, NJ train station, from there a train to New York City's Penn Station.
Next was a 10+ hour train to Montreal, Canada with an overnight stay in the city. The next day began an 18 hour train ride out to Gaspe Canada via Rail Canada.
The views of the Canadian countryside were outstanding. Once we arrived in Gaspe, we took a taxi ride to the trailhead where we would be starting.
We began at the 81 Kilometer point. This was up along a ridge overlooking the St. Lawrence Seaway.
2km after starting we came to a beautiful view with a historic lighthouse (Pointe-a-la-Renommee).
The trail goes through a small park here and then travels 4 km along the shore to the Village of Anse-a-Valleau.
The next 26 km goes through some back country which is owned by logging companies. The trail is less traveled and in places, nature is trying to take it back. 
Beavers had flooded many streams and in one location, the trail was rerouted to actually cross along the top of a Beaver Dam.
We then reached Forillion National Park for the final stages of the trek, The trails and scenery were absolutely beautiful. As we approached the end the trail runs along the Gaspe Bay shoreline and the views just kept getting better.
We got some nice pictures of a moose who was resting in the woods off the trail.
We finally arrived at Cap Gaspe and the famous light house there.
There was a nice set of plaques at the end of the trail as well.
We then hiked back along the trail to reach a campground in the Park (Petite Gaspe).
From there we took a taxi back to town and then the train back home. It was a beautiful and natural section of trail and a journey we will all remember for the rest of our days.
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