Little Lepreau River No. 1.5

After an appointment at the museum in Saint John this morning, we carried on to seek out the Little Lepreau covered bridge.  We discovered that this area along the Bay of Fundy coast is gorgeous - none of the four people on the outing had ever been around these particular roads, so it was a lovely surprise.  The bridge itself was easy to find; it's almost immediately to your right after crossing the Basin Rd. intersection on Little Lepreau Rd.  This is another bridge that could use some TLC with replacement of missing boards and generally keeping the surrounding flora under control.  In days gone by, there was a local person put in charge of general maintenance of the bridges, clearing the snow, etc.  It would be nice if someone could be recruited for each of the out of the way bridges to watch over them and perform small maintenance jobs as required, instead of waiting for the DOT to get around to them all.

After you visit the bridge, it is highly recommended that you drive the coastal roads to places like Maces Bay and Dipper Harbour.  There are some wonderful views of the bay and fishing villages.  You also have to go right by the entrance to the Point Lepreau nuclear power plant along the way, and we stopped at the visitors' gate to see if it was possible to go in for a tour, but were told that they haven't been doing public tours since 2011.  So, that little idea was squashed.  The power plant itself is hidden from view behind the surrounding forest.

On the other side of the road from the bridge, the river empties into the Little Lepreau Basin.