The next destination on my Virtual Hike was Salisbury, New Brunswick.

The previous destination on my virtual hike was to Sackville, New Brunswick.

Sackville was where my 7th great-grandfather, Dr. John Jenks, had lived at one time long ago.

Dr. John Jenks attended the first town meeting of Sackville, New Brunswick in 1762. Dr. Jenks was part of a group of settlers know as the New England Planters.

Due to the expulsion of the Acadians from New Brunswick in the 1750’s there was a lot of land available there. Many New Englanders moved north to New Brunswick to take advantage of the vacant land. Dr. Jenks moved to Sackville along with a group of settlers from Smithfield, Rhode Island.

The virtual hike from Sackville to Salisbury is mostly over flat terrain and through rural areas except for a stretch through Moncton.

This was a typical view using Street View on Google Maps.

Some of the images were taken during autumn, so there were some colorful trees.

The route sometimes would go off road and follow trails where there were no images in Google Maps.

Finally here is downtown Salisbury.

There was no specific reason to choose Salisbury as a destination, but it was along the route back to the US. I am setting shorter distances between destinations for better motivation for my daily walking.

My current plan is to make my way toward northern New York through Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont. Perhaps I can find some interesting stops along the way.

Steven

Images in this post are from Google Maps and Street View.