Bear Island Access
The interior is conservation land, and while not public property, per se, has never been viewed by Bear Islanders as theirs' exclusively. It's a big island! You'll have no problems hiking those trails. The church dock in Deep Cove is available to the public.
Once you hike the hill up from the docks to the chapel, you can take either of two trails (to the right or left of the chapel). It's really a large loop. If you start down the left side, eventually there is a fork in the trail. Stay to the right. You'll eventually reach the other (north side) of the island. I little tricky to find the trail back up the other side. If you reach the power lines, you've gone to far! Just reverse course and look for the split in the trail heading back.
Nice walk -- especially on a crisp fall day!!
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