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Summer and Fall at Marble Mountain
Marble Zip Tours 
Soar across the picturesque Steady Brook Gorge with Marble Zip Tours. It’s a cross between parachuting and flying and it’s the ride of a lifetime!
MZT consists of a series of custom-designed zip cables and platforms strategically placed at various elevations and distances along Steady Brook Gorge. After your trained tour guide prepares you for “flight”, ensuring your harness is in place and your helmet secured, you will embark on a journey of freedom, soaring across the gorge directly above Steady Brook Falls. You will no doubt feel the adrenaline pump through your veins as you zigzag from platform to platform along zip lines up to 1,000 feet long and 300 feet high at speeds up to 80 km/hr! MZT’s location offers a spectacular view of a 200-foot waterfall and breathtaking canyon below. Six zip lines and ten platforms provide ample viewpoints to overlook scenic Humber Valley. For more information, visit the MZT web site. Hiking 
Summer and fall offer hiking and walking adventures at Marble Mountain Resort.
A short climb on a nearby groomed trail takes you to a beautiful lookout at Steady Brook Falls. Trails will also lead you from the Marble Mountain Lodge to the top of the mountain and breathtaking views of the Humber River Valley. These trails are steep and recommended for energetic hikers only. Stop in at the administration office at the base lodge for suggested routes. The Heritage Tree 
The history of Newfoundland and Labrador is unique, and includes a number of cultures from the Vikings and the Beothuck Indians, to the English, Irish and French. These cultures were all drawn to our shores by an abundance of codfish.
In 1949, Newfoundland and Labrador joined Canadian confederation. To mark the 50th anniversary of this important date in Canadian history, the Heritage Tree Committee and former Steady Brook Mayor Trevor Bennett installed The Heritage Tree at the base of Marble Mountain. The Heritage Tree is a symbol of Canadian unity. The beautiful 17-metre (52 foot) high cedar tree features 50 carvings representing over 1,000 years of human history. Western Forests Products of British Columbia donated the 360-year-old tree to the project and Newfoundlanders all across Canada donated their time and equipment to transport the Tree across the country. The images carved into the tree include tributes to John Cabot's discovery of Newfoundland in 1497, the landing of the Vikings at L'Anse aux Meadows over 1,000 years ago, and a commemoration of 1949, the year Newfoundland and Labrador joined Canadian Confederation. You can view the Tree for free, but donations to the Heritage Tree Committee are gratefully accepted via an on-site donation box. |
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