A popular Scandinavian activity rare in Canada is starting up on the snowy trails of southeastern New Brunswick.
Residents of Beaubassin-Est and Cap-Pelé can now borrow kicksleds to slide on packed snow after winter storms. Similar to a dogsled, but human-propelled, the sleds have two skis and a seat in the front.
Pete Belliveau, community development officer for Beaubassin-Est, said people have been curious to try it out, and the sleds quickly became “very popular.”
“It caught on very, very fast because people saw people with them and word of mouth,” he said.
“At the end of three days when they
