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National visibility in Canadian 4WDrive magazine!

The story of the inaugural 2014 M.U.D. run is published in the May 2015 issue of Canadian 4WDrive magazine. The article was written by James Chisholm of the club.  Just another way of the club contributing to the 4×4 community! http://suncruisermedia.com/4WDrive/clubs/the-m.u.d.-run/

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Club builds Santa Claus float for 5th year

The Backcountry 4×4 club assembled the Santa Claus float for the Spryfield (near Halifax) Christmas Parade for approximately the 5th year in a row.  The Spryfield Christmas parade is the oldest running parade in the area and possibly Eastern Canada.  … Continue reading

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Club provides vehicles and crews to support 2014 Ledwidge Lookoff Car Rally

The Backcountry 4×4 Club was approached to help at the 2014 Ledwidge Lookoff Rally.  You know, Subaru WRX style cars at full speed on closed-course dirt roads!  At speeds approaching 100 mph!  The Backcountry 4×4 Club provided 4 vehicles, each with a … Continue reading

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2014 M.U.D. Run a success!

The inaugural M.U.D. expedition event was held July 25-27, 2014.  The event consisted of starting in Ellershouse, NS and ending 3 days later in Porters Lake, NS, almost all off-highway!  We traversed over 6-8 trails with only a couple of … Continue reading

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We are back!

After a few tense days I think it is safe to say we are back online. Thank you to everyone for their patience and understanding as we worked through our server issues. Now, what is everyone waiting for? Go get … Continue reading

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We are still here!

Unfortunately our previous server suffered a catastrophic hardware failure after a DDoS attack against another user on the shared server. Note: the image above is a dramatic representation – not our actual server! We have since migrated to a new … Continue reading

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Poker Run 2013 Recap

Another Backcountry Poker Run and Mud Bog has come to a close and I believe this year went off with great success! Our club managed to raise $1,770.00 for Brigadoon Village which is enough to send three kids to camp this … Continue reading

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2013 Poker Run & Mud Bog

The details for our annual summer event are now posted! If you drive a 4×4 vehicle we welcome you to come out for a weekend of camping, trails and fun for the whole family ! This year all the proceeds … Continue reading

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2013 AGM Results

Thanks to everyone who made it out to today’s annual general meeting (AGM); it was great to see such a large turnout and to vote-in several new club members! Our 2013 executive was voted as follows: President – Scott Duff (autumnwalker) … Continue reading

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Welcome Northridge4x4 Canada

Backcountry 4×4 is pleased to announce our latest club sponsor, Northridge4x4 Canada! Northridge 4×4 Canada is a full service off-road shop specializing in Jeeps. From installing fender flares to building the most extreme rockcrawler you can imagine, Northridge does it … Continue reading

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