Kejimkujik National Park of Canada Spring 2005
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Kejimkujik National Park of Canada Spring 2005 Location Vegetation Kejimkujik Kejimkujik National Park consists of Mixed forests of broad-leaved and two separate land masses in coniferous trees make up 75% of the park's National Park of Canada southwestern Nova Scotia, 150 km woodlands. This mixed Acadian forest from Halifax. The inland portion of 381 includes old growth stands, some of 300 year Pronounced “Ke - jim - koo - jik” 2 km was established as Canada’s 19th old hemlocks, others of sugar maple and National Park in 1974. In 1988 the 22 2 yellow birch. White pines lend their km Seaside Adjunct, located on the distinctive silhouette to islands and Climate ocean shore 30 km west of Liverpool, lakeshores. Special plants of a group called was added to represent more of the the coastal plain flora survive on the flooded Kejimkujik's climate sustains a diversity features of the Atlantic Coast Uplands lakeshore of several lakes. Twenty species of of plant and animal life. Summers tend to Natural Region. Kejimkujik is located these plants occur in the park and nowhere be hot and humid, favouring southern in the Atlantic Maritime Ecozone. else in Canada. The water-pennywort is species. While the winters are short with considered threatened. At the Seaside minimal snow cover, they are colder than Adjunct, boggy, near barren headlands and on the nearby coast. Cool, clear days dense clumps of white spruce are describe the fall season. Winds off the characteristic. ocean modify the weather at the Seaside Activities Adjunct. Visitors to Kejimkujik National Park are treated Wildlife to an extensive canoe route system throughout lakes and rivers. There are 15 short walking Kejimkujik provides a habitat for land trails and over 60 km of backcountry hiking mammals like black bears, bobcat, white- trails. At the Seaside Adjunct, short trails take Geology tailed deer, snowshoe hare and porcupine, visitors to the coast for spectacular vistas. A 360 and water mammals include beaver, otter The park is underlain by two main types site campground and 47 backcountry sites offer and mink. Two new arrivals, coyotes and of rock; a granite terrane and a Little outstanding camping experiences in the inland skunks, are present in small numbers. sedimentary terrane comprised of slate R portion of Kejimkujik. No camping is permitted iv e American marten were re-introduced and a and quartzite. The granite landscape r in the Seaside Adjunct. The park offers an few survive. The Seaside Adjunct features appears as a higher upland while the North interpretive program featuring guided outings Wert harbour and grey seals which bask on rocks sedimentary areas are lower and more River on foot, in canoes and by bicycle. The visitor r and close to the shore. Kejimkujik is home to level. Glaciation has stripped away Rive centre is open year-round and offers exhibits Wert more species of amphibians and reptiles ancient soils and scooped out easily Kejimkujik and audio-visual programs. Lake than anywhere else in Atlantic Canada, eroded bedrock to form lake basins. The including the rare Blanding’s turtle and result is a thin, patchy till, with rounded ribbon snake. Typical birds include northern drumlins dotting the land. In the Seaside Peskowesk species like the gray jay and spruce grouse Adjunct the mixture of the granites and Lake Peskawa alongside southern species such as the quartzites is clearly shown in exposed Lake scarlet tanager and the rose-breasted For more information, contact: rock outcrops while the till layer is grosbeak. Common loons inhabit most lakes Kejimkujik National Park extremely thin and poorly drained. and breed on the larger ones. At the Seaside P.O. Box 236 Maitland Bridge, Nova Scotia Adjunct Park, wardens work to safeguard B0T 1B0 five to nine pairs of breeding piping plovers, Telephone: (902) 682-2772 N 0 4 000 m © Parks Canada an endangered shorebird. Brook trout, white Fax : (902) 682-3367 perch and yellow perch inhabit many lakes Website: www.pc.gc.ca/kejimkujik and streams. Kejimkujik National Park of Canada Spring 2005 Location Vegetation Kejimkujik Kejimkujik National Park consists of Mixed forests of broad-leaved and two separate land masses in coniferous trees make up 75% of the park's National Park of Canada southwestern Nova Scotia, 150 km woodlands. This mixed Acadian forest from Halifax. The inland portion of 381 includes old growth stands, some of 300 year Pronounced “Ke - jim - koo - jik” 2 km was established as Canada’s 19th old hemlocks, others of sugar maple and National Park in 1974. In 1988 the 22 2 yellow birch. White pines lend their km Seaside Adjunct, located on the distinctive silhouette to islands and Climate ocean shore 30 km west of Liverpool, lakeshores. Special plants of a group called was added to represent more of the the coastal plain flora survive on the flooded Kejimkujik's climate sustains a diversity features of the Atlantic Coast Uplands lakeshore of several lakes. Twenty species of of plant and animal life. Summers tend to Natural Region. Kejimkujik is located these plants occur in the park and nowhere be hot and humid, favouring southern in the Atlantic Maritime Ecozone. else in Canada. The water-pennywort is species. While the winters are short with considered threatened. At the Seaside minimal snow cover, they are colder than Adjunct, boggy, near barren headlands and on the nearby coast. Cool, clear days dense clumps of white spruce are describe the fall season. Winds off the characteristic. ocean modify the weather at the Seaside Activities Adjunct. Visitors to Kejimkujik National Park are treated Wildlife to an extensive canoe route system throughout lakes and rivers. There are 15 short walking Kejimkujik provides a habitat for land trails and over 60 km of backcountry hiking mammals like black bears, bobcat, white- trails. At the Seaside Adjunct, short trails take Geology tailed deer, snowshoe hare and porcupine, visitors to the coast for spectacular vistas. A 360 and water mammals include beaver, otter The park is underlain by two main types site campground and 47 backcountry sites offer and mink. Two new arrivals, coyotes and of rock; a granite terrane and a Little outstanding camping experiences in the inland skunks, are present in small numbers. sedimentary terrane comprised of slate R portion of Kejimkujik. No camping is permitted iv e American marten were re-introduced and a and quartzite. The granite landscape r in the Seaside Adjunct. The park offers an few survive. The Seaside Adjunct features appears as a higher upland while the North interpretive program featuring guided outings Wert harbour and grey seals which bask on rocks sedimentary areas are lower and more River on foot, in canoes and by bicycle. The visitor r and close to the shore. Kejimkujik is home to level. Glaciation has stripped away Rive centre is open year-round and offers exhibits Wert more species of amphibians and reptiles ancient soils and scooped out easily Kejimkujik and audio-visual programs. Lake than anywhere else in Atlantic Canada, eroded bedrock to form lake basins. The including the rare Blanding’s turtle and result is a thin, patchy till, with rounded ribbon snake. Typical birds include northern drumlins dotting the land. In the Seaside Peskowesk species like the gray jay and spruce grouse Adjunct the mixture of the granites and Lake Peskawa alongside southern species such as the quartzites is clearly shown in exposed Lake scarlet tanager and the rose-breasted For more information, contact: rock outcrops while the till layer is grosbeak. Common loons inhabit most lakes Kejimkujik National Park extremely thin and poorly drained. and breed on the larger ones. At the Seaside P.O. Box 236 Maitland Bridge, Nova Scotia Adjunct Park, wardens work to safeguard B0T 1B0 five to nine pairs of breeding piping plovers, Telephone: (902) 682-2772 N 0 4 000 m © Parks Canada an endangered shorebird. Brook trout, white Fax : (902) 682-3367 perch and yellow perch inhabit many lakes Website: www.pc.gc.ca/kejimkujik and streams..