Kejimkujik National Park and National Historic Site

Kejimkujik National Park is in two sections. The inland represents the Atlantic Coast uplands region and has lakes, islands and forest-covered hills. The Seaside Adjunct has 22 kilometres of rugged Atlantic coastline.

Kejimkujik lies on traditional canoe routes between the Bay of Fundy and the Atlantic coast. As long as 2000 years ago the Mi'kmaq people lived in the area and left traces of their presence in petroglyphs — pictures drawn into soft slate. These show stylised men and women in traditional dress, hunting and fishing scenes, wildlife and outlines of hands and feet.

Kejimkujik is more than a national park. It's an important research centre. There have been more than 80 research and monitoring projects carried out within the park since 1994. These include studies of the common loon, the northern goshawk and forest biodiversity.

Wildlife abounds in Kejimkujik including one of North America's most numerous large animals — the white-tailed deer.

Some species in the park are thought to be at risk. Creatures like Blanding's turtle, the piping plover and the southern flying squirrel are all being closely monitored.

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