Activities and experiences at Kejimkujik National Park Seaside

Kejimkujik National Park and National Historic Site

An authentic Atlantic experience awaits you at Kejimkujik National Park Seaside.

Fall, winter and spring conditions

Note that trails are open but not maintained or patrolled between November 1 and Victoria Day weekend.

You may encounter washed-out or flooded sections and/or downed trees.

Most facilities and services are closed at this time of year. More information

Emergencies: Call 911 and be prepared to wait for help to arrive.

Hiking

Harbour Rocks trail and Port Joli Head trail at the Seaside.

Parks Canada red chairs

Enjoy an iconic view from the Parks Canada red chairs.

The Coastie Initiative

Photos taken by visitors at Coastie sites will help monitor coastal change over time.

Kejimkujik Seaside will invigorate your every sense.

You can hike through a labyrinth of dense shrubs on your way to the coast. Gradually, the horizon opens up to an expansive view of the Atlantic shoreline with headlands, islands, and bays. Once you arrive at the observation deck, your eyes will be riveted by the pure white sweep of Saint Catherines River Beach. This shining crescent of sand will enchant you with its turquoise waters.

The real adventures still await you at the Atlantic’s edge – seals basking on off-shore islets, one of the last undisturbed nesting beaches of the endangered piping plover, rafts of eiders and other seabirds, waves crashing on granite headlands, an abundance of orchids, and the traces of the Saint Catherines River sheep farm.

Kejimkujik Seaside is a captivating natural mosaic. Coastal barrens paint a tapestry of maple, spruce, and fir atop Canada holly, huckleberry, and sheep laurel. Mossy bogs are speckled with white-fringed orchids and sweet gale; lonely islands of balsam fir and white spruce sit among the dark water.