Kejimkujik National Park Seaside: Nature and science

Kejimkujik National Park and National Historic Site

Explore ecological and cultural values and connectivity in Southwest Nova Scotia.

Learn about “Operation Green Crab” and the efforts to restore eelgrass to the Seaside’s lagoon estuaries.

Find out about the recovery programs for species at risk, including the piping plover.

Discover barrens, beaches, bogs, capes, coves, and cobbles plus ponds, islands, and lagoons.

Learn about the enormous bubble of magma that shaped the rocky beaches, along with the lingering traces left behind from the last Ice Age.

Get to know the endangered piping plover, which lays its eggs on Nova Scotia’s sandy beaches.