This past summer of 2012 we rediscovered Kejimkujik National Park . The last time I visited was during my university days, and Annette had not been there in a similar amount of time. I made two excursions to the park, one with Brent and one with Annette, Brent, Sandy and our Port Mouton neighbour Sharon. We took our awesome 16′ Paluski canoe, and headed for the Keji back country campsites. Click here for a detailed map (4.6 MB ).

Brent and I did the first venture, braving a small windstorm on the first day and apparently sleeping through a major thunder and lightning storm the second night.

We stayed in campsite 18 the first night. The campsites were very well arranged with tent pads and a few trees from which to hang Brent’s Flying V tent hammock.

Looking down the lake from the landing at campsite 18, you can get a general idea of the size of the lake. The land in the distance are islands about midway across the length of the lake.

We shifted our campsite the second day to site 16, which is located on a small island in a bay full of islands. We had high hopes for great fishing, but no luck!

We had a lot of rain both nights but finally on our last morning, the sun finally broke out. Luckily, our rain cover also provided shade from the sun.

There are bears in the park and so they provide a pulley system at each campsite from which you can hang your cooler and food.

Two weeks after our first venture out into the lake, we returned with a few more campers for another night.

Annette and I make a great canoe team.

One sign of a healthy ecosystem is lots of frogs. There were lots along the shoreline.

We stopped here and there to check out some of the other campsites and to stretch our legs.