This guide to Kejimkujik National Park and National Historic Site contains the information needed by visitors planning to camp, hike, swim, paddle a canoe, picnic, fish, ski, snowshoe, do research, watch birds, take photographs, or commune with nature. The guide covers services available in the park, from daily programs offered by interpreters to rentals of canoes, kayaks and bicycles. It provides information on trails and portages, with directions and distances, and describes the front and backcountry sites that can be reserved by campers. It explains how to go about reserving a site and how to get the most out of a camping experience.

The guide also describes the natural world of Kejimkujik, a wilderness park encompassing some of the finest unspoiled beauty in south western Nova Scotia. Readers will find sections on the plants, birds, and animals that make Kejimkujik special. Included are descriptions of the cultural history of the park, plus information about the Mi'kmaw people, whose ancestors were the area's early inhabitants. There is a section on the Seaside Adjunct, the coastal portion of Kejimkujik National Park and National Historic Site, located on the South Shore. As well, the guide contains charts and maps that will help visitors plan their stay.

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William Moreira, QC, FCIArb, is a partner in the Halifax office of Stewart McKelvey. He has practised for more than thirty-five years in admiralty and commercial litigation and public law litigation, appearing before all levels of court in Nova Scotia, the Federal Court, the Federal Court of Appeal, and the Supreme Court of Canada, and served as counsel and as an arbitrator in domestic and international arbitrations. Mr Moreira is former president (2005–2007) of the Canadian Maritime Law Association, former chair of the Canadian Bar Association’s national Maritime Law Section, a titulary member of the Comité Maritime International, a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, and former chair of the Maritime and Energy Law Committee of the International Association of Defense Counsel. He is a part-time faculty member in the Marine & Environmental Law Institute, Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University, Halifax, and a former chair of the Mission to Seafarers, Halifax.

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Biography: Tom Sheppard grew up in Wolfville and graduated from Acadia University. He taught political science at Acadia, had a career as school administrator, and currently is a writer. He and his wife live in Caledonia, Nova Scotia, near Kejimkujik National Park.

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