Several Nova Scotia provincial parks will be open for camping for the Victoria Day long weekend.
According to a news release from the province, the camping parks opening Friday are:
- Blomidon in Canning (Kings County)
- Cape Chignecto in Advocate Harbour (Cumberland County)
- Ellenwood Lake in Deerfield (Yarmouth County)
- Graves Island in East Chester (Lunenburg County)
- Rissers Beach in Petite Riviere (Lunenburg County)
- Porters Lake (Halifax Regional Municipality)
- Thomas Raddall in Port Joli (Queens County
Mira River in Albert Bridge, Cape Breton Regional Municipality, will be open on May 31.
Additional sites opening on June 7 include:
- Amherst Shore (Cumberland County)
- Battery in St. Peter’s (Richmond County)
- Boylston (Guysborough County)
- Salsman in Country Harbour (Guysborough County)
- Caribou-Munroes Island in Caribou (Pictou County)
- Dollar Lake in Wyses Corner (Halifax Regional Municipality)
- Laurie in Grand Lake (Halifax Regional Municipality)
- The Islands in Shelburne (Shelburne County)
- Valleyview in Bridgetown (Annapolis County)
- Whycocomagh (Inverness County)
- Five Islands (Colchester County)
The release says the province is spending $11.8 million on provincial park repairs and upgrades this year, including:
- nature play spaces at Blomidon, Dollar Lake and Ellenwood Lake
- trail, toilet and parking improvements at Carters Beach
- serviced campsites at Dollar Lake
- parking improvements at Martinique Beach
- road upgrades at Dollar Lake, Oakfield and Whycocomagh
More than a million people visited Nova Scotia provincial parks in 2023.
Campfires are only permitted at sites after 2 p.m. if the BurnSafe map is green, or after 7 p.m. if the map is yellow.
