Kejimkujik Experimenting With Different Ways To Deliver Wood To The Backcountry

Kejimkujik National Park posted an interesting behind-the-scenes photo over on their Facebook page. We all enjoy the ability to use firewood in the backcountry and Parks Canada gave a little run-through of how labour intensive it is to make that service available to you.

Each log is loaded on a truck, dumped, loaded on a small ATV trailer, dumped again, and some placed on a boat, floated to the campsite, and dropped off at campsites or wood drop sites.

Since this is the most resource-intensive service that they provide, they are looking at alternate ways of facilitating it.

This week, we took advantage of a helicopter here doing conservation work and dropped some firewood in the north district, freeing up backcountry staff to address other maintenance issues.

When campers have smaller, shorter campfires, it not only helps prevent wildfire, but also helps us maximize resources (wood, fuel, labour).

So when camping, make sure to keep your fires small, or plan alternate ways of cooking your food such as using a camp stove.