Fans of the Kejimkujik Seaside Adjunct in Queens County can’t get a break.
The COVID-19 pandemic shuttered national parks until recently. Now the popular Parks Canada trail system along St. Catharine’s Beach has been temporarily closed because of black bear activity.
“Human and wildlife safety is of the utmost importance to Parks Canada,” the agency said in a release Tuesday.
“The black bear population at Kejimkujik Seaside is healthy, thanks to the largely undisturbed habitat and abundant food supply. The increased activity being observed is not unusual. It is likely the bears will move away from the shoreline as food becomes more plentiful in the woods."
The adjunct was temporarily closed last June because of bear activity.
“By reducing the potential of bear-human encounters through the guidelines and closures, Parks Canada is encouraging natural black bear behaviour and reducing the likelihood of risky behaviour, which can happen when bears become comfortable with humans.”
The release emphasized the closure doesn’t affect the main inland Kejimkujik site, which recently reopened with limited services.
