North Lake Provincial Park - Western Valley New Brunswick
Accommodation: Camping
Accommodation Style: Non-Serviced, Group Camping, Electrical 45 camp sites
Operating Period: May 17, 2024 - September 22, 2024
Description:
North Lake Provincial Park is a paddler's paradise at North Lake Parish in New Brunswick. Here, you will find large private campsites, a public beach, and a beautiful lake for canoeing, kayaking and fishing. North Lake is the headwaters to the St Croix, giving adventurers the opportunity to multi-day paddle from the park down the St Croix to the Passamaquoddy Bay. The North Lake campground is an off-grid gem offering 45 campsites with limited services. Each campsite has a picnic table, an area for your tent or small trailer, a fire ring, and a short walk to potable water and dry toilets. You will love returning to nature and away from the stress and distractions of everyday life. North Lake Beach is right around the corner, offering a day-use area or just a short walk from your campsite. Here you will find a nice sandy beach where you can unwind and relax. Swimming here will be at your own risk as a lifeguard will not be on duty.
A CVA Astro-destination Top Experience
Astro-strengths:
Away from significant light pollution, you will enjoy dark skies better than Bortle 3 skies, ensuring stargazers and astronomers will embrace the opportunity to view and experience the night sky and all its wonders.
Bortle Zone: better than Bortle 3
Visual Equipment:
Visual Equipment Rental Cost: Perfect for beginners to advanced astronomers, astrophotography, nightscape and nature lovers and those looking to get back to nature and away from the stress and distractions of everyday life.
Booking details: https://www.parcsnbparks.info/en/parks/34/north-lake-provincial-park/dates
Book directly with: https://parcsnbparks.ca/
CANCELATION POLICY: Please refer to the partner's website for details.
2025 Key Celestial Events:
- March 29 – Rising Partial Solar Eclipse
- June 21 & 22 – Summer Solstice and Venus & Moon conjunction
- June 28 & 29 – Lunar occultation of Mars and Mars & Moon conjunction
- July 16 – Moon, Saturn & Pluto conjunction
- July 20 – Moon & M45 Pleiades conjunction
- July 28 – Moon & Mars conjunction and Delta Aquarids meteor shower (20/hr and Moon at 10%)
- August 11 & 12 – Venus & Jupiter conjunction and Perseids meteor shower (100+/hr and Moon at 83%) and Moon & Saturn conjunction*
- August 31 – Moon and M44 Beehive Cluster conjunction
- September 7 – Total Lunar Eclipse*
- September 8 – Moon, Saturn & Neptune conjunction
- September 12 – Moon and M45 Pleiades conjunction
- September 16 – Moon & Jupiter conjunction
- September 20 – Saturn at opposition
- September 21 – Partial Solar Eclipse (not visible from North America)
- September 23 – Neptune at opposition
- Octoboer 13 – Moon & Jupiter conjunction*
- October 21 – Orionids meteor shower during New Moon*
- November 2 – Moon & Saturn conjunction*
- November 9 – Moon & Saturn conjunction*
- December 7 – Moon & Jupiter conjunction*
- December 26 – Moon & Saturn conjunction*
- December 31 – Moon & M45 Pleiades conjunction*
