Risser's Beach Provincial Park - Nova Scotia

[PEIslander]

By taking last Friday off work we took a long weekend and headed to Risser's Beach Provincial Park in Nova Scotia, Canada. It was about a 6-1/2 drive from our home. We hadn't been there before but our friends from Nova Scotia go there often and we met up with them. The Park is on Mahone Bay which is a huge bay on the Atlantic coast. The drive there required a cable ferry crossing of the Lahave River -- the several minutes it took was a nice scenic change and a chance to stretch the legs. (Our 'Equalizer' weight distribution hitch made some severe groans of displeasure getting on & off the ferry as the ramp transitions were pretty extreme.

The Park is a public beach & campground. The main campground is across the road from the beach. It is similar to a federal campground (ie National Park) with a mix of rv spaces with power & water, and dry spaces for small rv's & tents. It had a nice washroom/shower facility. On the beach side of the road there are additional campsites but they are all unserviced & there are no washrooms/showers in the area. These beach sites are extremely popular on weekends -- all booked months in advance. From my pics you may see why. The best spaces are right on the beach. Our friends had one of those so that's where we spent most of our time. We were near in a small pull-thru site. Although it had the road on both sides we could still see the ocean -- and we could hear the surf all night & day -- it was very relaxing. In our relatively exposed site the small but mighty Camplite 11FDB was on display. We had more comments about the trailer on this trip than all we've had since we bought the trailer in 2012. I'm thinking our particular site had lots to do with that. All the comments were great with some indicating they thought it was the 'perfect' camper.

Of course the beach was great. Huge without a spec of pollution and big enough not to be crowded. We didn't go swimming but did a few walks down its length. For variety there is also a forest trail running along side the beach and a long boardwalk through the marshy area a bit beyond those woods.

I include a pic of one of the nicest campsites next to the beach. As you can see it was quite spectacular. Most of such sites had little trails down to the beach. The pic with the fire pit was taken at our friend's site.

[rideandfly]

Excellent report & photos!!!!!

Agree on comments about the Mighty 11. I give tours  almost everywhere we camp!

[Paul]

Really nice pictures!

[Merlin]

Wow, what a beautiful park. I really want to go camping! I'm in the middle of a major flooring job in our house, so camping is on hold for a bit. But, if others keep posting photos like this, I'm going to give up on the flooring, just paint the plywood a nice color instead, and go camping. 

[Paul]

Wow, what a beautiful park. I really want to go camping! I'm in the middle of a major flooring job in our house, so camping is on hold for a bit. But, if others keep posting photos like this, I'm going to give up on the flooring, just paint the plywood a nice color instead, and go camping. 

LOL!