77km from Central Grove Provincial Park · 5 sites · Tents · Digby, NSBook your stay at one of 5 beautiful hike in camp sites in the Medway Community Forest Lisence Area!
This is a Backcountry Self Service Campground.
Gear must be hiked in.
Food must be properly stored (in vehicle or in one of our pre-installed bear hangs).
Garbage must be packed out.
There is no potable water onsite – please supply your own drinking and cooking water.
At Stave Lake Campground, you’ll be able to enjoy the beautiful nature of interior southwest Nova Scotia. With only 5 sites, the campground offers a peaceful, back-country style camping experience dispersed amongst old growth hemlock, spruce, and maple with access to associated hiking trails around Stave Lake. With a canoe or kayak, the campground provides a great starting place for exploring the adjacent Tobeatic and Medway Lakes Wilderness Areas.
The campground is also a 10-minute drive from Kejimkujik National Park with dozens of maintained hiking trails, old-growth forest, and canoe and kayak rentals, and only 5 minutes from the 4-mile stillwater trail, a beautiful waterfront trail managed by the MFCF.
The Stave Lake Campground is operated by the Medway Community Forest Cooperative. Our mission is to support local communities through sustainable and ecologically based forest management. One way we strive to meet our mission is to manage the forest to maximize multiple economic, social, and environmental values - The Stave Lake Campground allows us to diversify revenue sources while protecting provincially recognized old-growth forest that surrounds a portion of Stave Lake!
The campground is a backcountry style camping experience with front country access. The farthest sites are about 500 meters from the parking lot. Gear must be carried in!
The campground has outhouses, firewood available for pre-purchase, and bear hangs for storing food.
Each campsite has a firepit, picnic table, and tent pad.
There is a lovely trail system associated with the campground. We recommend waterproof hiking boots as water pools in some spots!
Only firewood purchased at the campground is allowed in accordance with the Provincial “Don’t Move Firewood” campaign.
Campfires are not permitted unless stated.