Kejimikujik Lake

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Kejimikujik Lake
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Location Nova Scotia
Coordinates 44°21′40.7″N, 65°13′49.2″WCoordinates: 44°21′40.7″N, 65°13′49.2″W
Basin countries Canada
Surface elevation 88 m (289 ft)

Kejimikujik lake (sometimes Kejimkujik or even Kedgeemakoogee) is the namesake lake and the largest lake in Kejimkujik National Park. The work 'Kejimkujik' is agreed by all to be a word derived from the Mi'kmaq language, but depending on the source will be said to mean "attempting to escape" or "swollen waters". The park's official stance is that Kejimkujik is a Mi'kmaq word meaning "tired muscles".

The lake is featured in The Tent Dwellers by Albert Bigelow Paine, a book chronicling his fishing trip through the central Nova Scotia wilds in the early 1900s.

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