Asitu'lisk is available for you to explore the grounds, build connections, and attend Indigenous events.
Exploring
Explore the 22 kilometres of forest trails, our expansive gardens, the sauna, beachfront, orchards, celebration grounds, and more.
Connecting
Participate in ceremony, language camps, drumming circles, classes, and other gatherings, inside or out, by day or overnight.
Being
Our grounds can accommodate a swim, nature walk, skate, sauna, fire circle, meeting, catered meal, kayak adventure, and more each season.
Exploring
Explore Asitu'lisk
Asitu’lisk is a place of educational programming; but in all seasons, Asitu’lisk is waiting for you to wander. Pick up a map at the office and find the trails of the Forest Wapane’kati. Less than 1% of the original, primeval forest of Nova Scotia remains; Asitu’lisk is one of those rare remaining places. In fact, it is the longest-standing example of sustainable forestry in Canada, protected and stewarded by Ulnooweg and ten “Forest Families”.
Head to the lakefront, wander the high meadow, trickle through the gardens, and just let the land tell you its story. Every trail is an adventure.
Connecting
Gathering Spaces
We have a variety of spaces for your gathering and educational use. You can observe ceremony in the forest, take language camps to the fire circles under the hemlocks, conduct drumming circles in the meadow, hold meetings in the lodge, and more! Meals can be taken outdoors under the sky or a rented tent, inside the farmhouse, or in our mess hall.
If your group needs a place to stay during educational programming, we have space for that, too! Loft-style sleeping and small suites are available in the lodge, as well as rooms in the farmhouse and secluded 1-5 person off-grid cabins are hidden throughout the forest trails.
Being
Activities
What can you do here? Well, our grounds can accommodate a swim, a medicine walk, winter ice skate, wood-fired sauna with the ancestors, fire circles, indoor meetings, catered meals, kayak adventures, varied ceremony and more, year round. The Ulnooweg Education Centre is currently working on a list of upcoming activities and events programming. Watch this space!
