THE KAINJI NATIONAL PARK
This park in Kwara state was
established in 1979 and incorporates the Borgu game reserve and Zugurma game reserve
to the south east. The Borgu sector of the park alone covers an area of about
3.929 km. The Kainji national park also contains the Kainji dam and a major
hydro power station. It is an artificial lake which covers the town of old Bussa.
Here Mungo Park the explorer was said to have come to grief in 1805 when his
canoe capsized on the bumpy falls of river Niger. Now the lake hides the scene
of the accident. The lake is 136km long.
