Prince Edward Island National Park Announces Expansion
Prince Edward Island National Park is getting new dunes as part of a 405-acre expansion.
- By NPT Staff - March 25th, 2021 2:30am
Canada
Hiking Though A Canadian National Park That Protects Farmland
The drive to the start of the Harvest Trail meanders down a rural road past market gardens selling brown eggs and honey, alongside fields waiting to be planted with wheat, soy and corn crops, and past glorious old barns and yellow warning signs ordering motorists to share the road with tractors.
- By Jennifer Bain - August 2nd, 2024 5:57am
Kejimkujik Gets Green Energy And Infrastructure Investments
Nova Scotia’s Kejimkujik National Park and National Historic Site is getting almost $600,000 to support greenhouse gas emissions reduction efforts and investment in clean technology.
- By NPT Staff - March 22nd, 2021 2:30am
Banff Boosts Cycling Opportunities With Road Closures
Cyclists and pedestrians will have two stretches of scenic roadways in Banff National Park almost to themselves this season.
- By Jennifer Bain - August 2nd, 2024 5:57am
Pandemic Slows Work On Proposed British Columbia National Park Reserve
Parks Canada says there won’t be any expropriation of private land for the proposed South Okanagan-Similkameen National Park Reserve in British Columbia, and that “any acquisition of private property will occur on a willing seller-willing buyer basis.”
- By Jennifer Bain - August 2nd, 2024 5:57am
Exploring Canada's Most Accessible Arctic National Park
North of the Arctic Circle, our Twin Otter soars over the Mackenzie Delta’s maze of waterways and patchwork of tundra, darts across the Beaufort Sea and passes over the British Mountains before shaking and shuddering its way down to Sheep Creek International Airport. Well, that’s what the hand-painted sign says at the end of the grassy wilderness landing area. Parks Canada marks the spot as Imniarvik base camp in Ivvavik National Park, a place that just 100 or so people get to see each year in the extreme northwest corner of the Yukon.
- By Jennifer Bain - August 2nd, 2024 5:54am
Visitor Stats Reveal How Canada's Parks And Historic Sites Fared In 2020
Even a global pandemic couldn’t knock Banff National Park off the top of the list of Canada’s most visited national parks. Rouge National Urban Park saw more visitors than ever before as urbanites looked for quick and close outdoor escapes. And a Quebec island that once served as a quarantine station for new immigrants, and is now a national historic site, enjoyed a summer surge in popularity.
- By Jennifer Bain - August 2nd, 2024 5:57am
Point Pelee National Park Cancels Festival Of Birds
The annual Festival of Birds at Point Pelee National Park is going virtual in the face of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
- By NPT Staff - March 12th, 2021 2:30am
One Of Canada's Least Visited Parks Will Stay Closed This Year
Tuktut Nogait National Park will remain closed for all of 2021 due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
- By Jennifer Bain - August 2nd, 2024 5:57am
Bison Return To Waterton Lakes National Park
Six young plains bison have arrived at Waterton Lakes National Park, replenishing a small herd that had to be relocated during the 2017 Kenow Wildfire.
- By Jennifer Bain - August 2nd, 2024 5:57am
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