Dozens of intriguing wooden posts jut out of the aquamarine water by the historic CN Rail swing bridge in Atherley Narrows and in the distance alongside Shotgun Island. But they’re actually bridge footings and not the ancient Indigenous fish weirs that make this Ontario spot a national historic site. Those are buried in protective layers of silt here in the shallow waters where Lake Couchiching and Lake Simcoe meet. Standing on an old steel trestle structure from the railway era that overlooks the channel, I wish I could have visited either 5,000 years ago or a few years from now if an ambitious rethink of the area succeeds.

Visitors intending to backpack in Haleakalā National Park will soon be able to reserve Haleakalā Crater wilderness campsites in advance. Along with enabling backpackers to know they have a campsite, the reservation system is intended to prevent overcrowding at campsites during the COVID-19 pandemic.

You can start planning your vacation to Voyageurs National Park in Minnesota now by reserving a seat on the park's tour boat, Voyageur.

To spray or not to spray? It’s not usually a question that Parks Canada has to grapple with, but the Newfoundland and Labrador government has asked Gros Morne National Park to allow aerial spraying to quash an emerging outbreak of the dreaded spruce budworm.