Lachine Canal Has New Offerings For 20th Anniversary
Paddleboarding will now be welcome on part of the Lachine Canal National Historic Site, which is celebrating the 20th anniversary of its reopening this year.
News in the Parks
Grizzly Bears Spotted In Jasper Townsite
Jasper National Park is grappling with the sudden appearance of young grizzly bears in the townsite of Jasper.
- May 30th, 2022
Celebrating The Songbird Migration At Point Pelee
As the sun sinks without fanfare over the southernmost tip of mainland Canada, the nocturnal and normally elusive American woodcock makes his presence known with a strange, repetitive and decidedly nasal sound.
- By Jennifer Bain - May 29th, 2022
Artist Roland Gissing Celebrated At Bar U Ranch
The Bar U Ranch National Historic Site has launched a gallery in its visitor center celebrating Alberta’s best-known landscape artist.
Swapping Invasive Lemongrass For Fruit Trees In Antigua’s Rainforest
Near the top of the hike up Signal Hill where Antigua’s last remaining rainforest gives way to rocky barrens, clumps of a long and deceptively pretty plant with a bright, citrus aroma sprout from the volcanic soil. It’s lemongrass — that ingredient we all love in Thai curries and soups, but an invasive species that grows fast and burns easily on this Caribbean island because of the high oil content in its leaves.
- By Jennifer Bain - May 25th, 2022
Gros Morne Opens Temporary Visitor Center
Parks Canada has opened a temporary visitor center for Newfoundland's Gros Morne National Park on the waterfront in Rocky Harbour.
- May 24th, 2022
Banff Urges People To Use Transit Options
Calgarians are being encouraged to help offset the impact of personal vehicle use on wildlife and the environment by taking transit to Banff National Park.
- May 23rd, 2022
Barbuda's Sanctuary For Frigatebirds
BARBUDA—The mangroves are teeming with pterodactyl-like frigatebirds nesting awkwardly in the foliage, sunning themselves, languidly feeding their downy white chicks, trying not to trip over each other, and staring at us with looks that range from absolute indifference to fleeting curiosity.
New Cape Breton Campground Honours Acadian And Mi'kmaq Ties
Cape Breton Highlands National Park’s new campground — Terrain de Camping Cap-Rouge / Mkwesaqtuk Campground — will be the first French and Mi'kmaw facility name in the Nova Scotia park.
- By Jennifer Bain - May 14th, 2022
Parks Canada Recovers 45 Stolen Fossils
A person who removed 45 fossils from Kootenay National Park has been slapped with a $20,000 fine (about $15,000 USD) and given a five-month conditional sentence with a curfew order.
- By Jennifer Bain - May 13th, 2022
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