Prince Edward Island National Park

With Hurricane Lee expected to make landfall in Canada on Saturday, national parks in Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick have announced closures.

Canada has announced $11.6 million ($8.7 million USD) for Parks Canada-administered sites on Prince Edward Island in the wake of 2022’s Hurricane Fiona.

National Parks Traveler has been honored for its Canadian coverage by the North American Travel Journalists Association (NATJA).

Call them what you like — outhouses, pit privies, vault toilets, washrooms, bathrooms or just plain old public toilets. When you spend the year touring Parks Canada's national historic sites and national parks for stories — like I just did — you'll need to use the facilities on a regular basis. And by facilities, I don't mean the "facilitrees" when you're desparate and have to go in the great outdoors, and I don't mean the cush indoor ones with flush toilets found in heated/air-conditioned visitor centers. I mean the standalone ones that aren't always as clean and fragant as you'd like and where you consider yourself lucky if there's a good supply of toilet paper and sanitizer.