To minimize disturbance for sensitive wildlife between dusk and dawn, the mandatory seasonal travel restriction on the Bow Valley Parkway in Banff National Park began March 1 and runs to June 25.
For a few precious weeks in early winter, usually after the water freezes and before the first snowfall, some lakes in Alberta’s Rocky Mountains form “wild ice.” The smooth surface is temporarily skateable and sometimes gorgeous frozen bubbles can be seen just beneath the surface.
Growing up in Nova Scotia, attending a high school with an outdoor education focus, taking a sustainable forestry course that asked her to connect how clearcutting killed Atlantic salmon, and joining annual field trips to Kejimkujik National Park, Hilary Harrop-Archibald always had her eye on an eventual career with Parks Canada.
One of the most popular viewpoints along the Icefields Parkway in Banff National Park will remain closed until August for a second summer of construction.
The coronavirus pandemic has slowed plans to protect Prince Edward Island’s last coastal wilderness, but work is being done to finally launch the public input stage surrounding a proposed national park reserve in a chain of barrier islands.