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(cover photo: Boya Lake / Destination BC)
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Guide: 2017 Reservation Open Dates (in a 4 Month Rolling Window)
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Please reference this list to find out when your favourite BC Parks frontcountry campground is available to book reservations, on a new 4-month rolling reservation window! Reservable campsites are offered to book at 7:00am Pacific time on their release date, and can be booked up to 4 months in advance of your stay. Beginning in…
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Discover Camping Changes for the 2017 Camping Season!
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British Columbians love camping and they are passionate about their parks! Changes to the BC Parks Discover Camping Reservation Service for the 2017 season aim to improve fair access for everyone looking to book a campsite in B.C.’s world class provincial parks. The changes being implemented are in response to concerns raised during the 2016…
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BC Parks and the Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup: 2016
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2016 was BC Parks’ fifth year partnering to support the Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup as a Conservation Supporter. We are happy to report that it was a successful year with community groups as well as BC Parks’ staff organizing and hosting cleanup events in many of our Provincial Parks. These events are a great way…
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Rathtrevor Beach Provincial Park – making the shoreline more resilient to climate change
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If you go to Rathtrevor Beach Provincial Park’s main parking lot area and follow the trail to the beach you may be surprised to learn that just a few months ago, there was a 650 m long, >1 m high concrete seawall along the shoreline. The seawall was built in 1971 to prevent logs from…
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The salmon run has begun in BC Parks
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Ah autumn – cooler weather, brilliant colours, shorter days and the heady scent of the earth as it prepares itself for winter. The change in seasons brings with it the chance to witness one of nature’s more poignant spectacles – the salmon run. Each year, in rivers and waterways across BC, thousands upon thousands of…
