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(cover photo: Boya Lake / Destination BC)
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Guest Blog: EC Manning Park – Back Country Horsemen Opening Work Bee
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Like everything we plan, it is always a good idea to keep your options open! So it was with the 4th annual opening of the Headwaters Corral Equestrian Campsite in EC Manning Park. The Campsite opens for the season the first weekend of July each year. Headwaters Corral was built in partnership with BC Parks, Manning…
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Port Hardy Oceans Day
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Jerry the Moose upstaged Raul the Killer whale but otherwise Port Hardy’s annual Oceans Day celebration at Rotary Park was devoted to all things aquatic. On Friday, June 7, BC Parks participated in this event hosted by the Port Hardy Chamber of Commerce. This celebration lasted the whole day with interactive and educational activities focussed…
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Funding Available for BC Parks Volunteers
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See news release here. $240,000 is available for BC Parks volunteer projects taking place in 2013/14. To access this funding for a specific park, please contact your local BC Parks staff or email BCParks.Volunteers@gov.bc.ca to find out who you should contact. Each of BC Parks’ five regions has been allocated $20,000 to support conservation projects,…
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Swan City Snowmobile Volunteer Day
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On February 16th, the Swan City Snowmobile Club hosted a volunteer appreciation lunch at the Public Use cabin at Kakwa Lake in Kakwa Provincial Park in celebration of Alberta’s Family Day. BC Parks presented the Club with a Certificate of Appreciation for all the great work they do in the park. Approximately 200 snowmobiles that stopped at the…
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BC Parks’ staff and volunteers complete trail-building project at Hakai
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Written by: Coast Mountain News For the past three years, BC Parks, in collaboration with the Hakai Beach Institute and the Hakai Luxvbalis Collaborative Management Board, has undertaken a facility improvement project to upgrade the existing trail systems on Calvert Island. These trails are nestled within the magnificent Hakai Luxvbalis Conservancy, which is the province’s…
