May 7, 1996
(Tourism, Culture & Recreation)

More Provincial Parks Opening for Season

Five more of the province's 48 provincial parks will open on Friday, May 31 for the 1996 summer season. The parks to open, as announced today by Sandra Kelly, Minister of Tourism, Culture and Recreation, are:

     Sandbanks
     Grand Codroy
     J. T. Cheeseman
     The Arches
     Squires Memorial

"This announcement brings the number of parks already opened for the season to 18 with the remaining to open on June 14," Ms. Kelly said. "Thirteen parks opened for the Victoria Day weekend which, I might add, was very successful from both our perspective and the perspective of the users."

The cost of unserviced sites is $8; partially serviced $10 (i.e. access to flush toilets and showers); fully serviced $15 (i.e. campsites with water, electrical and sewage hookups per campsite). Campers wishing to store their trailer in the park can also avail of the opportunity for a weekly fee of $5.

Fully serviced campsites are available in one provincial park, Grand Codroy. Partially serviced campsites are available in the following parks: Butter Pot, Barachois, Blow Me Down, Pistolet Bay, Dildo Run and Grand Codroy. These parks, as well as Notre Dame and Gushue's Pond, also have trailer dumping stations.