NLIS 3
May 31, 2001
(Tourism, Culture and Recreation)

Remaining provincial parks open for season

Kevin Aylward, Minister of Tourism, Culture and Recreation, today announced that three more of the province's provincial parks which offer camping facilities will open for the season on Friday, June 1, while the remaining three will open on Friday, June 8, for the 2001 summer season. The parks to open and the number of designated campsites available in each are:

June 1

Dildo Run (55) 
Pinware River (15) 
Sir Richard Squires Memorial (159)

June 8

Blow Me Down (28) 
Lockston Path (56) 
Pistolet Bay (30)

In addition, the province's six natural and scenic attraction provincial parks will also open for the season on June 8. These parks are:

The Arches           Cataracts          Codroy Valley
Deadman's Bay     Dungeon           Gooseberry Cove

Minister Aylward advised park users that 20 of the 56 designated campsites at Lockston Path Provincial Park are now fully serviced. In addition to being able to utilize the park's comfort station, users of these sites will have access to on site water and electrical services. The fee for these sites is $18 per night. Use of these sites cannot be purchased for the season, however, they are available to those wishing to camp on a multi-night, weekly or monthly basis. The remaining 35 sites in this park are still considered partially serviced as they were in 2000. Users of these sites will be charged $11 per night with access being provided to the comfort station as well as pit privies and drinking water taps which are located throughout the park.

The minister invites everyone to fully explore and enjoy all of this province's provincial
parks and what they have to offer including the five km trail leading to the 340 m high summit of Erin Mountain at Barachois Pond; a deep river gorge with two cascading waterfalls at Cataracts; the view from the "Lookout" or the "Butter Pot" at Butter Pot; the magnificent view of the Long Range Mountains offered at Codroy Valley, or the natural rock archway created by tidal action which can be seen at The Arches.

"I wish all residents and tourists a safe and very enjoyable summer," said the minister. "I encourage all park users do their part to help protect the natural environment of the province's special places, including its provincial parks, for the benefit of present and future generations."

Media contact: Catherina Kennedy, Communications, (709) 729-0928.

2001 05 31                                                   3:35 p.m.