Push-button doors, fire pits part of parks upgrade
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The province plans to spend $1.1 million from the parks endowment fund on accessibility improvements and other upgrades at provincial parks.
They include making a path to the washrooms at Birds Hill’s West Beach accessible and paving the Bur Oak parking lot.
In Whiteshell Provincial Park, eight new accessible campsites are being added and 17 existing accessible campsites will get upgrades.
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At Grand Beach Provincial Park, 10 new accessible button door-openers on public buildings such as camp offices, washrooms and shower facilities will be installed.
At Grand Beach Provincial Park, 10 new accessible button door-openers on public buildings such as camp offices, washrooms and shower facilities will be installed.
Other improvements include upgrades to yurts at various locations, including Asessippi, Camp Morton, Stephenfield and Spruce Woods provincial parks.
In Nopiming Provincial Park, improvements will be made to picnic tables and campfire pits at backcountry canoe route sites along the Bird River, Seagrim’s Chain and the Rabbit River.
Several boat launches in the northwest region, including Bakers Narrows, Clearwater Lake and Grass River, will be improved.
At Hecla/Grindstone Provincial Park, a viewing telescope will be added and minor maintenance done to the walkway through the marsh along with trail signage improvements and the addition of a new amphitheatre for interpretive programs. Renovations will also be made to the Hecla Village fish museum.
Funds will also support conservation and biodiversity enhancement projects, including prairie management initiatives at Spruce Woods and Beaudry provincial parks.
For the complete list of this year’s endowment fund projects, visit www.manitobaparks.com.