Area Parks Get Upgrade
By 250 News
Tuesday, May 22, 2007 09:30 AM
Three Povincial Parks in the Prince George area are getting some funding to upgrade infrastructure .
The final year of a multi year upgrade plan to the Islands at Carp Lake Provincial Park will see $5,000 used to finish the upgrades to campgrounds on the islands.
At Whiskers Point Provincial Park, $46 thousand dollars to complete a project for new campsites, tables and water supply system.
At Eskers Provincial Park, $8,000 has been provided to upgrade the main access road, trails and all the docks.
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One example is Cluculz Lake that now has no public access to the lake with the Attic Campground now private. It is the biggest, nearly the closest to town, and one of the nicest lakes in the PG region and the public is now locked out from using that lake for recreation purposes. IMO that is unacceptable and a shame on the local planners for allowing that to happen.
Ditto for places like the Nechako river with is being blocked from public access more and more to the point where only a couple of useless access points to the river are all that remain.
Any investment in our parks is welcome, but I would suggest this is much too small and not near enough to protect our outdoor heritage from private developers that are making our outdoor recreation a thing of privatized access. It’s a shame and I’ve tried to bring this up with Pat Bell, but he apparently does not have the time to meet and discuss this issue.