September 9, 2020 Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island Park Agency of Canada
The COVID-19 pandemic reminded Canadians of the importance of linking with nature. Parks Canada offers supply opportunities for Canadians to match their cultural and herbal heritage from coast to coast.
Wayne Easter, a member of Parliament for Malpeque, representing the Minister of Environment and Climate Change and guilty minister of Parks of Canada, the Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, today announced a $1. 76 million federal investment for Canada’s Park Sites on Prince Edward Island. The investment will help ongoing rehabilitation efforts after the effect of the Posttropical Typhoon Dorian on Green Gables Heritage Place and Prince Edward Island National Park, adding Cavendish Campground.
The Government of Canada will invest in maintaining trails and roads, as well as cleaning spaces along the trails at Green Gables Heritage Place and Prince Edward Island National Park. In Cavendish Campground, this investment will help forest restoration, the maintenance of damaged infrastructure and in addition, some camps will be moved to a new circuit to be built for un developed tent sites in a domain of the camp is less vulnerable to the effects of climate. with an off-grid roof will also be created in the camp. The realities of climate change on the north coast of Prince Edward Island were softened by these advances to ensure camp resistance and long-term infrastructure.
Prince Edward Island National Park severely affected by posttropical Typhoon Dorian in September 2019. Camping Cavendish is the largest camp in Prince’s Island National Park. Odouard, with more than two hundred sites, a supervised white sand beach, the popular Homestead Trail and many other amenities for visitors.
Parks Canada is a conservation leader. The Agency is taking steps to ensure that plant species, cultural resources and sensitive environmental characteristics are protected paintings at Cavendish Campground.
Parks Canada appreciates the contribution of First Nations and has engaged First Nations to seek feedback on all of the planned rehabilitation paintings on this site.