In the past few years, you might have noticed that every once in a while Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry (and thus Ontario Parks) would declare a few parks as 'non operating' citing various reasons including low visitation rates, low cost recovery, and any upcoming capital investment needs to keep the facility operational. Well ,its a good news this … [Read more...]
Sleeping Springwater: A tribute to the now ‘closed’ provincial park
Mary Harris shares her love and hope for Springwater Provincial Park Springwater Park was once a great outing for this family of seven. Nearby, inexpensive and a blast for rambunctious little ones, we used to take a picnic and a frisbee and drive less than ten minutes out highway 26 to the park. The gate admission, only about $10.00, was easy on the wallet. Unfortunately, … [Read more...]