Algonquin Provincial Park - power access
Was checking out Algonquin park and it seems to say that the power pedestals are 30 meters from the site. Is this right? Do people really need nearly 100 feet of power cable and extensions?
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shum02 wrote:RangerJay wrote:
It is unfortunate that any Parks were closed at all.
Ontario seems to have forgotten that its Parks were originally set aside for environmental and social purposes - purposes that included Protection, Recreation, Heritage Appreciation and Tourism - nowhere in that mandate was Revenue Generation .....
Jay
They are still open for day use.
I can never understand it..........everyone "whines" about fiscal responsibility for the various ministries but when the .gov actually practices it, it's wrong? Send an email to the Premier, maybe she'll reconsider - NOT!
Your are right about one thing - closure of Parks is not an Ontario Parks issue - it is a Government of Ontario issue.
The Parks system has done an exemplary job of exercising fiscal responsibility for a very long time: Volunteers, Friends of ...., Campground Host/Hostesses, Community Partnerships, Self-registration, shortened operating seasons, reduced services, establishment as a Special Revenue Retention Agency, development of Park Stores and Fee Increases - quite a whack of initiatives and I'm sure there are more.
The failure of fiscal responsibility lies with the Province on a much higher level - one regrettable consequence of that failure has been the closure of Parks.
And as for "open for day use" - sorry - that doesn't cut it.
Jay
