Government Makes Major National Parks Investment

Langley MP Mark Warawa is encouraging Langley residents to explore the Fort Langley National Historic Site and other National Parks around BC as a way to commemorate Parks Week this week.

“To encourage Canadians to enjoy these magnificent treasures of our natural and historic heritage, for this year and next the Government has implemented a fee freeze at National Parks and Historic Sites managed by Parks Canada,” says Warawa, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of the Environment, who is also responsible for Parks Canada.

“Canada’s Economic Action Plan is our Government’s plan to stimulate our economy during the global recession,” said Warawa. “That plan includes major investments in our National Parks and Historic Sites. This will help preserve, enhance, and promote these treasures, and it will help create jobs across the country.”


In BC, the Economic Action Plan includes the following investments:

• Kootenay, Yoho and Glacier national parks received funding for pavement and guide rail repairs on Highway 93 South and for overlaying pavement in Sinclair Canyon.
• Kootenay National Park of Canada received funding for building analysis and repairs to the Rogers Pass National Historic Site of Canada Discovery Centre.
• Glacier National Park of Canada received funding for a cost-shared washroom facility
• Yoho National Park of Canada received funding for upgrade in the Field Visitor Reception Centre.
• Allocation to the preservation of Canada’s heritage infrastructures in coastal British Columbia.
• $1.56 million towards new exhibits, barrier free washroom facilities, a new fire suppression system and electrical upgrades for Fisgard Lighthouse National Historic Site;
• $1.183 million for new exhibits and interpretive displays for the Wickaninnish Interpretive Centre in Pacific Rim National Park Reserve.
• In addition, an investment of $375,000 will contribute to improvements to the Moresby Camp boat launch in the Queen Charlotte Islands, part of a larger project being lead by the Province of British Columbia. Moresby Camp is an important access point for Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve and Haida Heritage Site.