As the Ontario government continues to ease COVID-19 restrictions across a variety of sectors, the latest to get the greenlight is parks and beaches.
Ontario Parks says they will start opening campgrounds gradually over the next several weeks.
They’ll be providing more washrooms and drinking water, along with roofed accommodations, park stores and rental operations, visitor centres, and sports fields.
Provincial government officials say beaches at Ontario Parks will begin to open starting on Friday following maintenance and water testing being completed.
The following is a list of recreational activities and facilities that will be opening soon at provincial parks in regions entering Stage 2:
- On June 15, campers enrolled in this year’s Ontario Parks’ Seasonal Campsite Program will now have access to their campsites at the majority of participating provincial parks. Those who were preselected in 2019 for the program will be contacted by Ontario Parks directly regarding the status of their reservation.
- Beginning the week of June 22, all other campgrounds in regions entering Stage 2 will gradually open at provincial parks, along with washrooms, water taps and trailer sanitation stations.
- Roofed accommodations (e.g., yurts, cabins and lodges, where available), park store and rental operations, visitor centers, and sports fields will be phased in over the next several weeks.
- Facilities such as showers, laundry, group camping, picnic shelter rentals and swimming pools will remain closed for the rest of the 2020 season.
