Students Promote Northshore Marine Conservation Area
PARKS CANADA HIRES SUMMER STUDENTS TO PROMOTE LAKE SUPERIOR NATIONAL MARINE CONSERVATION AREA ALONG NORTH SHORE
NIPIGON, ONTARIO, July 29, 2010 Charmaine Beaulieu, Visitor Information Student Supervisor, works out of the Parks Canada office on the ground floor of Nipigon’s Tourist Information Centre. The four Student Visitor Information Officers are working out of the visitor and tourist information centres in the communities of Terrace Bay, Schreiber and Nipigon, and one is working at the Terry Fox Lookout and the Thunder Bay Pagoda. In addition, there is a Parks Canada exhibit featuring information and resources located at the dock in Rossport.
The Student Visitor Information Officers have participated in an orientation and boat tour of the Lake Superior National Marine Conservation Area and look forward to sharing information with visitors to their respective locations. Drop in at any of the tourist information centres to access information on Parks Canada’s national marine conservation areas, national parks and national historic sites.
Summer is a great time to visit the Lake Superior National Marine Conservation Area. Explore and experience its many wondrous natural, cultural and historic features, and recognize the importance of conserving and protecting marine environments.
Parks Canada manages national marine conservation areas to ensure their ecological sustainability and to provide opportunities for appreciation and enjoyment of marine heritage. Lake Superior National Marine Conservation Area, at more than 10,000 km
Parks Canada is celebrating the 125
– Parks Canada is pleased to have five local students stationed in tourist information centres along the north shore this summer helping to promote the Lake Superior National Marine Conservation Area. 2, is the largest freshwater marine protected area in the world. Its boundaries extend from Thunder Cape at the tip of Sleeping Giant Provincial Park in the west, to Bottle Point just east of Terrace Bay, and south to the United States – Canada border. th anniversary of the creation of Banff – the country’s first national park. National marine conservation areas are the newest member of Parks Canada’s family of protected areas.
