PARKS CANADA WINTER CLOSURES
Winter closures at Parks Canada sites: Fort St. Joseph closed Oct. 10 after another successful season; Navigation season at Sault Canal recreational lock ends Oct. 15
SAULT STE. MARIE, ON – Fort St. Joseph National Historic Site of Canada on St. Joseph Island closed for the winter after a busy Thanksgiving weekend. The site will re-open on June 1, 2012.
Parks Canada and the City of Sault Ste. Marie will also suspend lock operations at the Sault Ste. Marie Canal National Historic Site. While the navigation season for the lock runs from May 15 to October 15 each year, the Parks Canada visitor centre and adjacent grounds remain open to the public Monday to Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. throughout the fall and winter.
Parks Canada is proud to manage a nation-wide family of protected areas on behalf of all Canadians. Fort St. Joseph and Sault Ste. Marie Canal National Historic Sites are two of 167 national historic sites operated by Parks Canada to protect and present significant examples of our nation’s natural and cultural heritage to this and future generations. For more information on the sites please visit parkscanada.gc.ca/joseph and parkscanda.gc.ca/sault.
Established in 1911 as the Dominion Parks Branch, Parks Canada is the world’s oldest national parks service, and a world leader in protecting and presenting treasured national parks, national historic sites and national marine conservation areas. Parks Canada is 100 years old – come celebrate!
