Parks Canada lifting closures in some areas of P.E.I. National Park damaged by Fiona

CHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.I. — Parks Canada has lifted closures at a few of the P.E.I. Nationwide Park grounds and seashores following harm from post-tropical storm Fiona.

The closure at Greenwich has lifted, and guests can park and entry the path community, together with the floating boardwalk on the Greenwich Dunes Path.

Nonetheless, all seashore entry stays closed in Greenwich. Guests will be unable to entry the coast on the finish of the floating boardwalk resulting from damaged and lacking infrastructure. The seashore stairs from the seashore advanced boardwalk are additionally broken and barricaded. Wild Rose Street stays closed and is usually closed seasonally.

Re-opened areas and websites:

• Grahams Lane, P.E.I. Nationwide Park.
• Oceanview, P.E.I. Nationwide Park.
• Cavendish Grove, P.E.I. Nationwide Park.
• Greenwich, P.E.I. Nationwide Park.
• Skmaqn – Port-la—Joye – Fort Amherst Nationwide Historic Website.
• Inexperienced Gables Heritage Place grounds and trails are absolutely open. Inexperienced Gables home and customer centre are open Nov.1-30 by particular appointment (charges apply).
• Ardgowan Nationwide Historic Website.
• Gulf Shore Parkway East and multi-use path from Covehead to Ross Lane (enter by way of Bayshore Street).

Barricades and signage are in place at impacted websites. The general public shouldn’t enter barricaded areas.

The closure at Grahams Lane in Cavendish has been lifted, and guests can entry Cavendish Grove and the Cavendish Dunelands Path.

Cavendish Campground, Cavendish Principal Seashore and components of the Homestead Path are nonetheless barricaded as infrastructure repairs are ongoing.

Barricades stay in place on the following places:

• From Brackley to Covehead, P.E.I. Nationwide Park (together with Robinsons Island).
• From Ross Lane to Dalvay, P.E.I. Nationwide Park.
• All seashore accesses – besides the 2 listed under (Covehead Lighthouse Seashore and North Rustico seashore).
• Look-offs and parking heaps alongside the Gulf Shore Parkway West till security and infrastructure assessments are accomplished.

The closure at Skmaqn—Port-la-Joye—Fort Amherst Nationwide Historic Website can also be lifted.

Parks Canada mentioned that the MacKenzies Brook Arch, which was broken by Fiona, collapsed this previous weekend after heavy winds and rain from tropical despair Nicole.

Unmarked hazards and unsafe circumstances are current all through the park, together with harmful bushes, eroded shoreline, unstable or lacking seashore infrastructure, washed out roads and pathways and uncovered utilities.

Seashore entry is permitted at two places:

• Covehead Lighthouse seashore: enter by way of Bayshore Street; guests can park in designated parking areas alongside Gulf Shore Parkway East in entrance of the lighthouse.
• North Rustico seashore: enter by way of Seashore Lane; guests can use decrease (west) car parking zone.

All different seashore accesses stay barricaded resulting from security considerations.

Parks workers mentioned individuals ought to abide by all closures, signage and barricades.

Parks Canada is reminding the general public that whereas some sections of P.E.I. Nationwide Park are open for guests to get pleasure from, the 2022 operational season is over for the 12 months and services are closed.