B.C. provincial park bans non-Indigenous visitors
Joffre Lakes Provincial Park will be temporarily closed to the public for two periods this summer to allow Indigenous people in the area to “connect with the land.”
Joffre Lakes Provincial Park, located just east of Pemberton in British Columbia, announced that it will be closed to the public for two periods this summer to allow Indigenous people to “connect with the land.”
The announcement was made by B.C. Parks on Thursday, and will take place from June 20 to 27, and from September 8 to 30.
