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The National Recreation Database (NRDB) is an online database of Canadian parks and recreation-related information maintained by the Leisure Information Network (LIN), [1] a national non-profit organization with the prime intent of establishing a repository for unpublished “grey” literature contributed by the recreation profession.
The Ministry of Children, Seniors and Social Development is a provincial government department in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.The department is headed by a member of the provincial cabinet, typically a Member of the House of Assembly, who is chosen by the premier and formally appointed by the Lieutenant-Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.
Recreation resource planning is a rational systematic decision-making process about the future management of recreation resources and recreation opportunities. Recreation planning applies analytical tools to deter our human tendencies to make decisions based on predisposition, bias, inadequate analysis, group-think, insular perspective, resistance to change, and excessive self-confidence.
Ontario Parks is a branch of the Ministry of Environment, Conservation, and Parks (MECP). Until recently, Ontario Parks as a whole was under the mandate of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry (MNRF). The history of Ontario's provincial parks stretches for over 100 years. Here are some of the milestones from the past century plus: [3]
Development of Sandbanks Provincial Park began in the 1960s. A development plan submitted in February 1964 placed a paved road through the sand dunes. After protests due to the damage that would cause to the dunes, the plan was abandoned and Parks Ontario pledged to protect the dunes. [10] The park was established in 1970. [4]
Rondeau in spring. Rondeau Provincial Park is the second oldest provincial park in Ontario, Canada, having been established with an order in council on 8 September 1894. [3] The park is located in Southwestern Ontario, on an 8 km long crescentic sand spit extending into Lake Erie.
These 29 parks were apparently privatized or closed in an initial privatization initiative in 1995. [5] Provincial Parks: Blue Ponds Provincial Park - Corner Brook; privately owned and operating as an RV park as of 2013. Cochrane Pond Provincial Park - St. John's; privately owned and operating as of 2013.
Algonquin Park was named a National Historic Site in 1992 in recognition of several heritage values including: its role in the development of park management; pioneering visitor interpretation programs later adopted by national and provincial parks across the country; its role in inspiring artists, which in turn gave Canadians a greater sense ...