changed. In compiling camper statistics in previous years no consideration was 

 made for campers who purchased more than one campsite permit in one park 

 during a single continuous period of camping. Consequently those persons in the 

 camping party were counted two or three times, depending upon the number of 

 permits issued. For 1963, the number of campers on other than the originally 

 issued permit in a park were not counted. This is the reason for the reduction in 

 the number of campers in 1963, as compared to 1962. There was, however, a 

 12 per cent increase in camper use in 1963. Wilderness campers using the interior 

 waterways of Algonquin and Quetico Provincial Parks totalled 47,114. 



An appropriation of $1,150,000 was made available for the development of 

 provincial parks. The number of camping units was increased in 1963 by 769, 

 making a total of 14,458, thus providing accomodation for approximately 60,000 

 campers at one time. The construction of 131 earth pit toilets, five flush 

 type comfort stations, two picnic shelters and seven change houses added to the 

 facilities available for the park user. Other additional improvements to park 

 facilities included: 6520 feet of beach, 27 acres of overflow camper area, 22 wells, 

 1 6 miles of walking and hiking trails, two outdoor exhibit centres and two amphi- 

 theatres. 



Interpretive programmes of conducted trips, illustrated lectures and labelled 

 trails were continued in Algonquin, Rondeau, Sibley, Presqu'ile, Quetico and 

 Pinery Provincial Parks. The Algonquin Park Museum and the Logging Exhibit, 

 the Presqu'ile Park Museum, the temporary museums in Rondeau, Sibley and 

 Quetico Provincial Parks, Sibbald Memorial Museum in Sibbald Point Provincial 

 Park and Nancy Island Museum at Wasaga Beach Provincial Park were again open 

 during the summer season. A programme of conducted trips and evening film 

 presentations was continued in Lake Superior Provincial Park. Labelled trails were 

 continued in Inverhuron and Kap-Kig-Iwan Provincial Parks. Exhibit centres were 

 again open in Serpent Mounds and Inverhuron Provincial Parks to interpret the 

 archaeological significances of these areas. A new exhibit centre was established in 

 Craigleith Provincial Park to interpret the geology and fossils, which are predomin- 

 ant features of the Park. These programmes and interpretive facilities, designed to 

 familiarize visitors with the natural and/or historical significances of these 

 provincial parks, were used this year by 495,014 park visitors, an increase of 

 1.5 per cent over last year's figure of 487,395. There is no measurement of the 

 attendance of exhibit centres. 



Waterfowl shooting, during the regular open season, was continued in Ron- 

 deau, Presqu'ile, Darlington and Holiday Beach Provincial Parks. Earl Rowe 

 Provincial Park was opened to pheasant shooting the fall of 1963 while this 

 activity was continued in Sibbald Point, Darlington and Presqu'ile Provincial Parks. 



The hunting of deer, moose and bear in the Townships of Bruton and Clyde, 

 Algonquin Provincial Park was continued under a system of regulated hunting 

 camp permits. Lake Superior Provincial Park was again open to moose hunters. 



Pinery, Darlington and Kakabeka Falls Provincial Parks again provided 

 facilities for winter activities. Two toboggan slides were established in Kap-Kig- 

 Iwan Provincial Park. The number of skating rinks was increased by three, making 

 a total of five rinks available for winter users. A total of 5 1 ,672 persons visited the 

 four parks in which winter use facilities are available. 



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