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In i960, a total of 75 provincial parka were open for public use. 

 Of the 75 provincial parka, 63 made entrance and camping charge a; the remaining 

 12 were open without chargea. In addition, I6 provincial park areaa, closed to 

 the public, were either under development or reserved for future development. 



Provincial park statistic a again showed an Increaae In the amount 

 of public uae . The general visitation increaaed to 5*692,578* an Increaae of 

 11,^5^, while the numbers of campers Increaaed by 235^ to 592,103. Since I956, 

 the numbera of campera have Increaaed by 5835^. 



The development of existing parks and new park areas was continued 

 with the assistance of the Pederal/Provlnclal Unemployment Relief Programme. 

 Under this programme, the total expenditure amounted to $1,216,731.02, of which 

 505^ waa contributed by the Federal Government. An amount of $1,500,000.00 was 

 alao made available for park development and land purchaaea. 



During i960, Improvementa Included the provision of 3*000 new camp- 

 site a, the development or Improvement of 67 miles of roads, additional parking 

 for 5,000 cars, the construction of 21 boat launching rampa, the planting of 

 more than 350,000 treea, the construction of approximately 500 earth type toilets, 

 11 picnic shelters and five flush type comfort stations. Through the facilities 

 of the Department of Reform Institutions, there were constructed 7*100 picnic 

 tables, 3,710 fireplace grills and 100 barbecue grills. The latter were placed 

 In selected day use areas as an experiment and proved very popular with park 

 users. 



Programmes of park Interpretation were continued In five provlnlal 

 parks with complete programmes of museums, conducted trips, evening lectures and 

 labelled trails. In addition, historical exhibits were again presented at 

 Slbbald Point, Serpent Mounds and Nancy Island (Wasaga Beach) Provincial Parka. A 

 labelled trail was added at Reml Lake Provincial Park. These programmes and ex- 

 hibits, designed to familiarize visitors with the natural and historical features 

 of the park environments attracted, in i960, a total of 375*989* an increase over 

 the 1959 total of 21^. 



Winter recreational activities were introduced in three provincial 

 parks on an experimental basis to assess the nature and extent of the potential 

 winter use of pi-ovincial parks. Kakabeka Palla Provincial Park offered 22,6l7 



