Day-use facilities at Moyie Lake Provincial Park are receiving upgrades worth $440,000, Kootenay East MLA Bill Bennett announced today.

The park, 22 km southwest of Cranbrook, will have a new playground and refurbished shower building when the projects are completed in October.

The shower building will have new fixtures, tiling, paint, stalls, roof and mechanical components.

“These upgrades will make Moyie Lake much more enjoyable for everyone who visits the park,” Bennett said. “B.C. has one of the largest park systems in the world and our government is committed to keeping our park properties and facilities in top-notch condition.”

British Columbia has the highest percentage of its land base dedicated to protected areas of all provincial Canadian jurisdictions.

Over the past five years, BC Parks has invested about $60 million in park facilities, delivering projects directed at attracting young families, offering new recreation opportunities and increasing attendance. In 2015 alone, more than $13 million was invested into facility and capital projects in parks across B.C.

B.C.’s provincial parks receive more than 21 million visits each year.

Since 2001, more than 2.3 million hectares of land have been added to the province’s protected areas system through the establishment of 84 new parks, 156 conservancies, two ecological reserves, 14 protected areas and the expansion of more than 80 parks, six ecological reserves and three protected areas.

There are 1,030 provincial parks, recreation areas, conservancies, ecological reserves and protected areas covering more than 14 million hectares or approximately 14.4% of the provincial land base.

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