Parks Canada is considering changes for another busy area of Banff National Park.
Lake Minnewanka has long drawn hikers, divers and boaters to its shores, but the crowds are getting out of hand and the problems are not going away.While nothing is decided, visitors need to start changing their thinking around park access.
"Right now, we are coming up with an overall area plan for Lake Minnewanka. will come up with some broad strategies of where we want to be," said Sal Rasheed, Banff National Park superintendent.Moraine Lake was suddenly closed to private vehicles this past fall. "What we've done at Moraine Lake doesn't necessarily need to be what happens at Lake Minnewanka," Rasheed said."They're going to see a few changes for how to access,” said Francois Masse, Lake Louise, Yoho and Kootenay field unit superintendent.
It's part of a broader plan for Parks Canada, spreading out the roughly 4.3 million visitors expected this year and easing pressure on infrastructure, land and wildlife.
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