Nearly a week after it was evacuated and shut down due to the presence of a food-conditioned black bear, a popular campground on southern Vancouver Island has reopened.
BC Parks closed French Beach Provincial Park, located west of Sooke, on the afternoon of Wednesday, July 26 after the bear tore into three tents and tried to enter an occupied vehicle.“The closure was implemented to protect the public from the imminent threat that the bear presented," a spokesperson for BC Parks said in a statement after the evacuation.
The BC Conservation Officer Service put out two bear traps in the park, and patrolled the area through Sunday night, a spokesperson for BC Parks told CTV News on Monday.
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