_News Talk 770
5/18/2012
As campers head out to hopefully enjoy some rays, park officials are reminding them not to bring their booze along.
Once again, alcohol is banned in Banff National Park right through until Monday. As well a number of Alberta parks have banned alcohol until 6:00 Monday night.Fire bans are also in effect in many parts of the province. Backcountry fires are prohibited in all wildland provincial parks, but fires are allowed in metal fire pits in designated campgrounds.
Here are the parks where temporary liquor bans are in place:
Aspen Beach
Cypress Hills
Dillberry Lake
Garner Lake
Jarvis Bay
Miquelon Lake
Pigeon Lake
Wabamun Lake
Whitney Lakes
Fire bans are in place in these local provincial parks:
Bluerock (Kananaskis Region)
Bob Creek (South Region)
Bow Valley (Kananaskis Region)
Brazeau Canyon (West Central Region)
Fort Assiniboine Sandhills (West Central Region)
Don Getty (Kananaskis Region)
Elbow-Sheep (Kananaskis Region)
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