12 Percent - Parks and Protected Areas System Plan Consultation

Laurie Provincial Park

County

Halifax

Size

27.62 Hectares

Classification

Outdoor Recreation

Status

Designated; Operational

Location NS Atlas

58 Y 3

Managed As

Supporting Park

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Overview

A popular camping park on Shubenacadie Grand Lake offering camping, walking, swimming, boating and fishing.  The park was completely redeveloped in 2011.

63 campsites, open for camping from June to September.

Protection Values

A small, highly developed park.  One invertebrate species within the park has been identified as being critically imperiled and one as being vulnerable to extirpation or extinction.

Education Values

Associated with Historic Shubenacadie Canal

Tourism Values

Regionally significant freshwater opportunity in Halifax Regional Municipality; close to metro Halifax-Dartmouth; close to Highway 102; on the Historic Shubenacadie Canal system

Outdoor Recreation Values

Camping, walking trails, canoeing, picnicking, fishing

Annual Revenue

No figures available to reflect impact of redevelopment, as only open a partial season.

Operating Cost

No figures available to reflect impact of redevelopment, as only open a partial season.