B.C. First Nations’ closings of Joffre Lakes Park adds to growing public demand for nature

This weekend, one of the most picturesque parks in British Columbia is closed again, this time for two weeks.Provincial parks staff will be stationed at the Joffre Lakes parking lot to redirect visitors to alternate locations, such as Nairn Falls, so that the local First Nations can use their traditional lands in the absence of hordes of day trippers visiting the park’s turquoise mountain waters.