The Mi’gmag and Wolastoqiyik of New Brunswick and Parks Canada Sign a Five-Year Agreement for Free Entrance to National Parks

In celebration of National Aboriginal Day, a new vehicle identifier program for free entry for First Nations into Parks Canada places in New Brunswick was launched today. The Mi’gmag and Wolastoqiyik of New Brunswick now have entry without charge to Kouchibouguac and Fundy national parks, as well as all national historic sites administered by Parks Canada in New Brunswick thanks to a five-year agreement recently signed between the Assembly of First Nations’ Chiefs in New Brunswick and the Parks Canada Agency.

This agreement was concluded through the collaborative efforts of the New Brunswick First Nations Advisory Committee for Parks Canada, created in 2010.

The Parks Vehicle Identifier Program will ensure that common objectives in historical and natural resource conservation are met. It also supports the key pillars of the recently announced National Conservation Plan to conserve and restore our lands and waters and to connect Canadians to nature.

Parks Canada manages a network of 44 national parks, 167 national historic sites and four national marine conservation areas, while setting the stage and inviting Canadians and people from around the world to engage in personal moments of inspiring discovery at Canada’s treasured natural and historic places.

“The Vehicle Identifier will be issued to all Mi’ ...