Parks Canada is standing by its decision to move Snaring Campground onto the online reservation system next year, despite a petition from Jasper residents asking the agency to reconsider. In a response to the community members who organized the petition, Jasper National Park Superintendent Geneviève...

A longtime Snaring Campground user writes to The Jasper Local following Parks Canada’s decision to move the campground to an online reservation system in 2027. Snaring River Valley near Snaring Campground. // Graeme Kennedy Dear editor: I read your article regarding Snaring campground going to reser...

Four hikers are happy to be home after a wind storm knocked over several trees in their campsite in the Jasper National Park backcountry and injured two sleeping campers. On July 1, Jasperites Jeff Baker and Megan Posein, along with their hiking partners from Calgary (who asked that their names not ...

Problems that confounded Parks Canada’s online campground reservation service in years past appear to be in the rear view mirror. Meanwhile, occupancy rates in Jasper’s hotel sector have rebounded from the pandemic.  Issues which plagued Parks Canada’s online campground reservation system were resol...