PROVINCIAL PARKS - Educational Programs 
     
    
   
   
    
     The fall and winter seasons are a time when Parks are not overly busy with park 
     
     visitors but to many of you this may provide an ideal opportunity to explore a 
     
     quiet marsh, meadow or forest to observe the plants and animals. This may be 
     
    

    
     of special interest to teachers or childrens group leaders as self-guided trails 
     
     have been established at Brudenell River and Mill River. 
     
    
   
   
    
     These trails cover areas tied in directly with the science curriculum in grades 
     
     four and six. Now, you say, how is a class or group going to explore the trails 
     
     in the snow. Snowshoes are available free of charge to such groups. Appointments 
     
     to reserve the snowshoes can be made by phoning Mill River Provincial Park at 
     
     859—2448 or Brudenell River Provincial Park at 652-2383. If you wish to explore 
     
     these trails on your own you may pick up a brochure and rent the snowshoes for 
     
     $2.00 a day at the park. By bringing your own snowshoes you can enjoy the trail 
     
     at no cost at all. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Some of you may be saying, who would want to go out to a park or anywhere on a 
     
     bleak windy snowy day. True, such conditions are not ideal, but all winter days 
     
     are not like that, and on a calmer day there is no nicer place to be than snow- 
     
     shoeing or skiing along a trail amongst the trees, perhaps with a light snow 
     
     falling with the friendly chickadees calling to all, asthey search for insects 
     
     hidden under bark and buds. Take along some hot dogs and buns and you can have a 
     
     barbeque along the way. Join the growing numbers who feel that the best time 
     
    

    
     to visit a Provincial Park is during the winter, on snowshoes or skis. 
     
    
   
   
    
     A further note which may be of interest to those in the Charlottetown Area is 
     
    

    
     the establishment of a nature trail on the property opposite the Queen Elizabeth 
     
     Hospital. This site, which was developed jointly by the Department of Forestry, 
     
     Transportation and Public Works and Education has posts marking stops on the trail 
     
     and is accompanied by a brochure which can be obtained from Provincial Parks. 
     
    

    
     A board walk extends out over a salt marsh and over a pond. It is hoped that 
     
     schools and private individuals will be able to make intensive use of this property 
     
     during the fall — the variety, numbers and colors of the leaves were tremendous, 
     
     and during the winter.