The purpose of the present Act is to develop and operate provincial parks to: a) provide opportunities for a wide variety of outdoor recreational opportunities; b) preserve unique, rare, representative or otherwise significant elements of the natural environment and historic resources of Nova Scotia; c) provide opportunities for exploration, understanding and appreciation of Nova Scotia's natural and cultural heritage through interpretation, information and educational programmes; d) provide resident travellers and out-of-Province visitors with opportunities to discover, experience and enjoy Nova Scotia's distinctive outdoor recreational and heritage resources; and e) assemble and maintain, within a system of provincial parks and park reserves, a land base adequate to meet present and future needs of Nova Scotians for outdoor recreation and heritage resource protection. The text – consisting of 38 sections – deals, inter alia, with the following aspects: classification system, studies and research, promotion of provincial parks, powers of Minister, personnel, prohibition, parks committee, roads in park, waste and prohibited behaviour in park.
Canada · 1989-01-01