Long Lake Provincial Park Association (LLPPA) is keen to learn more about the views and experiences of people who visit Long Lake Provincial Park. For this purpose we have created a short ‘visitor experience survey’ which can be filled in online at
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSerj6Ysni1NfpbDKYFl-N9uypuGE5bNlYxA8ebaI0Lppj5KCA/viewform
LLPPA is a volunteer-run community group that manages the Lakeview Trail and its associated infrastructure under a management agreement with the province. No funds are included in the agreement and this severely limits what can be achieved, but better knowledge of the experiences of the park’s users should make it possible to better identify future plans and actions.
A Management Plan for Long Lake Provincial Park was created in 2008 and this plan may be a useful guide for those who want to know more about the context of the park’s management.
Please complete the survey!
Good evening,
I go to the park quite frequently.
It is a beautiful space with beautiful beaches.
Unfortunately, the beaches are being littered by ignorant people.
I have from time to time picked up garbage.
Can garbage cans be placed along the trail as well as no littering signs?
Thank you, Winston
Can garbage cans and no littering signs be put out?
We were walking the trail today and picked up a green garbage bag halfway through. We figured that we would come across a garbage can at some point to get rid of it. We were really disappointed to find no garbage cans in the park, except for a dumpster at the far end of the parking lot. We just wanted to do the right thing, but it wasn’t easy. Some garbage cans, please!
This seems like a simple matter but it is more complicated than it seems. Garbage cans attract litter. Our policy is to encourage responsible environmental stewardship and this is best obtained by the “leave-no-trace” approach. While it may seem counter-intuitive, far more waste is left in the park when there are garbage cans than when there are not. Additionally, we have to pay to dump all wastes left in the park at the rate for “industrial waste” and so whenever someone parks their car and cleans out their waste into a garbage bin at the park, we have to pay. The dumpster is not free and emptying it is costly. If the same person who dumps waste at the park takes it home, the municipality bears the cost and people are less cavalier about wastefulness. As they say, you cannot throw anything away because “away” does not exist.