{"id":83001,"date":"2026-05-01T18:00:01","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T22:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/?p=83001"},"modified":"2026-05-01T18:09:43","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T22:09:43","slug":"lspp-delays-opening-of-backcountry-hiking-trails","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/01\/lspp-delays-opening-of-backcountry-hiking-trails\/","title":{"rendered":"LSPP Delays opening of Backcountry &#038; Hiking Trails UPDATED"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\"><span id=\"timestamp\"><b>May 1, 2026 at 18:00<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div class=\"xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">The slow melt this year means that Lake Superior Provincial Park has delayed the opening of the backcountry to May 15th, 2026.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span class=\"x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs xlh3980 xvmahel x1n0sxbx x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h\" dir=\"auto\">As of May 15th, 2026, the following is scheduled to be open:<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<ul>\n<li dir=\"auto\">Full Agawa Bay Campground<\/li>\n<li dir=\"auto\">Rabbit Blanket Lake Campground<\/li>\n<li dir=\"auto\">Backcountry Camping (including access to Gargantua Bay &amp; Mijinemunshing Lake)<\/li>\n<li dir=\"auto\">Visitor Centre at Agawa Bay<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">LSPP advises that all affected campsite reservation holders will be contacted and offered a full refund or the opportunity to change their reservation without any penalty.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">In more positive news, the Agawa Bay Campground and Day Use Areas have opened as scheduled as of today!<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><div class=\"clear\"><\/div><div class=\"divider\"><\/div><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span id=\"timestamp\"><b>Apr 25, 2026 at 14:58<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Lake Superior Provincial Park has delayed the opening of the backcountry and hiking trails to May 8th, 2026 because of the amount of snow and ice that remains in the park.<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">All affected campsite reservation holders will be contacted and offered a full refund or the opportunity to change their reservation without any penalty.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The Agawa Bay Campground and the following Day Use Areas will be opening as scheduled on May 1st, 2026:<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li dir=\"auto\">Agawa Bay<\/li>\n<li dir=\"auto\">Sand River<\/li>\n<li dir=\"auto\">Katherine Cove<\/li>\n<li dir=\"auto\">Old Woman Bay<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">LSPP is monitoring conditions daily and will open the backcountry and hiking trails as soon as it is safe to do so.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May 1, 2026 at 18:00 The slow melt this year means that Lake Superior Provincial Park has delayed the opening of the backcountry to May 15th, 2026. As of May 15th, 2026, the following is scheduled to be open: Full Agawa Bay Campground Rabbit Blanket Lake Campground Backcountry Camping (including access to Gargantua Bay &amp; &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3376],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-83001","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wawa"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-08 19:23:59","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83001","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83001"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83001\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":83007,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83001\/revisions\/83007"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}