Campsite reservations at Moose Mountain provincial park will be scheduled for Friday, April 15 this year. Sites for Moose Mountain and Crooked Lake in the Qu’Appelle Lakes region are the only ones slated for that date as the summer park season’s booking system is ready to launch on April 11.
The campsite reservation process which typically starts in March has been moved to April this year to avoid overlap with the expected provincial election.
Saskatchewan provincial parks played host to nearly four million visits in 2015, said Mark Docherty, minister for parks, culture and sports in the provincial
government.
As was the case in 2015, the launch will be staggered over a period of 10 days with different parks becoming available for reservations on different days. A queuing system will be in effect again this year to manage the high volume of traffic on the reservation website. The 10-day launch and queuing system was effective last year at managing demand while ensuring the stability of the reservation system.
The process starts on April 11 with bookings accepted for Blackstrap and Pike Lake.
The successive booking dates are as follows:
April 12 – Buffalo Pound, Danielson, Douglas.
April 13 – Echo Valley, Rowan’s Ravine.
April 14 – Duck Mountain, Good Spirit, Greenwater Lake.
April 15 – Crooked Lake, Moose Mountain.
April 16 – Cypress Hills
April 17 – The Battlefords, Saskatchewan Landing.
April 18 – Meadow Lake.
April 19 – Bronson Forest, Chitek Lake, Lac La Ronge, Makwa Lake.
April 20 – Candle Lake, Great Blue Heron, Narrow Hills.
Reservations open at 7 a.m. each day and the queuing system will begin each morning at 6:40. Beginning at 7 a.m. customers in the queue waiting area will receive a random number and will be admitted to the reservation website based on their unique number. As new people attempt to access the reservation website after 7 a.m., they will be placed at the end of the line.
