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Jellystone Park Camp-Resorts
Parks across Canada are seeing an increase in campers this summer - as families search for ways to shake off the cabin fever. Jellystone Park operators are welcoming many first-time visitors to parks in Ontario, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Nova Scotia.
All amenities, activities and theme weekends with Yogi Bear, Boo Boo, Cindy Bear and Ranger Smith, have been modified this summer to take social distancing guidelines into account.
“The safety of our guests is our number one priority. Our franchisees have developed very innovative ways to give first-time Jellystone Park campers a taste of the Jellystone Park experience while still adhering to social distancing best practices,” said Trent Hershenson, vice president of marketing for Milford, Ohio-based Leisure Systems, Inc. (LSI) which franchises more than 75 Jellystone Park locations across the U.S. and Canada.
“We are building a new client base,” said Peter Clark, who co-owns and operates the Jellystone Park location in Lower Woodstock, New Brunswick with his wife, Janet. “We’re excited by the fact that we have so many new guests.”
The new clientele is particularly noteworthy for the Lower Woodstock park, which is only accepting guests who live in New Brunswick this summer.
Clark added that he has installed outdoor hand-washing stations with hot and cold water for each of the park’s buildings. The Lower Woodstock location is also using a new sterilization process to clean the park’s rental cabins after each use.
Meanwhile, the Jellystone Park in Kingston, Nova Scotia, is now accepting visitors from Canada’s Atlantic provinces, including New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Labrador, according to Garrett Harrison, the park’s manager. He added that all of the Kingston park’s amenities are open, including its food concessions.
The Jellystone Park location in Pouch Cove, Newfoundland, is offering a 30 percent discount on overnight camping this summer, according to owner David Snow. He said the Pouch Cove park is a popular location for seasonal camping. The park has 300 campsites that are open year-round with water, sewer and 50 amp electrical hookups.
Jellystone Park locations in Canada have also been making improvements. For example, the Jellystone Park in Niagara Falls, Ontario has added six new three-bedroom, furnished trailer rentals that sleep up to six people. Park amenities that are currently open include the swimming pool, miniature golf, bike rentals, as well basketball, volleyball and horseshoes courts. More amenities will open when the Ontario government announces its Stage 3 order.
The Jellystone Park location in Bradford, Ontario, which serves the Toronto market, is closed this summer due to COVID-19 but will reopen in 2021. For more information about Jellystone Park locations across North America, please visit www.jellystonepark.com