Camper Numbers Down

Ontario Parks is reporting a decline in the number of people visiting area parks this summer.

May and June were pretty quite months.

Zone Manager Tim Sullivan says the cool weather impacted day visits.

"Camping is down in the northwest by about 16-per cent," says Sullivan, "and day use is down by about the same amount. Provincially it's not so pretty either. Day use is holding its own, but campaign is down by about 6-per cent."

Sullivan expects reservations in the coming weeks to pick up.