Ottawa to spend $21M to help fire-damaged Waterton Lakes National Park
CALGARY — Ottawa is spending nearly $21 million to help Waterton Lakes National Park park bounce back from a destructive wildfire.
The fire in September 2017 scorched about 200 square kilometres, or almost 40 per cent, of the park in southwestern Alberta.
The visitor centre and other buildings were destroyed, but crews managed to stop the fire from spreading into Waterton’s townsite.