The Moose Mountain Provincial Park saw lots of excitement this past May Long Weekend. 

"We had a great weekend here," explained Joan Adams, the Park Manager for Moose Mountain. "Camping, we were about 55-60% full which is pretty typical for the May Long Weekend."

She added that the weather cooperated and there were plenty on people out on the water and on the beach. 

"The weather cooperated, no rain. The park looks fantastic, the park staff did a great job to get the park up and running so there was lots of people out just using the main areas. There was a RV dealership that put on a display in the main beach parking lot which was very well received."

There were a few tense moments when a small fire broke out in a cabin.

"I will give a shout out to the volunteer fire department in the village of Kenosee. We did have a small cottage fire here over the weekend and from the time the call went in to the time they were back at the station, it was about a half an hour. They did a very good job of containing that and no one was hurt."

"It's the Kenosee Lake Volunteer Fire Department but there's volunteers from the park and from the village of Kenosee that make up that volunteer fire department.

The RCMP also had to be contacted a few times regarding alcohol.

"There's always a few that either don't know or have some alcohol there in the campground but I think it's fairly well advertised now that all provincial parks are dry on May Long Weekend. If there was some, they were death with."

However, Cst. Bryan Marchuk of the Carlyle RCMP noted that most of the campers were very respectful and abided by the law.

As for the usual annoyances, Adams says that mosquitoes haven't been an issue yet but they are preparing for tent caterpillars.   

"Tent caterpillars of course, were a concern last year but we are on a program to be sprayed.There are specific conditions that have to be met before they do that so probably within the next day or two, they will spray. It's not a chemical, we don't allow that in a provincial park."

"It's a natural phenomenon so it cycles. every one to three years we can expect to have them."

She also noted that she stopped five ATV drivers just south of the Village of Kenosee which is within the park boundaries.  They were provided with the regulation regarding the use of ATVs in the provincial park. 

  1. The quadding season is from June 15th until Labour Day (so no quadding before June 15th or after Labour Day is allowed)
  2. All ATV’s require a trail permit to ride designated trails.
  3. No cost permits are available from the Visitor Centre
  4. Only the Bennett Lake and Horse Lake trails are designated as ATV trails.
  5. ATV’s are to be washed off and clean before riding in the park to prevent the spread of noxious weeds/invasive species.
  6. ATV’s are to be trailered into the park and unloaded at unloading area (west of the Riding Academy)