Portion of Icefields Parkway to be closed until Thursday Posted by: fitzhugh Posted date:
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An image of the Icefields Parkway in Jasper National Park. | File photo
Joanne McQuarrie, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter | reporter@fitzhugh.ca
As early as noon today, Parks Canada is closing the Icefields Parkway through to the evening of March 18 to allow for extensive avalanche control work.
The highway will be closed from Athabasca Falls to Saskatchewan River Crossing. The day-use area at Athabasca Falls will remain accessible.
“We find it more effective when we close the whole section,” said Steve Young, spokesperson for Jasper National Park.
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