Parks Canada launches new mobile app

Posted Jun 13, 2012 6:51 am.

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Looking to embark on your first camping experience this summer? There’s an app for that!

Parks Canada is launching a new mobile application Wednesday, encouraging Canadians to enjoy the great outdoors as they continue to see success in the first year of their Learn to Camp program.

Images of the app will be released to the media initially, but there’s no word as to when it will be publicly available.

For more information on the Learn to Camp experience, you can follow along on Twitter: @parkscanada.

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