The Anchorage Provincial Park

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The Anchorage Provincial Park is a provincial park located on the south-east coast of Grand Manan Island, in the Bay of Fundy, New Brunswick, Canada. Located between the communities of Grand Harbour and Seal Cove, the park is about 24 kilometres (15 mi) south on Route 776 from the Coastal Transport Limited ferry terminal in the community of North Head. The provincial park and campground were established in the early 1970s after the government purchased the Anchorage hotel property in 1970.

Since 2013 the park has been managed by the local Boys & Girls Club. The provincial government announced in April 2013 the park would close, but public opposition resulted in the adoption of a third party management model and the park, which continued to be provincially owned, opened as usual in May 2013. The March 2026 provincial budget included the Anchorage provincial park in a list of "10 "underutilized" provincially-owned tourism and heritage sites that saw under 5,000 annual visitors" and "would be divested", leading to concerns that the park "might be privatized".

The government announced that the park would operate as usual in the summer of 2026 "while transition discussions take place...