Many parks in the region remained open on Thursday, but several adjusted their programming in an effort to keep visitors out of the smoke. Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, in northern Michigan, moved all ranger programs indoors.
Voyageurs National Park banned campfires, including within designated fire rings, beginning on July 12 because of “high fire danger and active wildfires across northeast Minnesota.”
Niagara Falls State Park, in New York, along the border with Ontario, posted an alert on its website that the park remained open but that visitors should “use caution and stay aware of current conditions, including smoke and air quality impacts.”
Across the river, the tourism organization for the city of Niagara Falls, Ontario, said on Wednesday that it would pause its nightly fireworks shows until air quality improves.
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