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BANFF — Parks Canada is placing several bright red, plastic chairs in scenic locations throughout Canada’s national parks, including the flagship Banff, to help draw people to viewpoints and connect with nature.

Conservationists say the recycled plastic Adirondack chairs found in areas ranging from alpine meadows to waterside havens and the tops of mountains are an ugly intrusion on the natural landscape that do absolutely nothing to connect people with nature.

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Parks Canada, on the other hand, says the red chairs, which cost $550 a pair, are to draw people to special places such as the top of Tunnel Mountain and Lake Minnewanka in Banff, Takkakaw Falls in Yoho, Marble Canyon in Kootenay and Mount Edith Cavell in Jasper.

Officials say they will come up with a national campaign for the so-called Red Chair Experience Program in spring to encourage people to seek out as many of the chairs as possible on their visit to the parks.