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Outdoor enthusiasts will have extra time to enjoy camping season at some provincial sites this fall, amid the continued popularity of the province’s online booking service.

Alberta Environment Minister Shannon Phillips announced some additional sites for late-season camping at a news conference in Calgary on Tuesday.

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Crimson Lake Campground near Rocky Mountain House and Moonshine Lake Campground north of Grande Prairie will both now be open until Oct. 31.

And brand new, year-round “comfort cabins” have been added to Sir Winston Churchill Provincial Park, an area known for its ice fishing on Lac La Biche.

“Every year we’ve had more online bookings,” Phillips said.

“More and more Albertans are taking advantage of our beautiful autumns and that’s why Alberta Parks is continuing to create new opportunities for camping into the fall and winter.”

Bookings through the province’s online campground reservation system have climbed for the past eight years.

The province had 158,890 bookings as of Aug. 30, an increase of more than five per cent from the previous year.

More than 250 campgrounds in the province are open into the fall. About 82 campgrounds will remain open until the end of October. Year-round camping is available at 37 sites in the province.

About 1.8-million people camp in provincial campgrounds every year.