The owner of a popular campground along P.E.I.’s North Shore has decided to shut it down permanently, more than a year after post-tropical storm Fiona caused extensive damage to his business that he hasn’t been able to repair.
Matthew Wedge says his insurance provider won’t cover any of the estimated $500,000 in repairs needed at Crystal Beach Campground in Lower New Annan.
He’s also been denied funding through government assistance programs.
“You can’t keep cleaning up after storms if you’re not getting any funding… I was holding out for that last-minute miracle to happen. But it didn’t happen,” said Wedge.
“I tried to look at all the different angles, and it kind of came to a point where I had to pull off the Band-Aid, and make the decision to close the campground, which was a very hard decision to make after being in the business 23 years.
