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Air Canada has direct flights from Toronto everyday, except Tuesday to the majority of the island’s bats).
and Thursday; and from Basic Guidelines and Regulations
Montreal on Sundays. •A 15mph speed limit for power vessels is applicable in the protected
JetBlue has daily flights from New York and Saturday service from area waters.
Boston. •It is illegal to take any natural item or historical artifact. This includes
United Airline offers service from Newark, NY everyday except Tues- seashells, animals, plants and flowers, coral and sand.
days. . •It is illegal to harm or harass any wild animals or plants.
Westjet has service from Toronto on Monday, Wednesday, Friday and •It is illegal to harm or damage any historical or natural feature.
Saturday, and a flight from Montreal on Fridays.
British Airways provides service to London via Nassau on Sundays. •Fishing and the collecting of conch and lobster is illegal and punish-
NATIONAL PARKS AND NATURE RESERVES able by fines and/or imprisonment.
•Open fires are prohibited.
The island of Providenciales has eight protected areas: three national •No driving of any type of vehicle off of designated paths.
parks, three nature reserves, and two protected historical sites. About •To camp in a protected area, written approval from the Director of the
half of the coast of Providenciales is under the protection of either a Department of Environment and Maritime Affairs (DEMA) is neces-
national park or a nature reserve. National Parks, Nature Reserves and sary.
Historical Sites do have varying degrees and types of protections, but •As anywhere in the Turks and Caicos, littering and vandalism is
taking or harming any animal, plant, historical item, or natural feature against the law and punishable by fines and/or imprisonment.
is generally prohibited from all protected areas. This would include
fishing and shell collecting. Although not protected in any way under
the law, several other sites on Providenciales deserve either National
Park or Nature Reserve status. Examples are The Hole and surround-
ing limestone formations in Long Bay, the many sinkholes and small
caves near Cooper Jack Bay Beach (probably the best location on the
island for showing off features of the Karst process of dissolution), and
the partially collapsed giant sinkhole and cave near the airport (home
