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Google Maps users say Canada’s provincial parks are being labelled as ‘state parks’


State parks in America are protected areas of land that also fall under the name of state forests, national parks, landmarks, national grasslands and more.

TikTok user Samantha Gietema documented the change after one of her friends posted about it on Facebook. She thought it was a glitch but then noticed dozens of people asking the same question in the Google Maps Help Center. “I personally don’t know exactly when it started, but I’m seeing posts dated back as far as only a couple of days ago, so it seems like it’s quite recent,” Gietema said.

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