Category: Camping
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How to use water taps responsibly
With a busy summer of camping, we all need to do our part to respect the parks we love. Lately we’ve noticed some improper behaviour at the water taps. We’ve put together the ultimate guide for you on how to properly use the water taps at the park.
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Site fidelity: a phenomenon found in animals and in ourselves
Today’s post comes from Jazmin Gall, a Discovery Student at Samuel de Champlain Provincial Park. Have you been lucky enough to find your favorite park in Ontario? What about your favourite campsite? That one specific site that you return to every summer, your own personal home away from home. If so, you are one of…
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How to speed up your check-in when camping
Our staff work hard to get campers checked in and onto their campsites as quickly as possible. Here are four tips for speeding up your check-in time:
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The height of land: Wakami Lake Provincial Park
Wakami Lake Provincial Park sits very near the “height of land.” That is, the place where water either flows to the Great Lakes and eventually out to the Atlantic Ocean, or north to Hudson Bay and the arctic watershed. It’s also a place where the southern forests of Sugar Maple and Yellow Birch give way…
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Why is that a rule?
Excessive noise. Transporting firewood. Have you ever wondered why certain rules exist? Thought, research, and science go into the laws and policies that cover provincial parks and conservation reserves. And it helps to understand the rationale. Today, we’re sharing the logic behind a few of the rules our visitors ask us about most frequently:
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Woodland Caribou trip-planner
Woodland Caribou Provincial Park is arguably one of Ontario Parks’ best destinations for backcountry wilderness camping and canoeing. This vast park (544,160 hectares) features a Boreal ecosystem influenced by a prairie climate and displays a diverse community of flora and fauna, including being a home to threatened Woodland Caribou.
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Has spring sprung? Depends where you are!
Watching winter slip away is a magical thing. Snow is melting, temperatures are warming, and some of our fair-weather bird friends are returning. However, Ontario is a huge province, and the arrival of spring looks very different depending on where you are. Spring comes slowly in many provincial parks. Every year people are surprised to…