Parks Blog

Category: Cultural Heritage

  • The spooky celestial history of Halloween

    Boo! The scariest night of the year is almost upon us. As we celebrate Halloween with costumes, trick-or-treating, and plenty of scares, let’s take a look at the history behind this spooky day. 

  • Mattawa River Provincial Park: a heritage river

    Today’s post comes from Assistant Discovery Leader Mat St-Jules of Samuel de Champlain Provincial Park. As your paddle meets the water, look up to the towering cliffs. Pass marshes teeming with activity. Touch trees that set roots hundreds of years ago. With such incomparable beauty, it’s hard to imagine that Mattawa River Provincial Park is…

  • What is a conservation reserve?

    Protection has always been, and continues to be an integral piece in maintaining our unique natural spaces and biodiversity throughout the province. Whether protected for scientific or cultural reasons, the designation of Ontario’s 295 conservation reserves plays an important role in preserving these lands.

  • Featured constellations: Madoodiswan, Noondeshin Bemaadizid, and Madoodoowasiniig

    In this month’s featured constellations, we will discuss two Anishinaabek constellations that are prominent at this time of the year: Madoodiswan (the Sweat Lodge) and Noondeshin Bemaadizid (the Exhausted Bather).

  • Neys' relics from the past

    Today’s post comes from Katherine Muzyliwsky, a Natural Heritage Education Student at Neys Provincial Park. Before Neys became a provincial park, it was known as Neys Camp 100. Instead of happy campers on vacation, the park held German prisoners of war during World War II. After operating as a prisoner of war camp from 1941-1946,…

  • Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Group of Seven

    In today’s post, Assistant Discovery Program Leader Emma Dennis invites us to reflect on Killarney Provincial Park’s landscapes, past and present. When I was young, we used to play a game where we would stand or sit in one spot, and use our imaginations to create an idea of what might have happened there years…

  • Quetico’s wilderness voices

    Today’s post comes from Jill Legault, an information specialist at Quetico Provincial Park. Quetico’s oral histories have been locked away on archival cassettes at the John B. Ridley Research Library — until now. Courtesy of history enthusiasts from the University of Wisconsin Whitewater, they have come out of the vault and into our ears.

  • Discovery and trails go together like peanut butter and jelly

    In our “Behind the Scenes” series, Discovery Program staff across the province share a “backstage” glimpse of their favourite programs and projects. Today’s post comes from David Bree, Discovery Program Lead at Presqu’ile Provincial Park. Trails and parks go together like (fill in your favourite pairing here: “like peas and carrots,” as Forrest Gump would…

  • When the student becomes the teacher

    Today’s post comes from Jessica Stillman, School Outreach Coordinator for Bronte Creek Provincial Park. Bronte Creek Provincial Park is a unique setting, with rich natural and historical features. As the School Outreach Coordinator at the park, I get to connect students to this wonderful site on a daily basis! Let me tell you a little…

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