Parks Blog

Category: Nature Knowledge

  • Explore nature with our Discovery program!

    The Ontario Parks Discovery team is hard at work coming up with creative ways to connect visitors with the special stories and values protected in our parks. If you visit any of the parks offering Discovery programming, you may connect with Discovery staff along a trail, as they rove through the campground, at a drop-in…

  • How to be a Bear Wise visitor

    Black Bears live across Ontario in forested areas where they can find enough food, shelter, and denning sites. Our provincial parks are their home, and over 90% of our parks are in bear country. A safe bear sighting during one of your adventures with Ontario Parks can be a lasting memory. Educating yourself about bears…

  • We see you!

    In honour of Pride Month, Park Naturalist Jared Sanders takes us through some of the species that aren’t afraid to stand out in Pinery Provincial Park. Every time I go for a hike at Pinery, whether alone or with visitors, I fall back in love with the scenic nature. In the winter, the chilly blues and…

  • Southern Muskoka’s “living edge”

    “The living edge.” It sounds more like a Bond film than a trail name, until you follow it through the woods. The Living Edge Trail in Six Mile Lake Provincial Park is only a kilometre long, but it crosses such a variety of landscapes and habitats that it seems much longer. It also spans time, giving…

  • Turtles: the ultimate survivors

    In today’s post, Discovery Leader Olivia Bennett discusses turtles’ impact on Grundy Lake Provincial Park — and vice versa! When I first started working at Grundy Lake, I was talking turtles with our park superintendent when someone asked, “Why do you care so much about turtles here?” The answer is simple: while the park boasts a…

  • Camping comfortably with bugs

    Today’s post was written by Emma Fuller, a Discovery guide at Bon Echo Provincial Park.  A lot is left to chance when you’re planning a summer camping trip. You can’t always ensure sunny weather, quiet car rides, or calm paddling waters. However, one thing is certain if you’re heading into the outdoors, you’re definitely going…

  • Guess how many types of bee call Ontario home?

    When we think of bees, we often picture honey bees. We imagine a swarm buzzing around a honeycomb hive. But honey bees are just one of 400 different types of bees in Ontario (and we’re discovering new bee species all the time!). And honey bees aren’t even a native species. In fact, honey bees are relatively…

  • Stars over Killarney 2023: colours in the cosmos

    “Stars over Killarney” is an annual festival celebrating the connection between the natural heritage of Killarney Provincial Park and astronomical knowledge. This year’s theme is “Colours in the cosmos: a celebration through paint and pixels of the beauty that surrounds us.”

  • 3 ways to level up your birding

    Today’s post comes from marketing specialist and birding enthusiast, Tanya Berkers.  When Ontario Parks signed on as a supporter of the third Ontario Breeding Bird Atlas, I eagerly volunteered on one of the organizing committees. I love birding, and the Atlas is an important volunteer-dependent project that supports conservation and environmental policy across the entire…

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