Category: Park Events
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How to tap a maple tree
This blog comes from Cathy Entwhistle, a Senior Park Interpreter at Bronte Creek Provincial Park. It’s that time of year again, when the sweet sounds of spring fill Bronte Creek: the twittering of returning songbirds, the laughter of visitors strolling through the woods, and the plink! plink! plink! of sugar maple sap dripping into a maple…
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Bronte Creek’s maple candy wars
Today’s blog post was written by Jessica Stillman, Discovery Program project coordinator and maple syrup aficionado at Bronte Creek Provincial Park. Maple season is upon us! Trees have been tapped, sap is boiling, and Bronte Creek’s annual Maple Syrup Festival is underway, which means the biggest annual debate has also begun… …which is the better…
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6 reasons to visit the Bronte Creek Maple Syrup Festival this March
Ontario Parks has some pretty cool events every year and Bronte Creek Provincial Park’s legendary Maple Syrup Festival is right up there on the cool-o-meter. Yes, folks: fresh Ontario maple syrup will be flowing over pancakes, bacon, and more as visitors get set to celebrate an annual spring tradition. Fresh air, maple taffy, and loads…
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Family Day 2024
Family Day is the perfect opportunity to get your loved ones outdoors for a winter adventure. Here are some exciting happenings at Ontario Parks this Family Day Weekend (February 17-19):
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Christmas Bird Count — keep the community science tradition going!
Today’s post comes from Cortney LeGros, the Healthy Parks Healthy People coordinator at Ontario Parks. The holiday season is steeped in tradition. No matter how you celebrate, there’s one scientific tradition that’s been around for over 120 years to help mark the holidays. For me, the holidays would not be complete without participating in at…
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Victorian Christmas at Bronte Creek
It’s all about quality time with family. A very special treat awaits you and your family this December and January! Take a step back in time to the year 1900 to visit a Victorian farmhouse during the Christmas holiday season.
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Stars over Killarney 2023 recap: a marriage of culture, beauty, and science
Stars over Killarney is an annual festival celebrated at Killarney Provincial Park. The event’s 2023 theme — Colours in the Cosmos — was inspired by the parallels between the beauty and the colour in provincial parks and the beauty and colour of the skies above. And beautiful colour was found everywhere at this year’s event! The program took…
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Free weekday day use for veterans and active Canadian Armed Forces members
In recognition of their service, Ontario proudly offers all veterans and active members of the Canadian Armed Forces free weekday day-use access to provincial parks throughout the entire year.