Category: Park Events
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Help us count the loons at Killarney
Calling all community scientists! Grab your paddle and join us for the 26th Annual Loon Counts at Killarney Provincial Park. Spring Count: Saturday, June 8, 2024 Summer Count: Saturday, August 10, 2024
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Making a weekend of the Killarney Spring Loon Count
Killarney Provincial Park is home to the sparkling white La Cloche Mountains, verdant green forests and brilliant blue lakes. Visitors come to hike, paddle and camp in these beautiful surroundings. Killarney is also a hotspot for “citizen science.” The park invites visitors to help them count things like butterflies, winter birds and that iconic northern…
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Ivanhoe Lake weekly newscast contest
Have you seen the Ivanhoe Lake newscast? Every Monday, they will be drawing winners for everything from ice cream to Ontario Parks swag to free canoe rentals!
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Rondeau's Wings of Spring
Is your family ready to take flight this March Break? Check out Rondeau Provincial Park’s “Wings of Spring.” This bird-themed spring series runs March 9-17, 2019, and features all sorts of feathery fun!
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The Cross Quetico Lakes Tour: a true winter adventure
Every March, cross-country skiers of all abilities descend on Quetico Provincial Park and the nearby town of Atikokan for the Cross Quetico Tour. Normally known for its world-class wilderness canoeing opportunities, Quetico’s interconnected waterways become a winter venue for a ski adventure like no other.
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Stars over Killarney 2018
What happens when two great organizations work together to promote astronomy and dark skies? An incredible experience that captivated visitors from all over Ontario and beyond. On September 22, 2018, we launched Ontario Parks’ first Dark-Sky Preserve in Killarney Provincial Park (the other is in Lake Superior Provincial Park) with a special “Stars over Killarney”…
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The Murphys Point moth craze
This post comes to us from Mark Read, an interpretive naturalist at Murphys Point Provincial Park. Most people have a love/hate relationship with moths. But believe it or not, moths are the latest craze to hit Murphys Point Provincial Park! With moths that range in size from as big as your hand to smaller than a grain…
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A celebration of our past, present, and future: the Algonquin Time Capsule Event
On Wednesday, August 22, 2018, we celebrated our 125th anniversary with a time capsule event at Algonquin Provincial Park.
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Howling with the wolves at Bonnechere Provincial Park
Today’s post comes to us from MacKenzie Schmidt, Discovery Program Coordinator for our Algonquin Zone. For centuries, wolves have captured our imagination and wonder. Tolstoy wrote about them, biologists have studied them in earnest, and campers staying at Ontario Parks have had the opportunity to howl to them during public wolf howls since the 1960s. In…