Category: Park Events
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Celebrate 50 years at Pancake Bay Provincial Park
Today’s post comes us from Julie Dixon and Chris Rutledge at Pancake Bay Provincial Park. Picture this: you’re sitting on a beautiful sandy beach, soaking in an awe-inspiring sunset over Caribbean blue waters. Where do you imagine you are? Perhaps Costa Rica? Mexico? In fact, you don’t have to travel too far to access views like…
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Welcoming home the Wakami Wailers
As part of Ontario Parks’ 125th anniversary celebrations, we’re very excited to announce a concert tour featuring our very own Wakami Wailers! The Wakami Wailers are long-time camper favourites, but many fans don’t realize the band first met when working at Wakami Lake Provincial Park in 1981.
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Marten River Hosts 21st Annual Lumberjack Days
Marten River Provincial Park is celebrating its 21st Annual Lumberjack Days on the weekend of July 16 in conjunction with Canada Parks Day.
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Protected: FREED from the classroom
There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.
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Howling hikes ring in the new year
Expect some serious howling this December 31 — the howling hikes are returning for another year! This Bronte Creek Provincial Park tradition is a particular favourite for park staff as it combines winter fun, night hiking, howling, and enthusiastic families.
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BioBlitz at Sleeping Giant
Team members from our Northwest Zone, including Barb Rees, Evan McCaul, Lesley Ng, Renée Lalonde, Laura Myers and Kyra Santin, combined to share the results of Sleeping Giant’s summer BioBlitz! Sleeping Giant Provincial Park isn’t just home to beautiful cliffs and hiking trails. The park also plays host to a diverse group of plants and animals.…
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Ploverpalooza at Wasaga Beach
The Piping Plover 10th anniversary event, lovingly entitled Ploverpalooza, is scheduled to take place over the course of the summer of 2017. Wasaga Beach Provincial Park and the Friends of Nancy Island have spearheaded the Piping Plover Recovery Program since the species returned to Wasaga Beach in 2008. Help us celebrate the 10th anniversary of…
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Wolf Howls at Algonquin
Please note: Wolf Howl will not be offered during the 2021 season. For more than 50 years, we’ve called the wolves every Thursday in August. Since the Algonquin Provincial Park Wolf Howls started in 1963, more than 150,000 visitors have spent summer evenings listening to the wolves’ haunting harmonies.
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Monarchs and Migrants at Presqu'ile
September is the perfect time to catch migratory birds and butterflies on their way south, and the Great Lakes shoreline gives nature-lovers a front-row seat! Don’t miss Presqu’ile Provincial Park‘s annual Monarchs & Migrants Weekend (September 4-6, 2015), featuring bird banding, monarch tagging, guided adventures, children’s programming and more!