Category: Park Stories
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Your purchase helps parks: Preserving Darlington's habitat
Did you buy something from our online holiday store last year? In today’s post, Monica Fromberger, an ecologist at Darlington Provincial Park, talks about some of the vital protection work your purchase helped fund! Darlington is hard at work this fall with some ecological integrity projects to preserve habitats for different species throughout the park.
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Uncovering the "birdiest" trail at Pinery
Today’s post comes from Habitat Stewardship Technician Justin Johnson from Pinery Provincial Park. Justin has a M.Sc. in biology with a focus on bird acoustics. Birders are an interesting breed of people. Sometimes everything they do seems to subvert the norms of society. Sleeping in? Rather not. Too much coffee? No such thing. $4500 binoculars? Yeah, I’ve…
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Off-hours road tripping with Zuzanna and Alysa
Today’s story comes from Park Staff Besties: Zuzanna and Alysa, summer staff working at Killbear Provincial Park who spent their season visiting over 30 provincial parks! Are you interested in joining us for the 2024 summer season? Applications are now open! “You work and live in a provincial park? What do you do on your…
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Sleeping Giant's new and improved Nanabosho Lookout Trail
Today’s post is from Christian Carl, Park Superintendent at Sleeping Giant Provincial Park. I first noticed the prominent buttress on the northeast face of the Sleeping Giant’s chest while hiking the Kabeyun Trail in the spring of 2003. More specifically, as I enjoyed a break on the sunny, south-facing shoreline of Sawyer Bay, my attention…
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The storm that changed Bon Echo
Today’s post comes from Sarah Wray, a Discovery Leader at Bon Echo Provincial Park. When a massive derecho storm tore a path through Ontario on May 21, 2022, Bon Echo Provincial Park was directly in its path. What is a derecho? It’s a long-lived, fast-moving thunderstorm with straight line winds that cause widespread damage. With this type of…
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The story behind Emily Provincial Park's pollinator garden
Today’s post comes from Alexander Renaud, a Discovery Program Lead at Emily Provincial Park. In the summer of 2018, our Discovery staff at Emily Provincial Park wanted to do something BIG to help the park. Previous years have seen the instillation of turtle nest protection boxes, the collection of species data through a BioBlitz, and…
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How Pancake Bay got its name
Today’s post comes from — you guessed it — Pancake Bay Provincial Park. Where did the name Pancake Bay come from? The answer changes depending on who you ask. Ask a local and they’ll tell you one story. Ask a Pancake Bay staff member and they’ll tell you another. Ask a child and they will tell…
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How to leave the park greener than you found it
Today’s post comes from Sheila Wiebe, a marketing and development specialist at Bronte Creek Provincial Park. I promise to be greener. Don’t get me wrong, I’m already pretty green. However, after leading an Earth Day park clean up, I decided I need to take it one step further and double up my efforts to further…
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Creating art out of garbage… barrels that is!
As the busiest provincial park in the province (with 1.5 million visitors annually!), Wasaga Beach Provincial Park deals with A LOT of garbage. We want to encourage our visitors to dispose of their trash in appropriate areas, and protect our natural spaces. That’s why we’re proud to share our new partnership where garbage and art collide: art…