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Tag: Algonquin

  • Greetings, Boozhoo, Aaniin, Sekoh, Wachay, Ullakut!

    National Indigenous Peoples Day invites us to learn more about Indigenous history, perspectives and culture, and helps us build stronger relationships rooted in mutual respect and understanding. We’re taking the opportunity to spotlight some of the wonderful initiatives and events shared with us by Indigenous leaders and communities across Ontario:

  • Adventure Lab: are you ready for an adventure?

    Ontario Parks is pleased to unveil a new outdoor activity that we hope will help connect you and your family to our amazing system of parks! We’ve teamed up with Adventure Lab to create seven unique “Adventures” that teach you about our protected spaces!

  • Planning a visit to Algonquin this year?

    Algonquin Provincial Park is internationally renowned and holds a special place in hearts of so many Ontarians. No wonder, then, that it’s also one of the most popular parks in the province! Reservations — especially for the park’s busiest summer and fall seasons — are hotly competed each year. That’s why we’re so pleased to share that…

  • The fascinating world of dragonflies and their importance to ecosystems

    Today’s blog comes to us from Algonquin Provincial Park Naturalist Sarah Lamond. Picture it: a warm July day at Algonquin. You’re basking in the day’s rays and exploring an interpretive trail. It’s all picture perfect until you hear that telltale buzz and feel an all-too-familiar pain on your scalp. The Deer Flies have arrived. Swatting at…

  • Discover fall camping at Driftwood Provincial Park

    This blog post comes from Emma Webb, Head Gate Attendant at Samuel de Champlain Provincial Park. Driftwood is my favourite provincial park. Don’t get me wrong, I adore Samuel de Champlain, but there’s something magical about Driftwood. It’s where I started my parks career. Although it may be smaller, the park has a lot of…

  • Snapping Turtles

    Today’s post comes from David LeGros, a Natural Heritage Education Specialist at Algonquin Provincial Park. I spent most of my youth in rubber boots and obsessed with nature. I was always looking for interesting animals and plants. There are a few creatures then, just like now, that always inspire me. Top of my list: the Snapping…

  • Planes, paddles and portages: a journey of garbage

    This is a story about garbage. It wasn’t a quick journey. It took a plane ride, some paddling in a canoe, portaging, more paddling, another plane ride, and a drive on the highway. This garbage was left in Algonquin Provincial Park’s remote backcountry, something that, unfortunately, happens far too often.

  • How will I know ecological integrity when I see it?

    Preserving ecological integrity is a priority for all of us here at Ontario Parks. But just what does ecological integrity look like? Algonquin Provincial Park Naturalist David LeGros explains… When I start many of my evening programs at Algonquin, I often ask the audience if they like nature. Usually I get a lot of hands…

  • "What the heck is that?!": when to #AskanOPNaturalist

    Today’s post comes from David LeGros, a park naturalist with the Ontario Parks Discovery Program. “I’ve never seen one of those” is among my favorite sentences. There’s a scary thing that happens the longer you look into nature. The more you find, the more you find out that you don’t know that much. It can…

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