Tag: bon echo provincial park
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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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Travel back in time to the Bon Echo Inn
Today’s post comes from Lisa Roach, chief park naturalist at Bon Echo Provincial Park. Did you know some of your favourite provincial parks like Bon Echo, Sandbanks, Presqu’ile, and Algonquin have hosted the summer vacations of nature-lovers since the turn of the century? By the end of the 1800s, pioneer society was changing. Increased prosperity…