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Tag: canadian history

  • The wreck of the Lambton

    Today’s post comes from Kenton Otterbein, Discovery Program leader at Killbear Provincial Park. In a time before instant communication, accurate weather forecasts, or GPS, the navigation lights and lighthouses on the Great Lakes helped guide ships to safe harbour through dangerous shoals and stormy seas. Just over 100 years ago, one ship met its early…

  • 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…

  • The family treasures of Sibbald Point

    Today’s post comes from Laura McClintock, senior park naturalist at Sibbald Point Provincial Park. Moving to an unfamiliar area can be a daunting process. Think of the last time you moved. What family treasures did you take with you? What made the move easy or challenging? In this blog, we’re going back almost 200 years…

  • Explore Ontario’s history on the North of Algonquin Route

    Planning a cross-province adventure? Check out the Ontario Parks Driving Routes. This route will take you to a few of the hidden gems of the Ontario Parks system. You’ll stop in parks containing some of the richest history that Ontario has to offer.

  • Neys' relics from the past

    Today’s post comes from Katherine Muzyliwsky, a Natural Heritage Education Student at Neys Provincial Park. Before Neys became a provincial park, it was known as Neys Camp 100. Instead of happy campers on vacation, the park held German prisoners of war during World War II. After operating as a prisoner of war camp from 1941-1946,…

  • 50 years of Bon Echo

    Jesse Parent has been going to Bon Echo Provincial Park every year for close to a decade. In fact, the well-known Kitchener musician is so taken by the beauty of Bon Echo, he’s written a song – a “love letter,” he calls it – which he performed at the park’s 50th anniversary celebration on July…

  • Timber Tales: Marten River's "Winter Camp"

    Bert Edmundson and Eugene McIsaac had the same dream more than 50 years ago: to honor the fabled Canadian lumberjacks of yesteryear. Little did they know their dream would one day become a major Ontario Parks attraction!

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