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  • The best winter day trips (if you live in Toronto)

    Living in Toronto can make nature feel a million miles away. This is especially true in the winter, when the closeness of the buildings, the busy streets, and the slush limit the best that winter has to offer – tranquility, wide-open spaces blanketed in snow, and room to play. In truth, however, the natural world…

  • The best day trips (if you live in Toronto)

    Living in Toronto can make nature feel a million miles away. This is especially true in the winter, when the closeness of the buildings, the busy streets, and the slush limit the best that winter has to offer – tranquility, wide-open spaces, and room to play. In truth, however, the natural world is never too…

  • Visiting parks on two wheels

    At Ontario Parks, we’re constantly on the lookout for ways to promote both the health and wellbeing of our visitors and the parks we protect. The importance of spending time in nature is well documented in scientific research, and we embody our efforts to promote spending more time in nature through our Healthy Parks Healthy…

  • Healthy Parks Healthy People Day 2023

    We know that spending time in nature is good for us. Sometimes, we just need a little push to get outside and feel the effects! That’s why on July 21, we are offering a variety of activities in parks across the province in celebration of Healthy Parks Healthy People Day. All parks that normally charge…

  • How to plan your day trip to Forks of the Credit

    Forks of the Credit Provincial Park is a beautiful park west of Toronto. It offers excellent hiking, picnicking, and fishing opportunities, as well as cross-country skiing and snowshoeing in winter. But the secret is out on this hiking destination located close to home! Forks of the Credit can experience large crowds of visitors, especially on…

  • 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.

  • 2022 Piping Plover season recap

    In today’s post, Piping Plover Biologist Monica Fromberger shares the hot gossip surrounding this season’s plover population. We had TWO Piping Plover nests in southeastern Ontario this year! One at Darlington Provincial Park and the other at Presqu’ile Provincial Park.

  • Winter adventures at Darlington Provincial Park

    Looking for an easy escape into nature? Darlington Provincial Park is the perfect spot. It’s great for winter day-use with hiking and wildlife viewing opportunities galore, only 45 minutes east of Toronto. Here are five reasons you need to check Darlington out this winter:

  • Darlington's daring wetland restoration

    In today’s post, Zone Ecologist Corina Brdar shares the exciting restoration story that’s been unfolding at Darlington Provincial Park. There’s nothing like seeing an idea turn into reality, is there? Especially when the idea is an enormous one, and it takes tons of cooperation from all kinds of players.

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