Parks Blog

Tag: Great Lakes

  • What makes the Great Lakes so great?

    In today’s blog, Discovery Project Program Coordinator Jessica Stillman reflects on our mutual relationship with the Great Lakes. Our human history is reflected in their waters. The Great Lakes capture our past, influence our present, and inspire our future.  Imagine the stories they could tell. These bodies of water are called the Great Lakes for…

  • The Daily Dip at Lake Superior Provincial Park

    Today’s blog comes from Kaitlyn Plastino, Discovery Interpreter at Lake Superior Provincial Park.  As park staff living and working along the Lake Superior coastline, we naturally get a lot of questions about the water: “So how cold is it here anyway?” and “Is it warm enough to swim yet?” The short answer we give visitors…

  • Shortcuts? More like shore cuts!

    Today’s post comes from Mikhaila Lafleur-Weidhaas, a park warden at Pancake Bay Provincial Park. Two beach trails diverged at a dune, one well-travelled and clear — the other a shortcut. Do you take “the road most travelled?” The coastal shores of Lake Superior, with its sand beaches and Caribbean blue water, have been a popular attraction to thousands, from…

  • Lake monsters in Ontario Parks

    Today’s post comes from Roger LaFontaine, park naturalist, classically trained biologist and amateur lake monster researcher. He has spent nearly two decades researching and documenting the occurrence of mysterious creatures in Ontario. We think that we know our lakes and rivers well, but, in reality, we have barely scratched the surface. Unknown to us, the…

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