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  • Saying farewell to summer with Learn to Camp

    With the end of summer approaching, our Learn to Camp – Book an Ambassador program is winding down for the season. Whether you learned how to build campfires, became familiar with Ontario’s wildlife, or participated in another one of our educational programs, our ambassadors hope to see you in our park next summer mastering your newly-learned…

  • International Youth Day 2022

    Happy International Youth Day! Students and youth are the lifeblood of our parks — we couldn’t do without them! Here are just a few stand-out students and youth from around the province:

  • Worst of the worst: a naturalist's list of the most harmful types of litter

    Today Yvette Bree, a Discovery Leader at Sandbanks Provincial Park for over 30 years, shares some thoughts about this season.  I am pretty lucky: I live in a great country, a great province, and have enjoyed a career in a stunningly beautiful park. Usually my job is to inspire visitors to appreciate the natural world…

  • Sparrows: it's all in their heads

    In today’s post, Rondeau Provincial Park Interpreter Shane Smits will take us through identifying just a few of the many sparrow species found in Ontario.  For several reasons, whether rightfully so or not, sparrows are often overlooked when it comes to birdwatching. For starters, they tend to be plentiful. There are usually many sparrows seen…

  • What it's like to be a washroom cleaner at Ontario Parks

    In today’s post, our Algonquin Zone Marketing Specialist Andrea Coulter shares how a summer of cleaning washrooms turned her into a public washroom etiquette crusader. After more than 15 years with Ontario Parks, I still remember my first position most vividly (you never forget cleaning poop off the beach…). I was eighteen years old, and…

  • 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.

  • Shell-ebrate Ontario's turtles with our new merchandise line

    Last spring, we asked you to help us protect Ontario’s eight turtles species, all of which are species at risk. With just one year of the Turtle Protection Project under our belts, staff are already seeing amazing results. This year, we’re excited to debut a new way to support turtle conservation in Ontario Parks: our Turtle…

  • 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…

  • A trip down the Pakeshkag River at Grundy Lake Provincial Park

    Today’s post comes from Sonje Bols, a former naturalist at Grundy Lake Provincial Park. Part of a park naturalist’s job is to familiarize themselves with the natural and cultural wonders of their park through exploration. Whether it’s hanging out at bogs to catch and identify dragonflies, checking rocks for snakes, or canoeing along Indigenous canoe…

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