Parks Blog

Tag: Woodland Caribou

  • Help us fill Breeding Bird Atlas gaps!

    In today’s post, Ontario Parks Northeast Zone Ecologist Anna Sheppard is asking for your helping hands (actually, eyes. And ears.) Planning to visit any of these northwestern parks this summer? Aaron Provincial Park Blue Lake Provincial Park Lake Superior Provincial Park Neys Provincial Park Silver Falls Provincial Park Woodland Caribou Provincial Park If so, and…

  • Paddling Woodland Caribou Provincial Park after a forest fire

    Today’s post comes from Kristiana Wilson, Assistant Park Superintendent at Woodland Caribou Provincial Park.  2021 was quite the fire season in Ontario. Last year alone, approximately 55% of Woodland Caribou Provincial Park burned due to natural forest fires. The park is no stranger to forest fires — fire is key for regeneration in the boreal…

  • July's digital download

    This month’s free digital download comes from Woodland Caribou Provincial Park!

  • Woodland Caribou trip-planner

    Woodland Caribou Provincial Park is arguably one of Ontario Parks’ best destinations for backcountry wilderness camping and canoeing. This vast park (544,160 hectares) features a Boreal ecosystem influenced by a prairie climate and displays a diverse community of flora and fauna, including being a home to threatened Woodland Caribou.

  • Wabakimi: the land of the grey ghosts

    Today’s post comes from Shannon Walshe, biologist at Wabakimi Provincial Park. Peering out from among the trees, I am certain these curious animals watched us as we paddled by. We know they exist, but they’re so seldom seen that they’re referred to as “the grey ghosts.” Wabakimi Provincial Park is home to the elusive creature…

  • The Canadian Heritage Rivers System's Bloodvein River — a backcountry dream

    This post was written by Northwestern Ontario Parks Planning Intern Kestrel Wraggett.  We know that Ontario Parks protect some of the most unique and precious natural systems in the province, but did you know we help protect a nationally recognized network of significant waterways called the Canadian Heritage Rivers System (CHRS)?

  • On fire

    Some of the technology to fight forest fires was first developed almost a century ago. The province has used this technology for many decades to prevent and extinguish wildfires in Ontario Parks and other protected areas. Over time, we discovered something interesting. Aggressively extinguishing fires didn’t stop forest fires. It only postponed them. We needed…

  • Hot spots to have a cup of tea in Ontario Parks’ northwest

    Today’s post comes from Laura Myers, a tea lover and Marketing Specialist with Ontario Parks. This blog is dedicated to all of those who love tea and nature. Whether it’s a cool summer evening, or a chilly winter day, it’s always a good time for tea time. There’s something about having a cup of tea…

  • Listening to nature's music

    Today’s post comes from Kyra Santin, a Natural Heritage Education and Marketing Student from our Northwest Zone.  George Santayana — poet, philosopher and naturalist — said, “The Earth has music for those who listen.” The earth holds a lot of beauty within it. If we open our eyes and ears, and listen to the world…

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