Considering applying to a park that offers staff house accommodations?
Living in a staff house at a provincial park can be an incredible, unique, and memorable experience.
Read on to discover what staff house living is like.
Category: Summer
Off-hours road tripping with Zuzanna and Alysa
Today’s story comes from Park Staff Besties: Zuzanna and Alysa, summer staff working at Killbear Provincial Park who spent their season visiting over 30 provincial parks! Are you interested in joining us for the 2023 summer season? Applications are now open!
“You work and live in a provincial park? What do you do on your days off?”
“Camp at other provincial parks!”
If you asked staff at Killbear what they thought of the two of us, they would say we are “attached at the hip.” We met last year working as gate attendants in Algonquin Provincial Park and moved to Killbear this season.
Not knowing anyone else at this park, we requested to be roommates at our new staff house and have been going almost everywhere together ever since!
Working and living at Killbear this past summer has been an absolute dream. With the pristine sand beaches, rocky shorelines and picturesque sunsets, we were curious to see what other provincial parks had to offer and decided to make the most of our summer season living up here!
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How to plan your day-trip to Bon Echo
Bon Echo Provincial Park has long been a favorite destination for day-trippers, and this year is no exception!
On nice sunny days our park can get very busy. Planning a day-trip? Check out our top tips for a fun and frustration-free visit:
Planning a day-trip to Bon Echo? Check out our top tips for a fun and frustration-free visit:
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 skills!
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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.
How the 30×30 Challenge helped me find calmness and connection
Ro Nwosu (WildRoga) is a yoga teacher, trainer, and fitness educator known for her infectious laugh and out-of-the-box thinking to get people moving.
August is when I usually arrange the last of my summer plans and start looking forward to fall.
This year I had a busy start to the summer, so I was craving a routine. Sometimes knowing where to start can be difficult, especially after moving to a new town and getting settled in.
Ontario Parks challenged me to make nature a habit this August by spending 30 minutes outside for 30 days for the Healthy Parks Healthy People 30×30 Challenge.
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For the pollinators! Two new pollinator gardens you can visit and learn about this year
Gardens are not something you typically think of when it comes to Ontario Parks, considering we preserve many of Ontario’s natural landscapes. But there’s one type of garden we’re happy to build in our parks: pollinator gardens!
This summer, two southeastern parks worked hard to build and establish new pollinator gardens. Why? Because planting native plants supports biodiversity and helps our pollinators, some of which have populations in dramatic decline.
It’s August — what are Black Bears up to?
Ontario’s Black Bears are busy looking for food in August!
They only have a few a short months before they go into hibernation.
In August, Black Bears are focused on finding delicious berries like blueberries, raspberries, and blackberries.
Gaining experience with the Learn to Camp program
Today’s post comes from the family at CreateWithMom.com — a family of four living in the GTA, looking for adventure whenever possible!
Our first learning experience on how to car camp was with the Ontario Parks Learn to Camp program a few years ago.
After this, we invested in camping equipment and have gone on many camping adventures at different Ontario Parks.
Camping has become an activity we love doing as a family.
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5 reasons to visit Kap-Kig-Iwan Provincial Park
If the sights and sounds of moving water in nature are refreshing and rejuvenating, then time spent at Kap-Kig-Iwan is liquid medicine!
Situated in the heart of Northern Ontario, Kap-Kig-Iwan Provincial Park is located just off Highway 11, two kilometres south of Englehart, and just north of the Temagami region.
This picturesque little park showcases the best of the boreal forest, with awe-inspiring water features that can’t be missed!
Check out these five reasons to visit Kap-Kig-Iwan:
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