Gordon’s Park is a unique outdoor destination offering camping, tipi tenting, stargazing cabin, wilderness campsites, camping cabins, bed & breakfast, educational hiking trails, nature interpretive centre, solar heated swimming pool, 18 hole mini putt, archery, astronomy, birdwatching, dark sky preserve, wildlife viewing, cycling, gift store, playground, fossil hunting, women’s weekends, star parties, summertime calendar of events and more.

Hosts: Terry, Rita, and Jen Gordon

Location: 18777 Hwy 6, Tehkummah, Ontario P0P 2C0
Phone: 705-859-2470
Emai: rita@gordonspark.com
Website: http://www.gordonspark.com/

Presenters this year include Sara Poirier, Ontario Science Centre Researcher, Astronomy & Space Sciences on “Meteorites: Messengers from Space” and including Meteorite Specimens, as well as Peter McMahon, Author, Award Winning Science Journalist, VP, Canadian Science Writers Assoc with “Marshmallows On Venus: Wilderness Astronomy.
Price: $35.00 & tax per person per day or $70.00 & tax per day per family (2 adults, children under 16).

Moolight Hike & Howl

Gordon’s Park Moonlight Hike & Wolf Howl includes calling for wolves and an educational guided nature hike with a focus on wolves and their habitat. Participants will use Parabolic Ears and Bausch & Lomb Binoculars to hunt for evidence of wolves, wolf tracks and other signs of wildlife. A social wolf howling competition around the campfire with really great wolfy prizes follows the hike.
Price: $15.00/Person & tax or $35.00/Family & tax (2 adults, children under 16).

Traditional Drum Making

Learn the technique and culture of traditional drum making over the course of two days with instructor Lori Sagle at Gordon’s Park on Manitoulin Island. This weekend includes campsite accommodations (B & B, Tipi Tenting, Camping Cabins also available) and all the necessary materials to make your very own deerhide drum. Additional package activities include access to the solar heated swimming pool, nature interpretive centre, and educational hiking trails.
Price: $180.00/Person & tax.

Star Party

Every Thursday night in July and August at 9 PM, Gordon’s Park offers a program that includes an orientation into astronomy, a review of planets, northern lights and solar systems, as well as instructions on the use of a planisphere (star map) to find objects in the night sky. Participants will learn how to star hop, view with the naked eye, & have the opportunity to try Bausch & Lomb wide-angle binoculars & observe through the Parks 8″ Dobsonian Telescope.
Price: $15.00/Person & tax

Star Gazing

Join us for an incredible astronomy experience, camping & observing the beautiful night skies of Manitoulin on site in the RASC designated dark sky preserve at Gordon’s Park. The Dark Sky Preserve offers exceptional dark skies, the darkest in the Province of Ontario, no light pollution, 360 degree observing, 7.5 + magnitude, 21.45 SQM and an 8” Dobsonian Telescope.

Women’s Outdoor Weekend
Activities lined up for 2011 include:
“Leeks & Edibles” Guided Hike
Astronomy
Nia
Nature Crafts
Letterboxing
Campfire Theatre
Laughter Yoga
Foot Bath Delight
Birdhouses
Nature Friendly Gardens
Mini Putt Challenge
Solare Heated Swimming Pool
Swedish Massage
Ice Breaker Games

And many more…