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Short Hills Provincial Park will be closed to the public to honour treaty rights with a First Nation Deer Harvest. The Haudenosaunee Confederacy has notified the Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks that it wishes to exercise its right to harvest deer in Short Hills Provincial Park. The park will be closed on theContinue reading “Notice of First Nation Deer Harvest”

We’d like to let our community know about a free online lecture on Friday, September 17th at 7pm by naturalist and vice chair of the Parks Ontario board, David Lindsay, entitled “Birds of Ontario: an Introduction to Birdwatching.” The lecture is hosted by the Yorkminster Park Speakers Series, https://www.yorkminsterpark.com/speakers-series/, and is open to all. This eventContinue reading “Birds of Ontario: an Introduction to Birdwatching”

Short Hills Provincial Park will be closed to the public for a First Nation Deer Harvest on November 3 and 26, December 10 and 17, 2020 and January 7 and 27, 2021. Each harvest day will begin one half-hour before sunrise and end one half-hour after sunset.The park will be closed the morning after eachContinue reading “Park Advisory – Closures for Deer Harvests”