News & Events

WINTER/SPRING EVENTS 2026
Thanks to the St. Catharines Game and Fish Association for their generous donation of $3000 to the Friends! We are looking into doing some stream restoration work on the Twelve with these monies.

Winter Bird Hikes – Our fearless birder, Brad will continues his popular bird hikes this winter, the first one is January 18 with February 15, March 15 and April 12 to follow. To learn more and register – go to: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/guided-bird-hike-at-short-hills-january-2026-tickets-1980037084220?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing&utm-source=cp&aff=ebdsshcopyurl

General Meeting – Wednesday, April 8, 2026 – 7:30pm at Pelham Fire Station 3, 2355 Cream St, Ridgeville. Learn about the role this group plays in the park. All welcome!

Annual Trash Bash – Saturday, April 25th. Meet at 9am at 2888 First St. Louth (bottom of First Street and Decew at Ontario Parks building) for this long running event in aid of Earth Day. Watch this space for more details or go to our FaceBook page. All welcome, great for students community service hours.

Trail Work Days – spring dates TBA. Meet at the Pelham Road parking lot. For more information email lumdig58@gmail.com

Trail Alerts– over summer 2025 staff at Ontario Parks have re-routed and closed some of the trails in the park. Check this site for the updated trails, primarily Terrace Creek and the amalgamation of the Scarlet Tanager and Hemlock Valley.

Volunteer at the Park

Some of our events require a volunteer agreement be completed. At larger events these agreements (eg. trash bash) will be available from the park staff. For smaller events (eg. trail maintenance) we’ll likely be on our own and want to have the volunteer agreements in place before starting. Please download the volunteer form, fill it out and return to our membership chair Ryan Haanappel – haanappel@gmail.com.