2010 CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Programs & activites are subject to change.

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Thursday Nights Are Astronomy Nights
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

"Walk A Fossil Reef" Sunday Afternoons
Join us for an exciting & educational "Walk a Fossil Reef" every Sunday afternoon at 2 PM during July & August at Gordon's Park with palaeontologist and Algoma University Professor, Sharron Valli. The park is located on a Drumlin & is a featured stop in the University of Waterloo’s book "Manitoulin Rocks”. Discover and see actual fossils on the reef including invertebrate corals [tabulates (colonial) and rugose (solitary)], stromatoporoids, bryozoans, and echinoderms (crinoids), molluscs (nautiloids, bivalves, gastropods, cephalopods), brachiopods, echinoderms
Price: $15.00/Person & tax

Women's Outdoor Weekend
All Inclusive Women's Outdoor Weekend at Gordon’s Park on Manitoulin Island including camping (other accommodations available), all food, supplies and workshops including yoga, circle dancing, ice breaker games, nia – the joy of movement, nature crafts, mini facials, Swedish massage, outdoor cooking, spa hand treatments, “Leeks & Edibles” nature hike, foot baths, wood chip carving, butterfly house, campfire welcome, open mike campfire, solar heated swimming pool, mini putt challenge, stone soup luncheon and more.
Price: 175.00 & tax per person

Moonlight Hike & Wolf 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) .

Stargazing Manitoulin
Excellent Star Party held in the RASC designated dark sky preserve at Gordon's Park with 360 degree viewing, no light pollution & the darkest skies in Ontario. Activities include a Campfire Welcome Reception, Public Observing Sessions, Laser Guided Sky Tours, Guest Speakers, Swap Meet, Show & Tell Session, Nature Interpretive Centre, Guided Fossil Hike, Mini Putt Challenge, Horseshoe Tournament, Children’s Playground & Saturday Night BBQ Turkey Pot Luck Supper. Presenters for 2010 include Jeffrey Deans, Presenter, Sault Ste Marie Astronomy Club on “Telescopes: Past, Present & Future” and Paul-Emile Legault, Astronomy Professor, Laurentian University on “The Iliad: A Battle Between the Greeks & Trojans”.
Price: $35.00 & tax/person per day or $70.00 & tax/per day per family (2 adults, children under 16).

Public Observing Sessions & Laser Guided Sky Tours
Excellent Introduction into Astronomy, these sessions are open to the public during the Stargazing Manitoulin Star Party and are held in the dark sky preserve at Gordon’s Park. The evenings include looking through telescopes & observing with binoculars and an incredible laser guided sky tour.
Price: $15.00/Person & tax.

Drum Making Weekend
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.

Moonlight Hike & Wolf 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).

Saturday Night Astronomy (Civic Holiday Weekend)
Special Saturday Night Astronomy Session (Civic Holiday Weekend) 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

Manitoulin Star Party
Our magnificent premier Star Party is held in the RASC designated Dark Sky Preserve at Gordon's Park with 360 degree viewing, no light pollution and the darkest skies in Ontario. Activities & Workshops include a Campfire Welcome Reception, Info Sharing Session, Question & Answer Forum, Guest Speakers, Guided Public Astronomy Sessions, Laser Guided Sky Tours, Swap Meet, Show & Tell Session, Nature Interpretive Centre, Guided Fossil Walk, Mini Putt Challenge, Children's Playground & Saturday Night BBQ Turkey Pot Luck Supper. 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).

Public Observing Sessions & Laser Guided Sky Tours
Excellent Introduction into Astronomy, these sessions are open to the public during the Manitoulin Star Party and are held in the dark sky preserve at Gordon's Park. The evenings include looking through telescopes & observing with binoculars and an incredible laser guided sky tour.
Price: $12.00/Person & tax