Parks Day 2023

Celebrated on the third Saturday in July, Parks Day is a great opportunity to explore the outdoors! Spending time in nature has been proven to increase personal well-being and overall health. Head out to your favourite park or celebrate by visiting a new park. It’s also a chance to reflect on how parks provide recreation opportunities while maintaining and protecting conservation values.

Here are some ideas on how you can celebrate Parks Day:

• Go on a hike
• Swim in a lake
• Have a picnic
• Take your bike for a ride
• Leash your dog and take them on a trail
• Relax on a beach
• Read a book under a tree
• Get a fishing license and try your luck at fishing
• Stargaze after the sun goes down
• Participate in the BC Parks iNaturalist project
• Download the self-guided activity sheet that you can do in any park

Discover Parks ambassadors will be running programs (like Jerry’s Rangers and Nature Walks) at the following parks. Details can be found at https://bcparksfoundation.ca/projects/discover-parks/discover-parks-ambassador-program/

• Alice Lake
• Cypress
• Golden Ears
• Cultus Lake
• Lac Le Jeune
• Wasa Lake
• Wells Gray
• Goldstream
• Rathtrevor Beach