At several provincial parks, campers decorate their campsites for kids' trick or treat and park natural heritage education programs offer unique ways for kids to learn about creatures associated with Halloween.
At least one southwestern Ontario park has an exceptional ghost story to share. At another, young families can learn to golf and still more have some of the best fall birdwatching in Ontario.
Rock Point Provincial Park is at the east end of Lake Erie, 45 minutes southwest of Niagara Falls.
This peninsula park was a coral reef 350 million years ago. Park staffers lead hikes to the reef where exposed fossils are embedded in limestone shelves on one of the park's beaches.
A platform high above the park dunes is perfect for watching migrating songbirds and hawks.
Halloween events are planned for Oct. 8.
More than 900 campers are expected at Turkey Point Provincial Park's Halloween event on Oct. 8.
Long Point Provincial Park may not celebrate Halloween but it does have a good ghost story.
A massive ship graveyard that has been coined the Graveyard of the Great Lakes now lies at the end of the massive sandpit.
Port Burwell Provincial Park is a fall bird lovers' haunt. Every year thousands of hawks pass through the park.
