Elbow Lake Environmental Education Centre

Apr 29, 2015

by Carolyn Bonta

The Elbow Lake Environmental Education Centre (ELEEC) will hold their 3rd annual Open House on Sunday, May 24, from 10am to 3pm. This event provides opportunity for families, educators, conservation partners, not-for-profit organizations and others to learn more about what the ELEEC offers the local community.

Several activities are planned at this free event:

• Interpretive hikes on the trails with Queen’s University Biological Station staff;

• Nature paddles on Elbow Lake with Nature Conservancy of Canada staff;

• Register young campers (aged 10-14) for summer Eco-Adventure Camp;

• Experience ELEEC educational programming for students;

• Guided facility tours;

• Sign up to attend upcoming public outreach events;

• Celebrate the Grand Opening of a new footbridge on the Red Trail, made possible by funding from the Township of South Frontenac and the County of Frontenac. Bring your phone or tablet (or borrow an iPad from ELEEC) and be among the first to try out the new Elbow Lake Interpretive Trail Guide app, generously funded by TD Friends of the Environment Foundation.

Other upcoming public events at the ELEEC include:

• “Secrets of Stealth & Silence”, an evening owl program on Friday, May 1, 2015.

• “Dispatches from the Field”, a night of campfire stories of the trials and tribulations of environmental field work on Friday, June 5 and Tuesday, July 14.

• Interpretive hike with the Frontenac Arch Biosphere on Saturday, June 6.

• “Bass Fishing for Women”, a jam-packed weekend of fisheries conservation with emphasis on honing bass fishing skills on July 24-26.

• “Stay Under the Shooting Stars”, a night of astronomy scheduled to coincide with the peak of the Perseid meteor shower on Wednesday, August 12.

For notice of programs, events and other activities taking place at the ELEEC, follow us on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/@ElbowLakeEEC.

About the Elbow Lake Environmental Education Centre - The centre was established in 2011 through a partnership agreement between the Nature Conservancy of Canada and the Queen’s University Biological Station (QUBS), co-owners of the 455-ha Elbow Lake property near Perth Road Village.

As the public outreach arm of QUBS, the ELEEC’s mission is to provide outdoor programs to enhance conservation biology teachings in the community. Our public educational events and curriculum-based workshops for secondary school classes expose participants to real researchers doing real research right here at QUBS, and we do this in a very hands-on way.

The ELEEC facility – which includes meeting/kitchen space, overnight cabins, 8km of hiking trail and waterfront amenities – is also available to rent by community groups, not-for-profit organizations and educators.

For more information, please visit http://elbowlakecentre.ca.