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Point Pelee National Park

Take part in a wide range of events, special activities, and memorable experiences in this unique place in Canada! Point Pelee National Park is located in Leamington, Ontario. See our hours of operation, fees, and plan your visit today! For more information, please call 519-322-2365 or email pelee.info@pc.gc.ca.

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  • Shorebird Celebration

    Nature
    Location(s): Point Pelee National Park
    Cost: Included with admission
    Wheelchair Accessible

    Location: Hillman Marsh Conservation Area 

    Times: 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. May 2, 6, 9, 13, 16 & 18, 2026 

    Want to learn the basics of shorebird identification? Hillman Marsh Conservation area provides one of the best locations for shorebird observation in Essex County during spring migration.  Join volunteers from the Ontario Field Ornithologists at the Hillman Marsh Shorebird Cell, managed by the Essex Region Conservation Authority

     

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  • Summary of Essex County’s 2025 Checklist with Cameron Chevalier

    Nature
    Time: 12:00 PM - 01:30 PM
    Location(s): Point Pelee National Park
    Cost: Included with admission
    Wheelchair Accessible

    Location: Visitor Centre Theatre

    Join Cameron for a review of the birds seen in Essex County in 2025, including firsts for the county and for Canada, record-breaking observations due to date or count, scarce species that bred in the county, and interesting notes about common species. Emphasis on rarer observations, especially those that were photo-documented.

    Festival of Birds website

  • Spotlight on: Bird Monitoring and Soundscapes

    Nature
    Time: 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM
    Location(s): Point Pelee National Park
    Cost: Included with park admission
    Wheelchair Accessible

    Location: Visitor Centre Theatre

     Join a resource management technician at Point Pelee National Park for a fascinating overview of breeding bird monitoring in the park’s forests and marsh. Discover how bird sounds play a vital role in tracking nesting species and learn essential beginner tips and tricks for birding by ear. This presentation is perfect for those eager to enhance their birding skills while exploring the unique bird populations of the park.

    Program provided by Parks Canada.

    Festival of Birds website

  • Family Friendly Birding Hike

    Nature
    Location(s): Point Pelee National Park
    Cost: Included with admission
    Wheelchair Accessible

    Location: Meet at the Visitor Centre  
    Audience: Suitable for all ages
    Times: 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. May 16 & 17, 2026 

    Join students from the University of Windsor on this family friendly birding hike.

    Price is included with admission, but pre-registration is required as space is limited.

    Register on the Festival of Birds website.

     

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  • Birds of Ontario

    Nature
    Time: 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM
    Location(s): Point Pelee National Park
    Cost: Included with admission
    Wheelchair Accessible

    Location: Visitor Centre Theatre

    Join Mark Peck and Emily Rondel, authors of the new field guide The Birds of Ontario and get to know some of the most common birds seen in the province.  If you’re just starting out, this session is a wonderful introduction to the birds you can find in Ontario and how to identify them. 

    Join them after the program for a book signing session.   

    Books are available for purchase at the Nature Nook Gift Store.

    Festival of Birds website

  • Birds of Ontario

    Nature
    Time: 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM
    Location(s): Point Pelee National Park
    Cost: Included with admission
    Wheelchair Accessible

    Location: Visitor Centre Theatre

    Join Mark Peck and Emily Rondel, authors of the new field guide The Birds of Ontario and get to know some of the most common birds seen in the province.  If you’re just starting out, this session is a wonderful introduction to the birds you can find in Ontario and how to identify them. 

    Join them after the program for a book signing session.   

    Books are available for purchase at the Nature Nook Gift Store.

    Festival of Birds website

  • The Messenger, (90 min documentary – English, 12 pm)

    Nature
    Time: 12:00 PM - 03:30 PM
    Location(s): Point Pelee National Park
    Cost: Included with admission
    Wheelchair Accessible

    Location: Visitor Centre Theatre

    Date and Time: May 18 at 12 pm (English) and 1:45 pm (French)

    THE MESSENGER explores our deep-seated connection to birds and warns that the uncertain fate of songbirds might mirror our own. Moving from the northern reaches of the Boreal Forest to the base of Mount Ararat in Turkey to the streets of New York, THE MESSENGER brings us face-to-face with a remarkable variety of human-made perils that have devastated thrushes, warblers, orioles, tanagers, grosbeaks and many other airborne music-makers.

     

    Festival of Birds website

  • Self-guided Dark Sky Night

    Culture and entertainment History Nature
    Time: 07:30 PM - 11:59 PM
    Location(s): Point Pelee National Park
    Cost: Included in admission fee.
    Wheelchair Accessible

    Explore the park after dark and experience the dark skies of Point Pelee National Park. You will have the opportunity to stay late and experience the park at night.

    Visitors can pick up a seasonal star chart at the front gate upon arrival.

    The Royal Astronomical Society of Canada (RASC) will be onsite with telescopes to facilitate star gazing. RASC attendance is weather permitting as cloudy skies inhibit night sky viewing. 

    The park is open until midnight, unless otherwise stated.

    For more information please contact us at pelee.info@pc.gc.ca.

    More information on Dark Sky Nights

  • Woodcock Walk

    Nature
    American Woodcock
    Time: 08:00 PM - 09:00 PM
    Location(s): Point Pelee National Park
    Cost: Included with park admission
    Wheelchair Accessible

    Location: Visitor Centre Theatre

    Visitors can join a park interpreter at the Visitor Centre at 8 p.m. for a short presentation on bird courtship and mating displays, followed by a trip to DeLaurier Homestead to witness the amazing courtship dance of the American Woodcock.

    Plan your visit

  • Ten Unsolved Mysteries About Bats

    History Nature
    Time: 07:00 PM - 08:00 PM
    Location(s): Point Pelee National Park
    Cost: Included in park admission
    Wheelchair Accessible

    Location: Visitor Centre Theatre

    Scientists have uncovered countless amazing facts about bats, from the mechanics of how they fly to the physics of how they echolocate, but each year new secrets are revealed, and we learn more about what makes these creatures so enigmatic and beautiful. In this 40-minute presentation, bat biologist and TV science expert Dan Riskin will reveal his ten favourite unanswered questions about bats. Dan will use photos, videos, sounds, and stories to bring the biology of bats to life. This event is intended for people of all ages, and will end (weather permitting) with a brief walk outside to search for bats using an ultrasonic bat detector.

    Dan Riskin, PhD, is CTV’s Science and Technology Specialist, and the former co-host of Daily Planet on Discovery. He has authored more than 25 scientific papers about bats, specifically the biomechanics of how they move. Each week Dan publishes The Bat Signal, a free newsletter featuring five quirky science stories and a trivia question. 

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  • Self-guided Dark Sky Night

    Culture and entertainment History Nature
    Time: 07:30 PM - 11:59 PM
    Location(s): Point Pelee National Park
    Cost: Included in admission fee.
    Wheelchair Accessible

    Explore the park after dark and experience the dark skies of Point Pelee National Park. You will have the opportunity to stay late and experience the park at night.

    Visitors can pick up a seasonal star chart at the front gate upon arrival.

    The park is open until midnight, unless otherwise stated.

    For more information please contact us at pelee.info@pc.gc.ca.

    More information on Dark Sky Nights

  • Butterflies of the Night with Maurice Bottos

    History Nature
    Time: 07:00 PM - 08:00 PM
    Location(s): Point Pelee National Park
    Cost: Included in park admission
    Wheelchair Accessible

    Location: Visitor Centre Theatre

    This presentation will illustrate the incredible diversity of Ontario moths including pinned specimens from a variety of moth families. We will look at their unique behaviors, attraction to light, and dispel various myths that surround moths. The presentation will conclude outside with a light setup to attract and get up close with some of local moths found in Point Pelee.

    Maurice Bottos graduated from the University of Guelph in entomology in 1984. He was a Biology/Science teacher for the WECSSB for 31 years. Bottos has been studying moths for the past 30 years both locally and in the tropical regions of the world. Specifically, he has been looking at how different abiotic factors seem to affect the movements of moths.

     

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  • Self-guided Dark Sky Night

    Culture and entertainment History Nature
    Time: 07:30 PM - 11:59 PM
    Location(s): Point Pelee National Park
    Cost: Included in admission fee.
    Wheelchair Accessible

    Explore the park after dark and experience the dark skies of Point Pelee National Park. You will have the opportunity to stay late and experience the park at night.

    Visitors can pick up a seasonal star chart at the front gate upon arrival.

    The Royal Astronomical Society of Canada (RASC) will be onsite with telescopes to facilitate star gazing. RASC attendance is weather permitting as cloudy skies inhibit night sky viewing. 

    The park is open until midnight, unless otherwise stated.

    For more information please contact us at pelee.info@pc.gc.ca.

    More information on Dark Sky Nights

  • Perseid Meteor Shower with RASC

    Culture and entertainment History Nature
    Location(s): Point Pelee National Park
    Cost: Included in admission.
    Wheelchair Accessible

    The park will stay open all night August 12 to August 13 (open at 6 am August 12, close at 10 pm August 13).

    Have you ever observed a 'shooting star'? The Perseid Meteor Shower peaks on the night of Wednesday, August 12. Come join us and members of the Windsor Centre of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada on Wednesday, August 12 for a day and night of special events in the park to celebrate our annual Perseid Meteor Shower Watch Party! Bring a blanket or folding chair and watch for the streaks of light as these space rocks rain down on the Earth's atmosphere. As in the past, volunteers from the astronomy club will have telescopes out on the West Beach after sunset to share views of many celestial objects with visitors!


    Please note all outdoor observing activities are weather dependent. Telescopes can't see through clouds! We hope you can join us for this special day of events! 

     

    For more information please contact us at pelee.info@pc.gc.ca.

    More information on Dark Sky Nights

  • Self-guided Dark Sky Night

    Culture and entertainment History Nature
    Time: 07:30 PM - 11:59 PM
    Location(s): Point Pelee National Park
    Cost: Included in admission fee.
    Wheelchair Accessible

    Explore the park after dark and experience the dark skies of Point Pelee National Park. You will have the opportunity to stay late and experience the park at night.

    Visitors can pick up a seasonal star chart at the front gate upon arrival.

    The Royal Astronomical Society of Canada (RASC) will be onsite with telescopes to facilitate star gazing. RASC attendance is weather permitting as cloudy skies inhibit night sky viewing. 

    The park is open until midnight, unless otherwise stated.

    For more information please contact us at pelee.info@pc.gc.ca.

    More information on Dark Sky Nights

  • Self-guided Dark Sky Night

    Culture and entertainment History Nature
    Time: 07:30 PM - 11:59 PM
    Location(s): Point Pelee National Park
    Cost: Included in admission fee.
    Wheelchair Accessible

    Explore the park after dark and experience the dark skies of Point Pelee National Park. You will have the opportunity to stay late and experience the park at night.

    Visitors can pick up a seasonal star chart at the front gate upon arrival.

    The Royal Astronomical Society of Canada (RASC) will be onsite with telescopes to facilitate star gazing. RASC attendance is weather permitting as cloudy skies inhibit night sky viewing. 

    The park is open until midnight, unless otherwise stated.

    For more information please contact us at pelee.info@pc.gc.ca.

    More information on Dark Sky Nights

  • Self-guided Dark Sky Night

    Culture and entertainment History Nature
    Time: 07:30 PM - 11:59 PM
    Location(s): Point Pelee National Park
    Cost: Included in admission fee.
    Wheelchair Accessible

    Explore the park after dark and experience the dark skies of Point Pelee National Park. You will have the opportunity to stay late and experience the park at night.

    Visitors can pick up a seasonal star chart at the front gate upon arrival.

    The park is open until midnight, unless otherwise stated.

    For more information please contact us at pelee.info@pc.gc.ca.

    More information on Dark Sky Nights

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