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Haunted Halloween Weekend in Algonquin Park
October 27, 2017 - October 28, 2017
The fun begins on Friday night with our owl prowl, that is sure to be a hoot! Join us at the Visitor Centre on Saturday where a Park Naturalist will guide you through a collection of animal skeletons. Mew Lake Campground will feature “pick of the patch” pumpkin carving, spookiest campsite and best costume contests. Everyone is invited to participate in trick-or-treating among the campsites on Saturday night, and later, for a howling good time at the nearby Old Airfield with a wolf howl. We will be roasting creepy crawly spider wieners and ghostly marshmallows.
EVENT SCHEDULE (Subject to Change)
Friday, October 27, 2017
Tales from the Camboose Shanty
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Location: Algonquin Logging Museum (km 54.5 of Highway 60).
Loggers liked to tell stories around the fire in the camboose shanty. Find out about how scary life could be for these early loggers and hear a few tall tales too.
Creepy Campfire
Time: 9:00pm
Location: Mew Lake Campground Comfort Station
Saturday, October 28, 2017
Skeleton Tour – Explore the Algonquin Park specimen room with a Naturalist, and see some of the skulls, bones and specimens of some the Park’s wildlife.
Time: 1:00 – 3:00pm
Location: Algonquin Park Visitor Centre (km 43 of Highway 60)
Halloween Face Painting
Time: 12:00-3:30pm
Location: Mew Lake Campground Comfort Station
Small cost per face painting
Best Costume Contest
Time: 3:30-4:30pm
Location: Mew Lake Comfort Station
Trick or Treating at Mew Lake and Lake of Two Rivers Campgrounds – Put on your best costume and trick-or-treat at Mew Lake and Lake of Two Rivers Campgrounds! Be sure to look for the Trick-or-Treaters ‘Welcome Sign’ on the campsite post before entering any site. Have fun and be ready for some tricks and treats.
Time: 4:30-7:45pm
Location: Mew Lake Campground and Lake of Two Rivers Campground
Pumpkin Carving Contest
Carve your best pumpkin and then leave your best pumpkins at your campsite post. Judging will take place starting at 5:00pm. Winners of the pumpkin carving contest will be announced at 8:00pm at the Wolf Howl
Time: 5:00pm
Location: Mew Lake Campground and Lake of Two Rivers Campground
Spookiest Campsite Contest – Decorate your campsite with your spookiest ideas. Winners of the spookiest campsite contest will be announced at 8:00pm at the Wolf Howl.
Time: 5:00pm
Location: Mew Lake Campground and Lake of Two Rivers Campground
Wolf Howl – Join a Park Naturalist to discover more about Algonquin Park’s Eastern Wolves.
Time: 8:00pm
Location: Mew Lake Campground Comfort Station
Creepy Campfire – Join us at the comfort station at 9:30pm for spider weiners and marshmallows
Time: 9:30pm
Location: Mew Lake Campground Comfort Station