Awenda Park

Field Trip: Sat Jun 20, 2026

Time: 8:30 AM – 12:00 PM

Location: Awenda Park

Focus: Trail Walk

Local Meetup: 8:30 AM – Penetanguishene Curling Club P.L.

Destination Meetup: 8:45 AM – Park Trail & Activity Centre P.L.

Are you planning to participate? Please tell us, so we can watch for you. Email [email protected] to RSVP!

Hidden Treasures…

Awenda Park is vast, with a wide array of varying habitats. It’s too large to adequately cover in a single outing. But we can narrow it down by carefully considering what we hope to see there. Two notably uncommon warbler species call Awenda Park home alongside many more common yet still impressive varieties. The mature deciduous forests of Awenda provide nesting habitat for the threatened Cerulean Warbler. While there have been no sightings of the species so far this year, Cerulean Warblers spend all their time high up in the forest canopy and with the cold spring may just have arrived late and gone unnoticed.

… throughout the Park!

The other uncommon bird is the Hooded Warbler. It too likes mature woodlands, but spends its days foraging in the lower storey in tangled underbrush. Either species would be cause for excitement on a club outing. Woodland birds abound here and there songs fill the air at this time of year. From Thrushes to Warblers and from unique plants to the mature forest itself there is always plenty to see in Awenda Park and we can guarantee that participants will not leave disappointed.


Resources

Notes – Awenda has special significance for our club, as our founders were instrumental in the Park’s creation (and that of Wye Marsh).

Description – https://www.ontarioparks.ca/park/awenda

Trail Map – https://www.ontarioparks.ca/pdf/maps/awenda/park_map.pdf

Alternate Description – https://ontarionaturetrails.com/trail/awenda-provincial-park-trails/

Directions: Penetanguishene Curling Club to Awenda Park Trail Centre (Google Maps)