The FBP play an important role in promoting
cultural awareness of the Bonnechere River and the Ottawa
Valley through educational programming featuring our natural and
cultural resources.
Educational Field Trips
The Little Bonnechere River
is an ideal destination for school trips that blend natural and cultural
heritage education with outdoor recreation. Consider a day at Bonnechere
Park for your next class outing. Learn
more about school trips.
Land of the Spirits Virtual Exhibit
At Basin Depot, most recently
an abandoned logging settlement on the Little Bonnechere, archaeologists
have unearthed the bits and pieces that characterize a community. Their
discovery proves that while Basin Depot may have been isolated, its
residents lived lives similar to those in other communities, large
and small, all across Canada. Much of this rich legacy of collected
artifacts is being shared for the first time through this online exhbit.
Visit the virtual exhibit.
Feeding the Frontier - Food in Early Canada
Using historic images, audio
clips and text, this unique Learning Object Collection presents participants
with a glimpse of how Canadian pioneers of the 1800s raised and grew
crops, hunted and fished, preserved, cooked and served food from both
wild and domestic sources. Browse
the learning objects.
Saving Ontario Turtles - A Race Against Time
Learn more about the eight turtle species resident
to Ontario and the human behaviours that puts six of these
species are risk. Educators and students can enagage in role-play,
interactive and hands-on activities based on the importance of turtles
in our culture, the turtle lifecycle, turtle habitat, and what we all
can do to protect Ontario turtles. Browse
turtle teaching tools.
Habitat - There for the Birds!
Educators and students can enagage in role-play,
interactive and hands-on activities while learning about the importance
of birds in the ecosystem, the natural and man-made challenges facing
migratory birds, and the small things we can all do to help protect birds
around the world. Browse
bird teaching tools.
Visiting the Spirits
This virtual tour features the hidden heritage of
the Little Bonnechere River. Visit Basin Depot, the Lafleur homestead,
and various long-abandoned farms and logging sites through this multimedia
presentation of words, images, video footage and audio recordings. Launch
your tour.
Chutes and Log Jams Game
Patterned after the popular children's game, Snakes
and Ladders, this online game teaches players about life in the lumber
camp and on the log drive. Developed in partnership with the Canadian
Forestry Association. Play
Chutes and Log Jams Game.
The Green Zone Game
A fun activity designed to help children understand
the environmental implications of their actions and related events.
Developed by the Canadian Forestry Association. Play
the Green Zone Game.
Book Store
Visit our online book
store to learn more about how these materials can enhance your
study plan:
Sample a learning
activity from Discover
the Spirits Activity Book for Youth.
Sample a learning
activity from Best
of Friends Fun Book.
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