Scales Nature Park

Scales Nature Park Summer hours- Wednesday to Sunday, 10-5. Spring and fall, Saturday/Sunday, 11-4. Outreach and on-site programming continues year round. Call or email for details.

The Best Canadian Reptile experience! Silent Auction: tinyurl.com/snpauction Want to learn more? Check out our website: www.scalesnaturepark.ca. You can follow us on Instagram: Scales_Nature_Park or Twitter: or (even better) come on out for a visit! Book a group tour or outreach event at any time, regardless of our opening schedule!

Our first Meet the Researcher event will be on June 20, 2026! 🐢🐍Location: MacTier Public Library, Township of Georgian ...
06/16/2026

Our first Meet the Researcher event will be on June 20, 2026! 🐢🐍

Location: MacTier Public Library, Township of Georgian Bay
Date: June 20, 2026 Time: 1pm to 3pm

Pre-registration required. To register with the Library call 705-375-5430 or email [email protected]

Meet the Researcher is a series of free workshops, showcasing the work that wildlife technicians undertake to monitoring and conserving native reptiles in central Ontario.
- Research methods
- Species ID
- How to mitigate threats
- What you can do to help

Following the presentation we will host a building activity. You will build your own turtle nest protector to take home! (Materials provided)

See you there!

06/13/2026

Nesting season is here! 🐢
Scales Nature Park is the home of the S.T.A.R.T. Project, a fresh water turtles conservation effort.
Every year, we incubate thousands of eggs from nests laid in precarious areas, to then be hatched in our facility and release the hatchlings in the wild in order to boost survival.

This beautiful video was filmed here, by the talented Scales Nature Park alumni Quan Huynh (IG Profile Quan Huynh) to highlight the perils fresh water turtles in Ontario face to ensure a future for the next generation.

Seen a turtle nesting in Central Ontario?
Please contact our REPTILE HOTLINE at (705) 955-4284

Thank you.

Music: Chaeri - Piano & Strings

🐢🐍🔬The S.T.A.R.T. & C.A.R.E.S. Projects wildlife field technicians are pleased to invite you to join them for an educati...
06/07/2026

🐢🐍🔬The S.T.A.R.T. & C.A.R.E.S. Projects wildlife field technicians are pleased to invite you to join them for an educational workshop this field season!

Topics of these 2 hour events will include reptile species identification, methods and equipment used for research, and how to mitigate threats to native reptiles in Central Ontario.
Particular focus will be placed on how members of the public can get involved with turtle conservation and the work of the S.T.A.R.T. & C.A.R.E.S. Projects in your community.

Following the presentation, we will conclude the event with a turtle nest protector building session which will allow participants to build their own protector to take home!
Materials will be provided free of charge.

Stay tuned for dates and locations!

05/20/2026

In this clip from Snakes of Ontario with Steve the Snake Guy, Steve shows us about the Butler's garter snake (Thamnophis butleri)

This is the last of the short clips from our long video. For the complete “Snakes of Ontario with Steve the Snake Guy” please visit:
www.scalesnaturepark.ca/media or our Youtube Page

05/13/2026

In this clip from Snakes of Ontario with Steve the Snake Guy, Steve shows us about the Ribbonsnake (Thamnophis saurita)

For the complete video “Snakes of Ontario with Steve the Snake Guy” visit
www.scalesnaturepark.ca/media or our Youtube Page

05/06/2026

In this clip from Snakes of Ontario with Steve the Snake Guy, Steve tells us about the peculiar Queensnake (Regina septemvittata)

For the complete video “Snakes of Ontario with Steve the Snake Guy” visit
www.scalesnaturepark.ca/media or our Youtube Page

04/30/2026

In this clip from Snakes of Ontario with Steve the Snake Guy, Steve tells us about the small red-bellied snake (Storeria occipitomaculata).

For the complete video “Snakes of Ontario with Steve the Snake Guy” visit:
www.scalesnaturepark.ca/media or our Youtube Page

04/30/2026

🐢 👥 Every Summer our Community Volunteers are one of our strongest assets!
Join the Saving Turtles at Risk Today (S.T.A.R.T.) Project and make a real impact on Ontario’s turtle populations!

As a community volunteer, you’ll contribute to protecting at-risk turtles and their eggs alongside a network of passionate individuals and groups. The free training program consists of three levels, each building on the previous one.

Participants must complete them in order. Annual recertification or retraining is required for levels 2 and 3 as project goals, methods, boundaries and permit requirements change annually.

Registration for this free training program is now OPEN.
Visit our Website at the Link in Bio to register!

Level 1: online- webinar, available at the end of the registration form.

Level 2: is in person at Scales Nature Park

Level 3: by invitation only and in person at Scales Nature Park

The dates for Level 2 and 3 will be communicated shortly.

Questions or concerns?
Email us at: [email protected]

*Please note that you must be at least 18 years old to legally participate in permitted activities with the S.T.A.R.T. Project. If you are under 18, a parent or guardian must accompany you.

04/20/2026

In this clip from Snakes of Ontario with Steve the Snake Guy, Steve tells us about the eastern Milksnake (Lampropeltis triangulum triangulum).

Milksnakes specialize in eating rats and mice and therefore having them around our homes is like owning a free pest control system!

For the complete video “Snakes of Ontario with Steve the Snake Guy” visit www.scalesnaturepark.ca/media or our Youtube Page

It's finally that time of the year! Are you ready? Here's our guide to quickly identify the 8 species of fresh water tu...
04/20/2026

It's finally that time of the year! Are you ready?

Here's our guide to quickly identify the 8 species of fresh water turtles living in Ontario.

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