Elbow Lake Environmental Education Centre - ELEEC

05/09/2026

Our Eco Adventure Camp directors are part of our Science Rendezvous team! Come learn how to fold your own frog and discover other wetland wonders at our booth!

04/03/2026

03/27/2026

Are you ready for a high-tech adventure? Join us at Elbow Lake Environmental Education Centre for a day of geocaching! You'll learn how to use our GPS devices and use them to discover hidden "caches", solve a puzzle, earn a solid prize, and learn a little about local wildlife ecology along the way!

If you're up for a serious challenge, once you've mastered the GPS device and solved our first puzzle, you can head out on our trail system and see how many of the 10 registered geocaches you can find. What a fun way to spend a PA Day!

This event is free but registration is required. Visit our events page at https://elbowlakecentre.ca/events/ to learn more and to register.

03/16/2026

🌿✨ Family Nights at Elbow Lake are back for Summer 2026! ✨🌿
Join us every Thursday evening from July 16 to August 27 at the Elbow Lake Environmental Education Centre for a series of free, family-friendly programs filled with creativity, discovery, and outdoor fun. All are welcome, but registration is required in advance.

This year’s weekly themes include:
🎨 July 16 – Wild Watercolours
🧭 July 23 – Map Quest
🦊 July 30 – Sensing Survival
🔬 August 6 – Marsh Monsters
🦫 August 13 – Busy Beavers
🐦 August 20 – Build a Birdhouse
✨ August 27 – A Night Under the Stars

Want to make a night of it? Families can also choose to stay overnight in one of our cabins for $90/night + HST. During your stay, enjoy 8 km of trails, canoeing, campfire time, and more.

📍 Location: Elbow Lake Environmental Education Centre
💲 Cost: Free event admission
🏡 Optional overnight cabin rental: $90/night + HST
📝 Register now: elbowlakecentre.ca/events
Bring your family, your curiosity, and your sense of adventure, we cannot wait to welcome you to Elbow Lake this summer! 💚

03/13/2026

Just over a week to go! Register now at https://elbowlakecentre.ca/events/stop-ticking-me-off/ for this day of winter tick awareness at Elbow Lake!

03/09/2026

Please share this widely! Applications to join our Eco-Adventure Camp Staff Team for Summer 2026 have been RE-OPENED! We are currently looking for one more lifeguard to join our camp team🛟💦🏊!

Please note this position is only open to Queen's undergraduate students who are eligible for SWEP postings. Submit your cover letter, resume, transcript, and references before midnight on March 15th for this incredible opportunity. Visit the Queen's My Career page at https://careers.sso.queensu.ca/home.htm, click SWEP jobs, and search for posting #157386. We hope to see your application come in!

02/12/2026

You are invited to join us at Elbow Lake Environmental Education Centre to learn all about our “favourite” invasive species in this area – TICKS! Although ticks are dormant in the winter, our awareness of tick safety never stops! On this fun activity day, we will learn about why the winter season is essential to the tick life cycle and will take an educational hike to identify climate change impacts to our winters and how this affects tick biology. You’ll come away with tools and techniques to protect yourself and your pets during your next outdoor adventure.

This event is free but registration is required. Visit our Events Page for more information about this and other upcoming public events. https://elbowlakecentre.ca/events/

02/03/2026

GREAT NEWS! We are officially piloting a March Break Camp! This year's "Mini-Camp" will run from March 18-20 (Wed-Fri), 9am-4pm. We're only taking 10 lucky campers, aged 6-10, for this very special program. Please note that due to the small size of this camp, transportation is NOT provided; campers need to be dropped off and picked up at Elbow Lake. Registration is completed through our Camp Brain portal at https://qubs.campbrainregistration.com/. Connect with us at [email protected] if you have any questions!

01/31/2026

A small but energetic group of explorers went on a at Elbow Lake today! A cold but beautiful day to be out for a walk on the lake!

01/27/2026

We've had an incredible opening to our camp registration - in just a day and a half, we're more than 80% booked already! If you've not already reserved your camper's spot, you'll want to do so as soon as you can! https://ecoadventurecamp.ca/register/