🌿Step into Nature at South Shore Fest!🌿

Prince Edward County’s early‑summer celebration returns with a full day of discovery, learning, and local spirit. Some events require registration!

✨ 9 AM to 2 PM - Explore & Learn

• Wander through interactive displays from leading environmental groups: Friends of Sandbanks, Nature Canada, Nature Conservancy of Canada, Prince Edward County Field Naturalists, Prince Edward Heritage Conservancy, Quinte Field Naturalists, Royal Astronomical Society of Canada - Belleville, Sandbanks Provincial Park, South Shore Joint Initiative, South Shore Footpath Project, West Lake Community Association.
• Visit and learn about the Miyawaki forest adjacent to the Fort Kente reproduction.

👟 9 AM, 9:30 AM and 10:30 AM - South Shore Footpath Project guided Walks - Don't delay, click on each link below to for walk description and registration (all walks are limited to 15 participants):

• South Shore Hike - 9 AM - Register here
• South Shore Nature Lover's Stroll - 9:30 AM - Register here
• South Shore Forest Bathing Walk - 10 AM - Register here
• South Shore Hike - 1:30 PM - Register here

🐾 10:30 AM - Giants & Giants-in-Disguise: The County’s Wildest Wildlife Surprises - presentation by Terry Sprague - Prepare to look at Prince Edward County’s wildlife in a whole new way! Join legendary local naturalist Terry Sprague for an engaging, family-friendly talk exploring the big and little surprises hidden in our ecosystem. Using unique local specimens—including a rare Canada lynx and a tiny pygmy shrew—Terry will reveal how the grandest predators and the smallest mammals both shape our environment. Learn more...

🐦 10 AM to 2 PM - Wild Thing Program

• Let the kids dive into hands‑on displays and creative crafts in the children’s tent with Wild Thing educator, Cheryl Chapman.
• Walk the South Shore at Mariners Park. Follow a meandering path with stops describing each of the special and unique places in the SSJI South Shore Map.

🍔 Eat, Relax & Enjoy

• Grab a snack from Oak Bluff Arts.
• Savour lunch from PEC's favourite Big Mike’s Barbeque in the picnic area (while quantities last).

🎶 Noon to 2 PM - Lighthouse Stage - music by Reggie Duo (Mario Panacci & Ruth Dwight), Kyra and Tully and Macartney Mulridge.

Local PEC musicians will be sharing their songs of love and life for everyone - songs can’t change the world but they can invite us to change towards better ways and days.

🌌 9 PM to 11 PM - Laser Guided Sky Tour with RASC - Register here

Return at 9 PM for a spectacular laser‑guided Star Show with the Royal Astronomical Society—an unforgettable way to end your day under the South Shore sky. ✨

🚀 Special Features You Won’t Want to Miss - Avro Arrow display at The Mariners’ Museum

🎫 Help protect the South Shore and win big — our Step Into Nature Raffle has 6 great prizes and only 200 tickets at $25.  Find out more...

💚 Celebrate Community. Celebrate Nature. - South Shore Fest invites everyone to step outside, connect with the land, and enjoy a day filled with wonder, learning, and shared community pride.