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Weekend Day Nature Tours:
During
the spring, summer and fall, and subject to weather and my
availability, I offer a guided nature tour service to some of the
more interesting habitats in the Burwash and Sudbury area.
These
are nature tours designed to allow those of almost all ages and
physical condition the opportunity to visit various habitats and
examine the associated wildflowers. All are walking tours.
Physical
demands:
Most
of the nature tours are not physically demanding "adventure
tours". Rather, the nature tours are intended to be leisurely
and educational to maximize your appreciation of the local flora and
fauna. However, all nature tours involve walking through the bush.
What
should I wear?:
The
tours involve walking in open fields, the bush, or the forest.
Biting insects, like mosquitoes, blackflies, and deer flies, abound
through out the wildflower season. Some trails are wet and
muddy. To help ensure you have an enjoyable experience, it is
important that you wear sturdy walking boots, long pants, and
long-sleeved shirt. A hat is essential. During June, I
commonly wear a "bug shirt" to keep the blackflies and
mosquitoes from biting.
Partial
list of Habitats
Terms
and Conditions
What
Do I Receive at the end of a Tour?
Are
We Experts?
Rates
Partial
List of Habitats Available to tour:
Some
of the habitats that area are readily accessible, depending on the
season, include:
-
deciduous
forest
- coniferous
forest (both planted and natural)
- wetlands,
such as bogs, conifer swamps, meadow marsh, and shore fen
- lake
edge
- wildflower
meadow
- rocky
"desert"-like waste areas
- disturbed
areas, such as logging areas and road sides.
Some
habitats occur either inside or outside local provincial parks.
Tour descriptions:
Other tour areas
are available depending of the flowering season.
Tour Name |
Description |
Paddy
Creek |
Along a 3 km walk,
explore a conifer swamp on the flood plain of Paddy Creek, mixed
deciduous and coniferous forest uplands, a beaver-made creek and a
beaver meadow.
Ephemeral spring
forest wildflowers are best seen in May and early June.
Moisture-loving plants along the side of Paddy Creek include Joe-Pye
Weed and virgin's bower
and are best seen in August.
Flowering shrubs
include red-berried elder, flowering dogwood
and Highbush Cranberry in May and
June, and meadowsweet and Winterberry
Holly in June, July and August.
In August and
September, the beaver meadow is alive with various types of goldenrod
and aster. |

Conifer swamp,
Paddy Creek |

Conifer swamp,
Paddy Creek |
Trout
Lake Road shrub bog |
The flowering
plant show starts in May with Leather
leaf, but the spectacular show of cotton
grass, Labrador tea, sheep
laurel, bog laurel begins in
late May and runs through the end of June. |

Cottongrass
Trout Lake bog |

Bog
laurel and cottongrass
Trout Lake bog |
Terms
and Conditions:
What
do I Receive at the End of the Nature Tour?
You
receive at the end of the nature tour:
Are
We Experts?
We
are learning everyday. On most tours, we identify flowering plants
that we have not see before. Sometimes we come across a wildflower
that we cannot identify with certainty. That is all part of the
learning experience.
We
do commit to provide an opportunity to observe and identify local
flowering plants in their natural habitat. We will work together to
try to identify those flowering plants we do not know.
Rate
Sheet:
-
basic
half-day local nature tour
- $75.00
CDN plus $5.00 per person
- maximum
4 (four) participants
- you
supply your vehicle, lodging, food and refreshments
- 1/2
day tour - starts 9 AM and ends at noon or start at 1 PM and end at
4 PM (transportation can be arranged at an additional cost)
- visit
one or two habitats (e.g., one or two of bog, coniferous forest,
deciduous forest, waste area, logging area, shallow lake shore
depending on flower season
- site
selected to meet your needs, abilities, and wildflowers in season
- you
are responsible for your transportation, food and refreshments,
unless otherwise arranged
-
basic
full-day local nature tour
- $125.00
CDN plus $5.00 per person
- maximum
4 (four) participants
- you
supply your vehicle, lodging, food and refreshments (transportation
can be arranged at an additional cost)
- tour
starts 9 AM and ends at 4 PM
- visit
several habitats (e.g., bog, coniferous forest, deciduous forest,
shallow water lake shore, logging area, rocky "desert-like"
area depending on flower season)
- sites
selected to meet your needs, abilities, and wildflowers in season
- you
are responsible for your transportation, food and refreshments,
unless otherwise arranged
-
full-day
nature tour of 2 habitats at Killarney Provincial Park
- Cranberry
bog trail - an open bog (Killarney Provincial Park)
- Granite
trail - forest to rocky desert (Killarney Provincial Park)
- $175.00
CDN plus $15.00 per person
- maximum
8 (eight) participants
- you
supply your vehicle, lodging, food and refreshments (transportation
can be arranged at an additional cost)
- tour
starts 9:30 AM and ends at 4:30 PM
- the
trails require greater physical exertion; parts of the trails are
very steep and rough
- you
are responsible for your transportation, food and refreshments,
unless otherwise arranged.
Contact
or More Information:
For
more information and pricing, send me a request stating the number
of people, the weekend date, the duration (half-day, full day):
Andy
Fyon
147
Stewart Drive
Sudbury,
Ontario, Canada P3E 2R6
Telephone:
705-522-8489

info@ontariowildflower.com
or
ajfyon@vianet.on.ca |