Ongoing Projects

Honouring Canada’s National Horse at Upper Canada Village

Canada's National Horse Statue Unveiled Within a year, a small volunteer group who partnered with the St. Lawrence Parks Commission, raised over $200,000 from the private sector to build a life size, bronze statue of Canada’s National Horse, the Canadian.  The statue was unveiled at a ceremony at Upper Canada…

Brown’s Bay Beach Revitalization

Project Overview St. Lawrence Parks Commission has launched a multi-year project to restore its Brown’s Bay Beach site along the Thousand Islands Parkway in Mallorytown, Ontario. The first phase of the restoration includes key infrastructure upgrades including new accessible, gender-neutral washrooms and changerooms, a new canteen, a reconstruction of a…

Blue Heron Trail Boardwalk Restoration

St. Lawrence Parks Commission’s ‘Upper Canada Migratory Bird Sanctuary’ and ‘Friends of the Sanctuary’ (FOS) joined hands to restore the boardwalk on the Blue-Heron Trail, an area of the Sanctuary that hasn’t seen nature enthusiasts for nearly two decades. This collaborative project sought to revitalize the old Blue Heron trail…

Enhancing Multi-Use Trail Safety

St. Lawrence Parks Commission & Elizabethtown Snowmobile Club Pilot Partnership Agreement To enhance safety on the Thousand Islands Parkway Multi-Use Recreational Trail in the winter months, the St. Lawrence Parks Commission (SLPC) has launched a pilot project partnership with the Ontario Federation of Snowmobile Clubs (OFSC) District 1 Elizabethtown Snowmobile…

Great River Cleanup

Project Overview The Great River Cleanup is a collaborative effort between the River Institute, Mohawk Council of Akwesasne, Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe, Ocean Wise, the Great River Network, and the St. Lawrence Parks Commission to remove debris from 40 kilometres of shoreline and waterfront of Akwesasne. The partnership is focused…

Recreational Trails Committee

In May 2021, St. Lawrence Parks Commission and the Ontario Trails Council launched a public consultation process to work together with as many local stakeholders and partners as possible towards the creation of a Trail Advisory Committee to support the Thousand Islands Parkway Multi-Use Recreational Trail. About the Trails Advisory…