Eco-Adventure Camp (8 – 13 years)
Eco-Adventure Camp offers educational day programming with unique weekly themes for campers aged 8-13. Campers travel by bus to Elbow Lake each morning and return each afternoon. Several bus pickup locations are available, the main one being at City Park Courthouse (5 Court Street) beside Queen’s Main Campus. Campers will have days full of adventures, activities and games that will teach more about the wonderful natural world all around us!
Campers must be turning or have turned 8 this calendar year.
2027 Sessions and Themes
| Dates | Theme | Description of the Week’s Adventures |
| Session 1 July 12-16 | Wild Wetlands | Elbow Lake’s wetlands and waterways are filled with a huge diversity of amazing plants, animals, and microscopic life. Celebrate the wonderful world of water as we discover some of the fabulous organisms that make their homes in our wetlands. |
| Session 2 July 19-23 | Coolest Creepiest Critters | Grab your magnifiers and your nature journal and come to Elbow Lake to learn about the cool creepy critters that are foundational to the functioning of all our local ecosystems! What is the coolest creepy critter you will encounter during your explorations this week? |
| Session 3 July 26-30 | Goin’ on a Bio Blitz | This week campers will be challenged to learn how to identify as many different species of plants and animals as possible! We will work together to create an amazing list of the life at Elbow Lake, and submit our data to the Big Backyard BioBlitz project! |
| Session 4 August 3-6 (short week) | Amazing Animals of Elbow Lake | The four days of this week’s short program are dedicated to four of the most amazing animals to call Elbow Lake home. Which of our animal superheroes is your favourite? |
| Session 5 August 9-13 | Fantastic Forests | This week we’ll be celebrating the terrific trees that make up the beautiful forests around Elbow Lake. Come learn about the foods, medicines, and other gifts provided by the trees that make our lives better every day. |
| Session 6 August 16-20 | Alien Invaders | Unfortunately not all species are welcome at Elbow Lake! Alien invading species can wreak havoc on an ecosystem and cause all sorts of problems for native plants and animals. Come learn about some of the alien species of concern in the Frontenac Arch region and what you can do to help stop their spread. |
| Session 7 August 23-27 | Build a Better Planet | We all have a role to play to take good care of our beautiful planet Earth. Work together with your fellow campers to solve some ecological challenges faced by local plant and animal species and learn what you can do to be the best Earth steward possible. |
