Make Ellis Nature Centre a part of your Canada Day celebrations! We’ll have classic favourites like lawn games, kids activities, and a scavenger hunt. Butterfly Wings & Wishes will also be visiting again with a variety of their educational creatures. We’ll also be offering information about beavers and playing chicken poop bingo! Check out the photo for the full line up of events.
2025 Canada Day Festivities
Make Ellis Nature Centre a part of your Canada Day celebrations!
Make a dandelion salve, excellent for relieving sore muscles and joints, with plants harvested at Ellis Nature Centre. Make salve at the workshop and take more dandelion home to do it on your own!
Discover Alberta's bats with Cory Olsen from Alberta Bats. Learn, observe, and maybe meet a rehabilitated bat! Bring your curiosity and sense of adventure!
Paint your own birdhouse to look like birch trees under the guidance of ENC staff.
Join Cree Metis artist Shelly Rose May to make a medicine doll. These dolls are made with intention to help guide you.
