Winter Fun

Year-round guided tours and educational workshops based in Prince Edward County, Ontario and the Quinte / Great Lakes Region. Photography, nature hikes, adventure sports, fitness, birding, sustainable living skills, growing food, historic sites, bicycling, kayak, canoe, camping, weekend retreats, environmental speakers, travel slideshows. SNOW BIRDS OF ONTARIO County Outings leads small groups to see the beautiful birds that stay in the North Country during the winter. All trips originate in Prince Edward County but sometimes venture beyond the County line— east, north and westward—to find specific species of wildlife. Our Amherst Island trips have been extremely popular as this is an irruption year for snowy owls. We tour the island, hike to a popular wooded area, stroll the icy shores and have lunch inside a family farmhouse. The next all-day tour is February 9, 2019. $95 per person or $70 for early bird registrations. We are also planning a trip to Algonquin Park to see pine Martens and the grey jay. County Outings will continue to lead half-day tours to “Parts Unknown of Prince Edward County” with a mix of wild country exploring and meeting the authentic locals as well as some stops at the new wineries and craft breweries. […]

Sandbanks has approximately 10 km of cross country ski trails. For more information, please contact the park office telephone: 613-393-3319 ext. 0 Macaulay Mountain Conservation area is also an ideal spot for cross-country skiing and tobogganing. Macaulay Mountain Conservation Area has 11 km of trails available for cross-country skiing. The Millennium Trail, which runs from Picton to the west end of the County, is also popular.  Trails are not groomed.  

Prince Edward Fitness & Aquatic Centre (PEFAC) PEFAC is a not-for profit organization run by a volunteer Board of Directors. PEFAC’s vision is to keep our community active and healthy. We promise to work hard and continue to supply our community with an aquatic and fitness facility that provides  recreational, physical, therapeutic and social opportunities for all ages and abilities. Children & Youth Programs include: Tap/Jazz Dance Sport and Swim Dash and Splash Gym and Swim Babysitting Course Camps/PD Days Programs include: Aquatic programs Public swimming Personal fitness Squash Group fitness

The Picton Pirates are a Canadian Junior ice hockey team based in Picton, Ontario. They play in the Empire B Junior C Hockey League of the Ontario Hockey Association. Prince Edward Community Centre located at 375 Main Street is where the Picton Pirates play their home games. Nicknamed the “Patcheyes”, the Picton Pirates were founded in 1989 as members of the Eastern Ontario Junior C Hockey League. Picton recently won the 2011 Empire “B” Junior C Championship. In the spring of 2013, The Pirates became just the seventh team from Eastern Ontario since the 1930s to win the Ontario Hockey Association’s Schmalz Cup, emblematic of Junior C supremacy in the province. (Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Edward_County,_Ontario.)

A hockey club for players aged 15 to 20, playing in the Ontario Hockey Association Junior A league. Every season for the past dozen years the Wellington Dukes have finished at, or near the top of the II-tier league. “Parents of hockey-playing kids all over Ontario compete to send their kids to try out for the Dukes. Players aspiring for hockey scholarships to American universities, vie to play for the Dukes…”  (reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Edward_County,_Ontario.) Wellington was chosen to host the 2014 Dudley-Hewitt Cup at their new arena.