{"id":1931,"date":"2024-02-29T11:05:24","date_gmt":"2024-02-29T14:05:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=1931"},"modified":"2024-02-29T11:05:26","modified_gmt":"2024-02-29T14:05:26","slug":"winter-carnival-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=1931","title":{"rendered":"Winter Carnival 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The first Long Lake Provincial Park &#8216;Winter Carnival&#8217; will be held on Saturday March 2nd at the trailhead parking lot at 10 Dunbrack Street. This entrance to the park is located where Cowie Hill Road intersects with Dunbrack Street. Activities will begin at 10 a.m. and continue until 3 p.m., as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>All day: <\/strong>Free hot chocolate offered by the Salvation Army<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>10:30 AM:<\/strong> Earth Walk led by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.halifax.ca\/parks-recreation\/programs-activities\/recreation-centres-your-community\/adventure-earth-centres\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Adventure Earth<\/a>\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>11:00 AM:<\/strong> Nature Walk led by the Department of Natural Resources<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>11:30 AM:<\/strong> Shelter Building led by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.halifax.ca\/parks-recreation\/programs-activities\/recreation-centres-your-community\/adventure-earth-centres\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Adventure Earth<\/a>\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>NOON:<\/strong> Live Music with George Woodhouse and free BBQ&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>1:00 PM:<\/strong> Nature Walk Bingo with <a href=\"https:\/\/cwf-fcf.org\/en\/explore\/wild-outside\/?gad_source=1&amp;gclid=CjwKCAiArfauBhApEiwAeoB7qDzN-W2AKuSk7yzqQpHF_4-CpAaqKFy3_nDmj2K3P6awEFoLOFAGXxoC4IMQAvD_BwE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">WILD Outside<\/a>\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>2:00 PM:<\/strong> Leave No Trace Walk with <a href=\"https:\/\/cwf-fcf.org\/en\/explore\/wild-outside\/?gad_source=1&amp;gclid=CjwKCAiArfauBhApEiwAeoB7qDzN-W2AKuSk7yzqQpHF_4-CpAaqKFy3_nDmj2K3P6awEFoLOFAGXxoC4IMQAvD_BwE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">WILD Outside<\/a>\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The events are intended to appeal to everyone who enjoys being outdoors in a natural environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Getting there<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Parking will be extremely limited because the parking lot is the main venue. For that reason we recommend arriving on foot. Bus routes 9 and 24 lie within walking distance of the Carnival location as described below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Buses2a.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"741\" height=\"510\" data-attachment-id=\"1934\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?attachment_id=1934\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Buses2a.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"741,510\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Buses2a\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Buses2a-300x206.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Buses2a.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Buses2a.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1934\" style=\"width:853px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Buses2a.jpg 741w, https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Buses2a-300x206.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 741px) 100vw, 741px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bus #24. Get off on Dentith Road before Old Sambro Road, walk one block along Dentith to traffic\u00a0lights at\u00a0Old Sambro Road. Cross Old Sambro Road and access\u00a0footpath (right).\u00a0 Follow the park trail to the parking lot.\u00a0 Bus 24 is every 30 minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bus #9A or #9B. Get off on Herring Cove Road after Old Sambro Road. Walk one block to start of Old Sambro Road (at the fire station). Walk about 5 minutes on Old Sambro Road to the traffic lights at Old Sambro and Dunbrack Street.\u00a0 Cross the road at the lights and enter the park. Follow the park trail to the parking lot.  Buses 9A and B are every 15 minutes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first Long Lake Provincial Park &#8216;Winter Carnival&#8217; will be held on Saturday March 2nd at the trailhead parking lot at 10 Dunbrack Street. This entrance to the park is located where Cowie Hill Road intersects with Dunbrack Street. Activities will begin at 10 a.m. and continue until 3 p.m., as follows: The events are&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=1931\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1737,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1931","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-news-from-the-park","7":"entry","8":"has-post-thumbnail"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5hACB-v9","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1931","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1737"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1931"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1931\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1937,"href":"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1931\/revisions\/1937"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}