Ojibway Park & Nature Centre

About this park

Ojibway Park in west Windsor is the starting point for most visits to the Ojibway Prairie Complex, a group of protected natural areas that also includes Black Oak Heritage Park, Tallgrass Prairie Heritage Park, Spring Garden Natural Area and the Ojibway Prairie Provincial Nature Reserve¹. The complex protects tallgrass prairie and oak savannah, two of the most endangered ecosystems in Canada². The park's LEED-certified Ojibway Nature Centre, has run nature education for more than 50 years and offers free exhibits, interpretive tours and hands-on programs. Outside, well-kept self-guiding trails and a boardwalk wind through pin oak forest, savannah and prairie, past a pond and woodlots; they are suited to walking, photography and leisure cycling¹. Ojibway is also one of the region's best birding spots, with more than 240 species recorded³, and deer are a common sight. The park is open from dawn to dusk, and its free parking lot gives walking access to the neighbouring prairie and reserve trails.