Parks Passport - 2021 Explore and play in your community! Thank you to our partners - Town of Parry Sound

Parks Passport

             2021
Explore and play in your community!

       Thank you to our partners

Parks Passport Identification

                          Child’s Name                                 Age

                          Parent/Guardian’s Name

    Draw your
  passport photo!         Parent/Guardian’s Email

       Passport Adventure List
              Check off your adventures as you complete them:

    Harmony Park                     Treetops Community Forest

    Mission Park                     Booth Street Park

    Waubuno Beach                    Centennial Beach
    Park                             (Old Town Beach)

    Tower Hill Gardens               Market Square Park

    William Street Park             Pick your favourite park

We want to know how much time you spent playing,                ACTIVE MINUTES
so on each page, tell us how many minutes you spent
on each activity. The more time spent playing, the
better!

Instructions
1. Visit each park listed in the Passport and complete the adventure at that
   location.
2. Don’t forget to record how many minutes you spent on the activity on
   each page!
3. Bring your completed Passport to the Waubuno Beach Lifeguard Office
   at 27 Prospect Street between July 1 - August 31, 2021 from 10 AM - 6
   PM to redeem your prize.
4. Limit of one passport per child.
5. Get outside and have fun!

                               Prizes
•   Complete 5 adventures in your Passport and win a coupon for a free ice
    cream cone from Dairy Queen!
•   Complete all 10 adventures in your passport and win a coupon for a free
    ice cream cone from Dairy Queen PLUS you will be entered in a draw to
    win an Ultimate Summer Fun prize pack ($250 value) courtesy of the
    Optimist Club of Parry Sound!

                               Thank you to Parry Sound Dairy Queen for
                               providing the winning prize for the 2021
                               Parks Passport! Visit Dairy Queen at 93
                               Church Street in Parry Sound to redeem your
                               coupon.

                               Thank you to the Optimist Club of Parry
                               Sound for providing the grand prize for the
                               2021 Parks Passport!

Harmony Park
        9 Bay Street, Parry Sound

Your Adventure
Visit Harmony Park near the Town Dock and play a tune on the
musical instruments. Can you name the tune written below for the
xylophone?

Play this tune:
12 - 12 - 11 - 12 - 14 - 13….12 - 12 - 11 - 12 - 9 - 14….

12 - 12 - 7 - 8 - 9 - 14 - 13….8 - 8 - 9 - 10 - 14 - 13.

Do you recognize the song? Name the tune:

Did You Know?                                               ACTIVE MINUTES

Parry Sound is home to the Festival of the Sound, a world
famous chamber and classical-music festival that has been
running since 1979 – that’s over 40 years!

Mission Park
        10 Emily Street, Parry Sound

Your Adventure
Head over to the Spider Web climber and play one of the games
listed below. These games can be played alone or with friends, so
there is something for everyone!
Make it to the Top
On the Spider Web climber, count how many moves it takes you to make it
to the very top. Start from the bottom again, and see if you can make it
back to the top in as few moves as possible. Looking for another
challenge? Try climbing to the top of the structure without using one hand!
Now try it again without using one foot!
How many moves did it take you to reach the top?

Grounders
This game works best with 3 or more players. Choose one player to be “it”,
and the rest of the players spread out on the Spider Web. The player who
is “it” must close their eyes and try to tag the other players while they
silently move around on the structure. If the player who is “it” hears
someone walking on the ground, they call “Grounders” and open their
eyes. If any of the other players are tagged or caught on the ground, they
become “it”.
Want an even bigger game? Include the other playground in the boundary
for your game of Grounders, too!

Get Out and Play!                                         ACTIVE MINUTES

One of our favourite places to play is the basketball
court at Mission Park! It’s great for a game of
HORSE or Bump! What is your favourite basketball
game to play?

Waubuno Beach Park
       27 Prospect Street, Parry Sound

Your Adventure
Waubuno Beach is not only a great place to cool off in the
Georgian Bay on a hot summer day, but it is also home to beach
volleyball courts, a playground, and greenspace where you can
enjoy a picnic, play games, or just hang out.

Head over to the beach and build a sculpture in the sand. Be as
creative as you wish! Make a sandcastle, your favourite
animal...whatever you can dream up! Draw a picture of your
creation in the box below:

Did You Know?                                       ACTIVE MINUTES

Waubuno Beach gets its name from the paddle
steamer ship which brought passengers and cargo
between Collingwood and Parry Sound in the 1860’s
and 1870’s. The PS Waubuno sank in a storm on
November 22, 1879.

Tower Hill Gardens
        19 George Street, Parry Sound

Your Adventure
Pack a picnic lunch and make your way to Tower Hill Gardens!
These beautiful gardens are home to several species of flowers
and insects. Draw some of the insects that you spot in the gardens
below:

Did You Know?                                            ACTIVE MINUTES

The tower on Tower Hill was used to observe the
forests in the area to spot forest fires before they
grew out of control. The ranger who worked in the
tower used to live in the cabin nearby which was built
in 1930.

William Street Park
        145 William Street, Parry Sound

Your Adventure
Check out the beautiful view of the Seguin River at William Street
Park as you head over to the playground equipment and play a
game of “Grounders”!

Write the rules of your favourite playground game below.
My Favourite Playground Game
Name of game:

Rules of game:

Get Out and Play!                                       ACTIVE MINUTES

William Street Park is also a great place to relax by
the water and play a game of I Spy. One player picks
an object they can see and tells the other players
what colour it is. Whoever guesses correctly gets to
pick the object in the next round.

Treetops Community Forest
        7 Beatty Street, Parry Sound

Your Adventure
Take a walk into the Treetops Community Forest and enjoy a little slice of
nature right in the middle of town. Build a fort out of any natural items you
can find – sticks, twigs, branches, leaves…whatever you can find!
Draw a picture of your fort in the box below:

Get Out and Play!                                           ACTIVE MINUTES

Treetops Community Forest is a unique park in
Parry Sound that is all naturalized wilderness. The
park is meant to be explored by everyone, and has a
main loop trail named in memory of Fynn Bywater.

Booth Street Park
        1 Booth Street, Parry Sound

Your Adventure
Head over to the green space at Booth Street Park and start up a game of
“Tag”! There are many different versions of “tag”. Here are a few ideas:

Freeze Tag
One player is it. When others players are tagged, they become frozen in
place by standing with their arms out to their sides and their legs spread
apart. Frozen players can come back into the game if another player
crawls through their legs without being tagged.

What Time is it Mr. Wolf?
One player is chosen to be Mr. Wolf and stands at one end of the field
facing away from the other players. Everyone else lines up at the other end
of the field facing Mr. Wolf, and asks “what time is it, Mr. Wolf?” Mr. Wolf
can reply in 2 ways: they can say the time (ending in o’clock). The other
players must then take as many steps towards Mr. Wolf as the time (ex. 5
o’clock means 5 steps).
The other way Mr. Wolf can respond is by saying “lunch time”. When Mr.
Wolf says it is “lunch time”, they may turn around and chase the other
players back to the starting line. If Mr. Wolf is able to tag another player
before they make it back to the starting line, that player will be Mr. Wolf to
start the next round.

Write down your favourite version of tag below:

Get Out and Play!                                          ACTIVE MINUTES

Park spaces are important to a healthy community.
They give us a place to run, play, meet friends, and
have fun! What is your favourite activity to do in a
park?

Centennial (Old Town) Beach
        20 Waubuno Road, Parry Sound

Your Adventure
Centennial Beach is a quiet oasis in the middle of town. Take some time to
relax while you fly a kite on the beach.
Don’t have a kite? No problem! You can make a kite with simple materials
like sticks, twine, and a garbage bag. Kite design ideas and instructions
can be found at www.instructables.com.
Draw a picture of your kite flying at the beach in the box below.

Get Out and Play!                                          ACTIVE MINUTES

We are lucky to be so close to the Georgian Bay.
What is your favourite activity to do at the beach?
 Swim            Build a sand castle
 Play frisbee  Other: _____________

Market Square Park
        27 Mary Street, Parry Sound

Your Adventure
Market Square Park is a friendly green space right in the downtown core –
it’s Parry Sound’s own little Central Park.
Grab a friend and play catch in the green space with a frisbee, baseball,
football…whatever you wish! Count how many times you can pass the ball
or frisbee back and forth without dropping it. After you’ve dropped the ball,
start again and try to beat your score. For an extra challenge, try standing
farther apart when playing catch.

            How many times in a row did you catch the ball?

Did You Know?                                              ACTIVE MINUTES

Market Square Park is central to Parry Sound. Every
year, Market Square Park hosts community events
like a Remembrance Day ceremony in front of the
cenotaph, the Tuesday Market, and Art in the Park
where you can find some unique handmade items!

Pick Your Favourite Park
Your Adventure
Pay it forward by helping to clean up your favourite park. One way to help
improve your local park is to pick up litter and put it in the trash cans
provided in each park. This will help to keep your parks clean and beautiful
spaces to play!

Tell Us About Your Favourite Park

Name of park:

What is your favourite thing to do in this
park?

What would make this park more fun?

Get Out and Play!                                         ACTIVE MINUTES

Everyone has a part to play in keeping our
environment clean. By taking our garbage with us
when we leave, or throwing it in a trash can, we can
keep our park spaces clean and healthy.