Wye Marsh Wildlife Centre

We had a good walk in a beautiful, orderly and clean environment, which faithfully preserves the marsh world with its living creatures for us and future generations, and not only preserves it, but also presents it to us, the visitors. The Park employees were very kind and knowledgeable. It was also a great experience there that the little Chickadees ate sunflower seeds from my hands. I highly recommend to visit this place especially families with little kids to give them a lifelong and wonderful experience and teach them to love nature.

Wonderful place! A bit pricey. What it is: It took us 1.5 hours to cover the trails with small children. They have rescued birds and animals that are in tanks indoors or birds of prey in cages outdoors. The indoor part is small with educational signs; they had turtles and snakes. The outdoor birds of prey section had owls (snowy, etc.), eagle, raven, etc. Along the trails, there is an enormous lookout tower that is fun to view the landscape when you get to the top. You will also find a sugar shack and a few other buildings; none are in operation. There is also an absolutely delightful Trumpeter swan area on a pond. What an experience watching them honk and flap their wings at each other! 1/3 of Ontario's Trumpeter swans are at this marsh. They are trying to help them. See my pics. Washrooms: They are in the main building. There are none along the trail. There are no indoor places along the path to go to the washroom, breastfeed, or change a diaper. Admission: $12+ tax for adults, children and students are $9 + tax , children 3 and under are free. Parking: Free, and there is a decent amount of it. Food/Snacks: There was no snack shop on site. Gift shop: shirts, jewelry, books, stuffed animals, sticker books, mugs, kits, honey, maple syrup, etc. Types of ground surfaces: Smooth trail paths and sometimes boardwalks. I went when the paths were covered in snow. COVID: Some of the paths have two-way tight foot traffic, so you might want to be masked outdoors. I was told that schools take trips here masked outdoors.

Had a very enjoyable visit to Wye Marsh during a week day. Was not busy at all and lots of parking. Check in at the visitor center and paid $12 for adult admission. The trails are easy, fairly short, and well marked with plenty of things to see along the way. Washrooms inside the visitor center are well kept. Visitor center also has plenty of tourist things to buy and a machine to buy drinks from. There is a “Birds of Prey” area that contains some interesting birds. Among them are: turkey vulture, great horned owl, hawk, bald eagle, plus a few others.

We did the Ecotour snowshoeing experience and would do it every weekend if we could! Our guides were very knowledgeable, fun and nice, the marshland is amazing with several different trails, the history of the whole region is very interesting and is full of flora and fauna. A very informative and fun experience, you even get to hand-feed chickadees! Right before the way back there was a break and they provided us with hot chocolate and several mixed snacks (all of them of good quality brands). It lasted 3full hours, it was around 5k but you better be fit in some manner because the pace is pretty fast (of course they will slow down the pace to if someone is tired or cannot hold up). As a bonus, they took us to see the swan pond which was amazing!

We had a good walk in a beautiful, orderly and clean environment, which faithfully preserves the marsh world with its living creatures for us and future generations, and not only preserves it, but also presents it to us, the visitors. The Park employees were very kind and knowledgeable. It was also a great experience there that the little Chickadees ate sunflower seeds from my hands. I highly recommend to visit this place especially families with little kids to give them a lifelong and wonderful experience and teach them to love nature.