Ready for a week of adventure? Day Camps are back at Fort Edmonton Park. Your child can now embark on a historic journey through our immersive, fun and unique summer programs. With four distinct eras and the new Indigenous Peoples Experience to explore, your camper will create lasting memories with new friends. Let your summer adventure begin! Please Note: We offer Pre-Camp and Post-Camp Care for a set fee. Pre-Camp Care is from 8:00 am to 9:00 am, and Post-Camp Care is from 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm.
See you at the Park!
Schedules
Day Camps are available for bookings during July and August, Monday to Friday.
Camps will be operating five days a week, except for the long weekends listed below:
June 30 - July 4 (No camp on Tuesday, Canada Day)
August 5 - August 8 (No camp on Monday, August 3)
If you would like to register for a camp that has already closed, please reach out to info@fortedmontonpark.ca
Program
Schedule & Booking Link
Summertime Christmas (Ages 6-9)
Keep the spirit of Christmas throughout the year by celebrating with Fort Edmonton Park this summer. Campers will experience the seasonal traditions and explore how early Edmontonians celebrated with customs from around the world. Hands-on activities include: baking festive treats like gingerbread and cocoa from scratch, designing stockings to hang by the chimney and building old-fashioned toys. Go caroling around our historic streets and don’t forget we play games during the holidays too!
Get your kids unplugged with games and fun from the past. Explore how kids through the ages made their own fun, from scavenger hunts through our fur trade fort to baseball on 1920s street. Picnics with fresh lemonade and homemade treats will leave them refreshed and ready to play again. A visit to the Johnny J Jones Midway to enjoy carnival rides is the highlight of the week!
No one bakes like grandma, except maybe great-grandma and, of course, Mrs. Egge! Aspiring bakers will learn the secrets of home cooking on a wood-burning stove. For our younger kitchen kids, you will bake treats and sweets throughout the week using historic recipes. Activities for older bakers can include baking cakes, pies and sewing your own apron! After sampling their creations, kids will explore what life was like on the farm in the past, including playing games and having fun!
Junior (ages 6-9) and Senior (ages 10-12) camps available.
An evil time-bandit is messing with history and needs to be set straight. Campers, our History Heroes, will need to conduct interviews with characters from Edmonton’s past and discover clues to right this wrong. Participants will create their own detective tools and keep track of all the important facts in their top-secret files. It will require code cracking and other special tricks of the trade. Best suited to inquisitive and cunning junior historians.
What would a kid’s life in the fur trade be like? Campers will explore our 1846 Fort through activities like building a travois, tracking animals and learning Indigenous games. Try your hand at creating traditional art from our cultural experts onsite, and learn more about the relationship between settlers and Indigenous peoples. Visit our Indigenous Peoples Experience and discover how the living natural world is foundational to First Nations, Inuit and Métis ways of understanding through land-based learning activities. Take a trip to the John Janzen Nature Centre and take a close look at how animals build their homes, what they eat and how they adapt to the city.
Come and explore all that Fort Edmonton Park has to offer as you travel through Edmonton’s history. Starting from our new Indigenous Peoples Experience, campers will discover the life and culture of Indigenous Peoples from our cultural experts. Race through our 1846 Fort with the voyageurs and play games just like kids did in 1885. Build your own historic toy and learn dance moves that were all the rage in 1920. Don’t forget a visit to our Midway, where all the lights, sounds and fun surround you. Make new friends that will last a lifetime as you discover life throughout the ages.
There is meaning in everything. From language to family, to how we see the world, nature connects every part of life. Exploring both inside and outside of the Indigenous Peoples Experience, campers will discover how the living natural world is foundational to First Nations, Inuit and Métis ways of understanding through land-based learning activities. From the Indigenous world view, everything has a purpose, teachings or learning: there is meaning in everything.
It’s the Voyageurs’ life for me! Get a taste of this challenging and adventurous way of life. Campers will explore our 1846 Fort while learning skills from the fur trade era, like how to construct a travois and fire-building. Try your hand at Indigenous games and learn more about the relationship between settlers and Indigenous peoples. The week comes together with a trip to the John Janzen Nature Centre, where you will investigate habitats for tracks and traces that animals leave behind, important knowledge for surviving in Edmonton’s wilderness.
Bookings are closed one week in advance of the day of occurrence. We recommend booking early to avoid disappointment for the day and program you desire.
Book your Pre-Camp and Post-Camp Care online with your Day Camp registration.
Where should I drop off and pick up my camper? Drop Off All camp drop-offs will be at the front entrance to Fort Edmonton Park. Please park in our main lot and walk to meet your camper
Pick Up All camp pick-ups will be at the front entrance to Fort Edmonton Park. Please park in our main lot and walk to meet your camper
What forms should I bring to camp on the first day? Please see the forms on our website and in your confirmation email.
Extra printed copies will be available onsite for the first day. Please allow 15 to 20 minutes extra on the first day of camp to complete these forms
What to Bring
Water bottle (Please ensure that water bottles can be easily filled by your child)
A Hat (To protect from sun/rain)
Sunscreen & Bug Spray (If none is supplied, we will use “Off-Skintastic” bug spray and “CopperTone” sunscreen. Please note that if your child is unable to adequately apply these on their own, we will assist them and apply it on their arms, legs, neck, face, and ears.
Appropriate clothing and footwear (Dress for the weather! Closed-toe shoes are recommended. No flip flops, please!)
Hand sanitizer
Extra change of clothes (Just in case!)
Lunch (Please ensure that the lunch provided does not require a microwave or refrigerator, as these are not available to our campers)
2 Snacks (One for the morning, one for the afternoon)
Backpack (To keep all this together) Campers are encouraged to bring a book/craft for the unstructured early drop-off/late pick-up. Note: Video games, cell phones, iPads, handheld electronics and other valuables should be left at home. The Park will not be responsible for items that are lost or stolen.
Please ensure to clearly label all items your child brings to camp
What is your cancellation and rescheduling policy? In order to cancel or reschedule your daycamp week, please email info@fortedmontonpark.ca
Cancellations and reschedules can occur up to 1 week prior to camp beginning.
