Events
75th Anniversary Celebrations!
This year, the Riverview Park and Zoo is celebrating our 75th Anniversary. In celebration of this milestone, we are hosting a number of events throughout the year, culminating with our first annual fundraising Gala, in August 2010.
All funds raised from our 75th Anniversary celebrations will help Riverview to build an animal care building that will house animals in need of special attention due to health care requirements. Constructing this facility is also a condition for our continued accreditation with the Canadian Association of Zoos and Aquariums and to benefit the welfare of our entire animal collection. The estimated cost for the animal care building is $450,000.00, all of which we hope to raise though fundraising efforts throughout the year.
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Saturday, August 14, 2010
Riverview is excited to announce that we will be hosting our first annual fundraising Gala in summer 2010. The event will be held right here at the zoo. Be the first to experience Riverview at twilight, lit up with twinkle lights and lanterns while enjoying local food, music and entertainment.
Highlights of the evening will include the auctioning of our very first ZooArt collection of original artworks and limited edition prints created by our very own Riverview animals.
Also, enjoy the official opening of a newly designed and planted butterfly garden and a sod-turning ceremony for the new Animal Health Care building.
Children's Poster Contest
WINNERS ANNOUNCED!
In celebration of our 75th Anniversary, 183 students from seven local schools, grades junior kindergarten to grade 5 have submited posters depicting ‘my favourite spot’ at the Riverview Park and Zoo. The themes we are celebrating in the posters include our animal collection, our expansive parkland, recreation, family fun, and community togetherness.
Submitted posters were displayed for judging at the Peterborough Public Library Main Branch from April 26-30. All participants received a 75th Anniversary celebratory bookmark and a ticket for a free miniature train ride at Riverview. Winners for each grade-level also received a Riverview Park and Zoo 75th Anniversary t-shirt. The overall winner will also have a reproduction of their poster placed on a City bus!
View our online gallery of 75th Anniversary poster competition winners by clicking here!
Miniature Train Ride - Free Tickets!
Saturday, May 22 - Monday May 24, 2010
Celebrate the official Spring opening of the Miniature Train ride with a free ticket! The first 75 people through the gates of the Riverview Park and Zoo on the mornings of Saturday, May 22, and Sunday, May 23 and Monday, May 24, 2010 will receive a ticket for a free miniature train ride. Gates open at 8:30am.
5 km Family Fun Run
Saturday, June 5, 2010 (start time 9:00am)
Have you ever ran alongside a Reindeer or a Cougar? Get in shape and help to raise funds for the zoo. We will be hosting a 5km family fun run, right here at Riverview. The running course will weave through the zoo and over our expansive parkland.
There is a registration fee of $20.00 before May 21st. After May 21st is $25.00. You will receive a T-shirt and a goodie bag with your race kit.
Register for the run through the Running Room. For more information please email mulderj@nexicom.net
Disc Golf Tournament
Saturday, Septenber 25, 2010
If you love a good walk, a great game and spending valuable outdoor time with family and friends, then Frisbee Golf is for you! Join the Peterborough Disc Golf Club for a fun instructional day and learn the tips and tricks you need to enjoy the sport.
Meet The Keeper
Meet one of Riverview's Zoo Keepers at 1:00pm each weekday in the summer!
A different animal is featured each day of the week. Learn about our sankes, tortoises lemurs, bobcats and meerkats and what you can do to help with animal conservation.
| Monday | Reptiles |
| Tuesday | Lemur |
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Wednesday |
Bobcat |
| Thursday | Meerkat |
| Friday | Reptiles |
Otter Feeding
Meet a Riverview Park and Zoo keeper who will feed 'Splish' and 'Splash', our two North American River Otters their favourite afternoon snack while answering your questions about the animals. This is a great opportunity to see the otters in action, swimming and playing in their exhibit. Bring your camera!
Feline Feeding Time
At 6:30pm each evening, seven days a week, meet at the cat exhibits to watch as our animal care staff feed bones and treats to our Cougars, Servals, and Bobcat.
This is a great chance to see our sometimes elusive cats in action as they emerge for their evening snack.
Sunday Afternoon Concerts
Join us from 3:00-5:00pm on the following Sunday summer evenings for our free open-air concerts at the Gazebo. Bring a lawn chair and listen to local musicians play in our beautiful park setting.
| Date | Band Name | Genre |
| May 30 | Aces of Harmony | Barbershop |
| June 13 | The Garretts | Country Gospel |
| June 27 | Quicksilver | Classic Rock |
| July 11 | Peterborough Concert Band | Concert Band |
| July 25 | Cruisin' | 50's Rock & Roll |
| August 8 | Wylie | Blues |
| August 22 | TBA | TBA |
| September 5 | Andrew Shedden Band | Rock & Roll / Blues / Folk |
Peterborough Children's Water Festival
The Peterborough Children's Water Festival (PCWF) is a community event held at the Riverview Park and Zoo. Through interactive activity centres students in grades 2 to 5 learn the importance of our most valuable resource - water. Indirectly, teachers, adults and high school volunteers are also exposed to messages of water protection and conservation for future generations and environmental health.
The festival revolves around a variety of stimulating and fun activities supported by the expertise of educators, water quality and quantity specialists, community volunteers, conservation groups, industry and government.
2009 marked the 8th annual PCWF. This year 998 students from the City and County of Peterborough attended the festival. Over 160 high school and adult volunteers worked at 35 water themed activity centres.
Since its inception, over 12,000 students and 2,950 teachers and parent helpers have attended the festival. The 9th annual festival will take place May 27 and 28, 2010.
The festival is organized and overseen by a dedicated Steering Committee that has adopted the "Children's Water Festival" model of fostering awareness of our youth. It educates others about the importance of water and the need to ensure high quality water resources for future generations and the health of our environment.
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