Welcome to Scales Nature Park!The Best Canadian Reptile ExperienceScales Nature Park is an education and conservation facility focused on Canadian reptiles, amphibians, and fish. Our nature centre features the largest live collection of Canadian reptiles and amphibians, providing unparalleled opportunities for learning these creatures. Visitors have a chance to touch or hold some of them, and most people try it out! We provide on-site and outreach programming for groups such as schools, camps, and birthday parties, as well as advanced workshops on specialized topics.While most people come for the animals in the centre (it's a great rainy day activity!), the park itself features 3.5 km of nature trails through a variety of habitats such as forest and wetland. for information the following:Note: scalesnaturepark.ca is currently being upgraded so please bear with our temporary site.
We are a volunteer driven non-profit organization dedicated to the survival of rare and endangered species. We are also involved in humane wildlife rescue and rehabilitation of animals involved in public concerns, and as always, we provide a safe haven for unwanted, abused and injured exotic and zoo surplus animals.
Spruce Haven Origins: Spruce Haven was established in the 1970's, by Helen Marshall, whose love for dogs and cats, led to a facility, (originally named Spruce Haven Kennels), for the boarding of pets. A lifelong dream of Helen was also to have a place where she could provide loving care for injured and abandoned animals such as dogs, cats, horses, and many others. As injured animals and birds began arriving from owners and organizations such as the humane society, barns and other structures were built. This led to the arrival of assorted domestic animals such as horses, donkeys, goats, sheep, etc.
In 1988, Spruce Haven began receiving injured and abandoned baby wildlife and exotic animals and other non-native species. We were known as Spruce Haven Zoo. Facilities were constructed to provide for the care of these animals. Due to regulations, we no longer accept native injured wildlife, but have a healthy collection of animals born here and non-native species who call our place home.