As a member, you book cabin nights and the tour at 25% off, with free access to the Dark Sky Preserve, the trail network, and our monthly Sunday gathering event.
As a member, you gain free access to our Dark Sky Preserve, trail network, and our monthly Sunday gathering event.
The land and its sky, open to you
Membership renews monthly. You can stop any month and come back any time.
The cause you are supporting
Every membership helps keep this preserve wild: the deer, the owls, the cranes and the forest they live in, protected season after season.
A history worth preserving
People have built and wondered on this land for centuries. Membership keeps their traces standing, from the barns to the stone ruins.
A note from Ranger Steve
It didn't make any sense when I bought 465 acres of wilderness north of Ottawa in 2015. I was living in upstate New York, twenty years into a career writing and producing music, and I came for a two-day camping visit with no intention of leaving any of it.
After two days of hiking, and paddling a raft through the Quyon Valley, I stood on top of the peak I now call Mount Bald, surrounded by the ancient structures, and knew this place had to be protected. A month later I was living in the log house the Burkes built in the late 1800s. No water, no electricity, nobody in it since the 1960s. It was never about the house. Ten years on, the mission is clearer than ever: protect this place by sharing it.
Membership is how that continues. If you join, come say hello. I look forward to seeing you here.
Ranger Steve
Make this place a habit
One visit is a trip. Membership is the trails in June, the barn in October and the winter sky at its clearest, from CA$20 a month. Cancel any time.
