POST-toadlet-on-finger-Barb-Houston-1440x430.jpg Photo: Barb Houston

Toadfest

 

Get ready for Toadfest 2025: coming in early August!


Save the date for Toadfest at Summit Lake Provincial Park near Nakusp:


Wednesday, August 6, 4-7 p.m.
Thursday, August 7, 9 a.m.-noon

Learn more about western toads and other species that call the region home at this free family event.


Please note: In 2023 and 2024, Toadfest was cancelled due to wildfires. Please check this website closer to the date to confirm it’s going ahead.

Toadfest is organized by the FWCP, with support from the Province of B.C., BC Parks, and the Okanagan Nation Alliance. Thanks also to Yellowhead Road and Bridge (YRB).

If you have any questions, contact us.

We look forward to seeing you there!


Toadfest 2023 & 2024

We had to cancel Toadfest both years due to wildfires and road closures.

Toadfest 2022

At Toadfest 2022, we celebrated the opening of a new toad tunnel under the highway, funded by the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure. Check out some of the photos here.


Toadfest 2020 hopped online!

We hosted two online Toadfest events in 2020 and want to share our western toad videos with you. Learn more about the toad’s migration, life cycle and the research and mitigation work funded by FWCP. We’ve also posted a few toad jokes . Please share these videos with others.




Toad jokes!

Toad song

 

Links to kids crafts:
Jumping origami toads/frog
Difference between frogs and toad quiz

 

This event is sponsored by the FWCP with support from the Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development.


Toadfest 2019 photos

Toadfest 2018 photos