{"id":1609,"date":"2013-02-13T15:11:41","date_gmt":"2013-02-13T20:11:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/outdooredguys.wordpress.com\/?page_id=1609"},"modified":"2025-09-16T13:13:06","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T17:13:06","slug":"heidelberg","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/environmental-education\/our-programs\/nature-center-programs\/heidelberg\/","title":{"rendered":"Camp Heidelberg"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>The Centre<\/h2>\n<p>The Camp Heidelberg OEEC became a full-time Outdoor\/Environmental Education Centre of the WRDSB after partnering with and leasing the site from the K-W Optimist Club in the fall of 1997. The property is 73 acres and features a hardwood bush, cedar swamp, a beautiful pond, early successional fields, and a Class 1 Provincially Significant Wetland.<\/p>\n<h2>The Staff<\/h2>\n<p>Al Woodhouse is the Specialist at the Camp Heidelberg OEEC.\u00a0 Al graduated in 1998 with a background in biology and a thesis in entomology and ecology.\u00a0 He has been a Naturalist in a few of Ontario&#8217;s Provincial Parks, including Algonquin and Presqu&#8217;ile.\u00a0 While out being a &#8216;nature nerd&#8217;, Al usually has a camera and a pair of binoculars close by.<\/p>\n<h2>Programs<\/h2>\n<p>Various programs for grades 1-11 are offered at the Centre.<\/p>\n<h2>Contact<\/h2>\n<p>Phone: 519-885-6528<br \/>\nemail: allan_woodhouse@wrdsb.on.ca<\/p>\n<h2>Location<\/h2>\n<p>2001 Kressler Rd,<br \/>\nWaterloo, ON<br \/>\nN2J 3Z4<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: 0;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/embed?pb=!1m18!1m12!1m3!1d2894.3633423297365!2d-80.62531948450741!3d43.49475527912699!2m3!1f0!2f0!3f0!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x882bf0a4e5152e7f%3A0x43bb522fd588d600!2sCamp+Heidelberg+-+K-W+Optimist+Club!5e0!3m2!1sen!2sca!4v1502809068490\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Centre The Camp Heidelberg OEEC became a full-time Outdoor\/Environmental Education Centre of the WRDSB after partnering with and leasing the site from the K-W Optimist Club in the fall of 1997. The property is 73 acres and features a hardwood bush, cedar swamp, a beautiful pond, early successional fields, and a Class 1 Provincially [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\" role=\"complementary\"><a href=\"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/environmental-education\/our-programs\/nature-center-programs\/heidelberg\/\"><strong>Read more about<\/strong> <cite>Camp Heidelberg<\/cite> &#187;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":26079,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"empty-sidebars.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48,44],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1609","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","category-camp-heidelberg","category-centre"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/environmental-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1609","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/environmental-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/environmental-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/environmental-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/environmental-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1609"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/environmental-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1609\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/environmental-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26079"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/environmental-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1609"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/environmental-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1609"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/environmental-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}