Things to do in the Haliburton Highlands :

 A county of lakes, rivers and wilderness, Haliburton features many natural attractions, golf courses, excellent hiking trails, fishing, boating, snowmobiling, and cross country skiing. Your best value for Ontario vacations just two hours north of Toronto. More Info can be found here

Haliburton Forest and Wild Life Preserve: (at Lake Kennisis)
One of the most extensive trail systems in Canada for wilderness adventure activities including hiking, mountain biking and snowmobiling. Their Wolf Centre is one of the largest enclosed wolf habitats in the world. They also have an astral observatory for stargazing on selected summer nights. The 'Walk in the Clouds' forest canopy tour, weekly Wolf Howls and astronomy workshops are very popular in the summer -- best to book ahead: 705 -754-2198. Haliburton Forest website

Algonquin Park : the oldest and most famous provincial park in Ontario and one of the largest in Canada. Visit their website here

Haliburton School of the Arts: offers more than 300 art courses of all kinds (painting, iron sculpture, wood sculpture, furniture making, glass blowing, photography, mosaics) to choose from in a variety of disciplines, some especially for kids. Spring, summer, fall. Visit their website here