Please be advised that on Sunday June 14, 2026, the Children’s Treatment Centre of Chatham-Kent will once again be hosting a special event here at Rondeau Provincial Park. It will once again be the “Run for The Kids” event, which is a Run/Walk/Wheel/Ride 5KM race which will take place between 7:00AM (setup) and approximately 2:00PM that afternoon. There will be more than 300 participants and volunteers attending this year’s event not including anyone who wants to show up and run/walk/wheel/ride the day of the event. Please feel free to come out to participate and show your support!!!
The event will again take place in the Day Use area adjacent to the Park Store and the Marsh Building Pavilion up to Rondeau Park Rd. and the entrance to Spicebush Trail. The Children’s Treatment Centre of Chatham-Kent will be utilizing all of the Day Use grounds and pavilions in this area for the duration of the event. The START/FINISH will happen near the swing set area across from the Warbler’s Way Trail comfort station (they will have a start/finish setup) and will go 2.5KM down Rondeau Park Rd. at which point volunteers will be set up to instruct people to turn around and head back. This works out to be just a bit past the gates at Rondeau Park Rd. and Bennett Ave. which we will open on the morning of the event. Bennett Ave. will be closed at Black Oak Trail using the red gates already in place.
To summarize :
- Road closures will occur on Sunday June 14, 2026, between 7AM and approximately 1PM for the Run for the Kids event
- The park will be blocking off Rondeau Park Rd. at Rondeau Ave. (portable sawhorse)
- The park will be blocking off Water St. at Rondeau Ave. (portable sawhorse)
- The park will be blocking off Water St. at Rondeau Park Rd. (portable sawhorse)
- Gates will be closed on Bennett Ave. at Black Oak Trail.
- Gates will be opened at Rondeau Park Rd./Bennett Ave. for race participants.
Vehicles will not be able to utilize Rondeau Park Rd. south of the Park Store intersection and will not be able to utilize Bennett Ave. from Lakeshore Rd. to cut across to Rondeau Park Rd. The section of Water Street from the Park Store area to Rondeau Park Rd. will also be limited. Leaseholders on Water St. may only utilize access near the Park Store, vehicles cannot cut through day use to Rondeau Park Rd. or come out onto Rondeau Park Rd. at the south end of Water St. for the duration of the event. All vehicle traffic will need to utilize Lakeshore Rd. to gain access to south end of the park until approximately 1:00PM that day.
Please contact the park office at (519) 674-1750 if you have any questions regarding the event.
