Build Niagara’s Story With Us
Niagara Geopark connects people to the stories written in our landscape, from ancient rock and Indigenous histories to trails, wineries, museums, schools, businesses, and communities across all 12 Niagara municipalities.
Our partners help residents and visitors experience Niagara beyond the surface. Together, we create meaningful opportunities to Engage, Educate, and Explore while supporting sustainable tourism, education, stewardship, reconciliation, and regional pride.
A partnership with Niagara Geopark helps your organization connect to a larger regional story. It can strengthen visitor, student, customer, and community experiences; support sustainable tourism and local economic development; and create opportunities to participate in regional initiatives such as the Trail Network, Learning Hub, Speaker Series, signage, public programming, and place-based storytelling.
Whether you are a tourism organization, museum, school, municipality, business, winery, conservation partner, or community group, partnering with Niagara Geopark means helping more people understand, experience, and care for the places that make Niagara unique.
Partnership Areas
Destination Marketing Organizations
Niagara Geopark works with Destination Marketing Organizations to help visitors discover more of Niagara, not just where to go, but why these places matter.
Through relationships with organizations such as Southshore / Niagara South Coast, Tourism St. Catharines, and other tourism partners, the Geopark supports place-based storytelling, sustainable tourism, and regional itinerary development.
Partnership opportunities include:
- Co-branded tourism and sustainable travel campaigns
- Trail Network itineraries, geosite content, and destination storytelling
- Event, attraction, and partner promotion
- Visitor experience development across Niagara
The Niagara Geopark Trail Network will create new opportunities for DMOs to connect trails, geosites, cultural landmarks, local businesses, and visitor destinations across the region.
Museums, Heritage Sites, and Cultural Organizations
Museums and cultural organizations help bring Niagara’s layered story to life.
Partners such as the Niagara-on-the-Lake Museum, The Brown Homestead, Willowbank School of Restoration Arts, and other heritage organizations connect geology with human history, Indigenous knowledge, architecture, agriculture, community memory, and cultural identity.
Partnership opportunities include:
- Speaker Series events and cultural programming
- Geopark Corners, displays, and interpretive content
- Community storytelling and Trail Network features
- School, youth, and public learning opportunities
These partnerships help people understand that Niagara’s story is not only found in the land. It is also carried by the communities, cultures, and people who continue to shape it.
Educational Institutions and Schools
Niagara Geopark turns the region into a living classroom.
Our growing relationship with the District School Board of Niagara, along with connections to partners such as Willowbank School of Restoration Arts, is helping connect students and learners to geology, geography, sustainability, Indigenous perspectives, local history, and heritage conservation through classroom sessions, field trips, and place-based learning.
Partnership opportunities include:
- Classroom workshops and curriculum-connected resources
- GeoHikes, field trips, and virtual learning experiences
- Learning Hub modules and teacher supports
- Youth engagement through GeoClub and hands-on programming
The Geopark’s DSBN pilot program has already supported in-class learning and field experiences, with the potential to reach students across the region.
Municipalities
Municipal partners are essential to building visibility, local pride, and regional connection.
The Geopark connects all 12 municipalities through shared landscapes, trails, stories, and visitor experiences. Municipalities such as the Town of Pelham, City of St. Catharines, Town of Lincoln, and others help residents see the Geopark in their own communities.
Partnership opportunities include:
- Municipal website, tourism, and community promotion
- Geopark signage, local interpretation, and public education
- Events, Speaker Series, and outreach opportunities
- Sustainable tourism and economic development initiatives
Municipal partnerships help make the Geopark visible, accessible, and relevant to the people who live here every day.
Businesses, Wineries, and Local Operators
Businesses help visitors experience Niagara with more meaning.
For wineries, restaurants, accommodations, attractions, tour operators, and local businesses, the Geopark offers a way to connect customers to the land, the story, and the values behind the experience.
Partners such as Arterra Wines Canada and Peller Estates / Andrew Peller Limited demonstrate how geology, soil, bedrock, agriculture, and terroir can become part of a richer visitor experience.
Partnership opportunities include:
- Place-based storytelling, including terroir and geoheritage
- Staff training through the Learning Hub
- Proud Supporter recognition and shared promotion
- Trail Network, itinerary, event, or sponsorship opportunities
Business partners help show that Niagara is more than a destination. It is a living landscape shaped by time, people, and stewardship.
Nature, Conservation, and Environmental Organizations
Nature, conservation, and environmental partners help protect, interpret, and care for the landscapes that make Niagara Geopark possible.
Organizations such as the Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority (NPCA), Greenbelt Foundation, Heartland Forest, APGO Education Foundation, conservation groups, trail partners, and stewardship networks play an important role in connecting people to Niagara’s geosites, waterways, forests, wetlands, escarpment landscapes, agricultural lands, and shorelines.
Partnership opportunities include:
- Geosite interpretation, signage, and public education
- Conservation, stewardship, and sustainability programming
- GeoHikes, events, and community outreach
- Educational resources, school programs, and youth learning
- Digital storytelling through the Trail Network
These partnerships help ensure that Niagara’s natural places are not only explored and enjoyed, but also understood, respected, and protected for future generations.
Join the Story
Niagara’s story is written in stone, carried through living cultures, and shaped by the choices we make today.
By partnering with Niagara Geopark, your organization becomes part of a regional effort to support education, stewardship, sustainable tourism, reconciliation, and community connection.
Partners may also be recognized through Niagara Geopark’s growing suite of partner tools, including Proud Supporter decals, digital badges, branded materials, brochures, and shared communications resources.
Partner with us and help more people Engage, Educate, and Explore Niagara beyond the surface.
To get started, please fill out the contact form or email us at explore@niagarageopark.com.