Welcome aboard!

Cosmic Journey Inc. is now booking experiences to destinations millions of light years away. No carry-ons are allowed but bring your imagination and dress for the outdoor weather at the launch pad. Everyone gets a window seat!

Tours are beginning in January 2009 from the Strathcona Wilderness Centre. Cosmic Journey Inc. will be partnering with the Strathcona Wilderness Centre offering astronomy programming to the Centre's activities.

Already offering a variety of recreation programming in a natural environment within the Beaver Hills moraine, the Centre is expanding their programming to also include the sky. On August 31, 2008 the Strathcona Wilderness Centre joined one of the largest Dark Sky Preserves (DSP) in Canada, working with the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, Beaver Hills Initiative, Elk Island National Park and the Blackfoot Recreation Area. The Centre is committed to preserving the night sky with initiatives to control lighting within the DSP, with the goal to preserve the night sky within the region for the benefit of future generations to enjoy and a healthy natural habitat of the nocturnal environment within the moraine.

Cosmic Journey is proud to work with the Centre in promoting the awareness of the importance of the sky as part of the natural ecosystem within the moraine. Have some fun learning about the sky and what makes it special the same way the Strathcona Wilderness Centre does with all of its current activities.

2009 is also the International Year of Astronomy so what better timing to launch astronomy activities? 400 years ago, in 1609, Galileo pointed his telescope to the Moon, planets and stars for the first time and found the true wonders of the night sky. Cosmic Journey will be sharing the planned global activities with the community from the Strathcona Wilderness Centre throughout 2009. Come celebrate the launch of the International Year of Astronomy New Year's Eve in Broadmoor Lake Park in the heart of Sherwood Park with us.