Water Safari Celebrates National Paul Bunyan Day on June 28th!

Old Forge, NY – Enchanted Forest Water Safari is celebrating National Paul Bunyan Day at the
park on June 28 th , 2025. Guests and team members at Enchanted Forest Water Safari are
encouraged to share their photos with Paul Bunyan on social media, tag Water Safari and use
the hashtag #NationalPaulBunyanDay
This year’s National Paul Bunyan Day Celebration will feature a Paul Bunyan Look-Alike Contest
and a Jill the Lumberjack Look-Alike Contest on June 28 th at the waterpark’s Wave Pool. The
prizes for the contest event are First Prize of a 2025 Season Pass, Second Prize of $50.00 Splash
Cash and Third Prize of a Paul Bunyan Doll. Guests can come dressed in their best lumberjack
outfits for a chance to win these fantastic prizes. This event will be entertaining for participants
and spectators alike.
For more than a century, the giant lumberjack Paul Bunyan has been the subject of thousands
of exploits that are treasured among generations in the United States. It is said that he once
dragged his axe across the Southwest and created the Grand Canyon. Americans have created
thousands of folktales about Bunyan making him a national icon for the great outdoors and all
it has to offer. Old Forge, New York is right in the heart of the Adirondacks, and it only makes
sense to have their take on Paul Bunyan.
At Enchanted Forest Water Safari, New York’s largest water theme park, “Tall Paul” has been
the subject of millions of snapshots that are treasured in family albums and now countless
social media posts. The much-photographed Paul is the 19-foot-high statue that has greeted
visitors to the Enchanted Forest since its opening in 1956. For nearly 70 years, memories have
been created by the larger-than-life rendition of Paul.
Though the park has changed over the years, Paul Bunyan is the one constant and one of the
most popular attractions. He is practically impossible to miss, as visitors enter the gates, he is
there to welcome one and all.