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Long Point Provincial Park is a provincial park on the northwest shore of Lake Erie near Port Rowan, Ontario, Canada. The park is part of a sandy spit of land called Long Point that juts out into the lake. It covers part of the area of Long Point Biosphere Reserve, which was designated a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve because of its biological ...
Long Point Provincial Park was created in 1921 at the base of the peninsula. [10] The Long Point Company transferred part of its land to the Canadian Wildlife Service, which made it a National Wildlife Area in 1980. [8] In 1982, Long Point was recognised as a Ramsar site. [11] Finally, it was recognized as a Biosphere Reserve in 1986. [12]
The Long Point Region Conservation Area is an agency of the province of Ontario, Canada, formed to preserve the volume of flow, and purity, of the watercourses that flow into Lake Erie, near Long Point. [1] Rivers that flow through the region include Big Otter Creek, Big Creek, Lynn River and Nanticoke Creek. [1]
Long Point State Park – Thousand Islands is a 23-acre (0.093 km 2) state park located at the northeast tip of Point Peninsula on Lake Ontario's Chaumont Bay. The park is located in the Town of Lyme in Jefferson County, New York. The park was established by New York State in 1913 as part of the St. Lawrence Reservation. [3]
Venison Creek is the largest tributary to Big Creek, in the Long Point Region Conservation Area, on the north shore of Lake Erie, in Ontario, Canada. [1] [2]The watershed was originally heavily wooded, until settlers of European descent cleared the land for farming.
The Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources classifies Long Point as a Macrosite, an area that contains numerous ecological or geological significant zones, [6] such as Areas of Natural and Scientific Interest. Inner Long Point Bay covers approximately 78 km 2 (30 sq mi) between the spit and Lake Erie's north shore. The Inner Bay is a diverse ...
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Georgian Bay Islands National Park (established 1929) consists of 63 small islands or parts of islands in Georgian Bay, near Port Severn, Ontario. [2] The total park area is approximately 13.5 km 2 (5.2 sq mi).