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On 1 April 2015, Transport Canada transferred the first lands that would make up Rouge National Urban Park to Parks Canada - 19.1 km 2 in the north end of the park in the City of Markham. [9] On May 15, 2015, the Rouge National Urban Park Act came into force, formally establishing Rouge National Urban Park. [10] The park became the largest ...
Hines Park connects with multiple regional parks and trails. In Plymouth Township, the I-275 Metro Trail runs within Hines Park, routing bicyclists and pedestrians around I-275's interchange with M-14. At the downstream end, Hines Park connects to Detroit's Rouge Park, a large urban park on the main stem of the Rouge.
Rouge is a neighbourhood in the northeastern area of Toronto, Ontario, within the former city of Scarborough. It is Toronto's largest neighbourhood by surface area; however, unlike other neighbourhoods, most of its area remains undeveloped, as the neighbourhood is adjacent to Rouge National Urban Park.
In 2011, the federal government announced its intention to create a national park around the Rouge River watershed. [64] To establish the national park, the land was transferred from the municipal governments of Toronto and the surrounding municipalities to Parks Canada , with Rouge National Urban Park formally established on 15 May 2015. [ 64 ]
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Rouge National Urban Park is a national urban park managed by Parks Canada. The Park the largest urban park in North America, comprising a significant portion of the Rouge River. The Park was created after the Ministry of Stephen Harper proposed, in the 41st Canadian Parliament throne speech, the creation of the national park. [8]
The Rouge River is a river in Markham, Pickering, Richmond Hill and Toronto in the Greater Toronto Area of Ontario, Canada. The river flows from the Oak Ridges Moraine to Lake Ontario at the eastern border of Toronto, and is the location of Rouge Park , the only national park in Canada within a municipality.
In the spring of 2011, 25 hectares (62 acres) of forest were planted, and in the summer of 2011 a project began to create a meadow on land formerly used for agriculture. The park is scheduled to open in 2015 and "…will feature hiking and biking trails, a nature trail, restored wetland and re-planted native woodland." [4]