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County or counties Nearby city Area [1] Date established [2] Body of water Remarks [2] acres ha Ambrose A. Call State Park: Kossuth County: Algona: 130 53: 1925: Des Moines River: Features heavily wooded hills and a reconstructed log cabin on the site of the first cabin in Kossuth County, built in 1854 by settler Ambrose A. Call. Backbone State ...
The George Wyth Memorial State Park is a state park in Black Hawk County, Iowa, United States. The park was dedicated in 1940 as "Josh Higgins Parkway", named for a popular radio character of the day. In 1956, it was renamed George Wyth Memorial State Park after a well-known Cedar Falls businessman and conservationist.
The Ioway Tribal National Park is a tribal national park established by the Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska. The 444-acre park is located entirely within the Ioway Reservation, next to the Missouri River southeast of Rulo on the border between Kansas and Nebraska. [1] The Park was created in 2020 and is set to open to the public in 2025.
Recent Ontario County Historical Society accomplishments Cody Grabhorn, whotook over the helm as executive director of the Ontario County Historical Society in 2021, is leaving the organization ...
A post office was established New Philadelphia in 1858, and renamed Ontario in 1868; the post office closed in 1951. [3] [4] The community was named after Ontario, Ohio, the native hometown of a first settler, Hiram Scott. [5] Ontario failed to incorporate several times and was ultimately annexed by Ames in 1962.
Earl Rowe Provincial Park is an Ontario Parks recreational park located in Adjala–Tosorontio near Alliston, Ontario.. The idea for the park was spearheaded by Rowe when he was area MP and began with the first land purchase in 1957 and additional farm land before it opened in 1964, [3] the now 312.42 ha (772.0 acres) park was named for former Lieutenant Governor of Ontario William Earl Rowe. [4]
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The St. Lawrence Parks Commission (French: Commission des parcs du Saint-Laurent) is a Crown agency of the Government of Ontario that manages parks and heritage sites along the shoreline of the St. Lawrence River in southeastern Ontario.