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Sandbanks Provincial Park is located on the northern shore of Lake Ontario in Prince Edward County 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) south of Picton, Ontario, Canada. [3] The park measures 1,550.87 hectares (3,832.3 acres) in size. [4] It is noted for its picturesque sand dunes and beaches and contains the largest bay-mouth barrier dune system in the ...
Prince Edward County (PEC) is a single-tier municipality in southern Ontario, Canada. Its coastline on Lake Ontario’s northeastern shore is known for Sandbanks Provincial Park, sand beaches, and limestone cliffs. The Regent Theatre, a restored Edwardian Opera House, sits at the heart of the town of Picton on the Bay of Quinte. Nearby Macaulay ...
Ontario Parks and protected areas statistics Type Number Area % land area Hectares Acres Provincial parks 341 8,278,063 20,455,540 7.69% Conservation reserves 295 1,514,147 3,741,540 1.4% Protected areas 9 1,226,016 3,029,550 1.1% Wilderness areas 28 2,590 6,400 <0.1% Total 662 11,020,284 27,231,710 10.29%
As of July 2024, there are 37 national parks and 11 national park reserves, covering an area of approximately 343,377 km 2 (132,579 sq mi), [9] or about 3.3% of the total land area of Canada, and representing 31 of its 39 natural regions.
Wellington is an unincorporated place and community in Prince Edward County in eastern Ontario, Canada.It has a population of 1,932 according to the 2016 Census. [3] The community is located on the shore of both Lake Ontario and West Lake in the southwest of the county.
Samuel de Champlain Provincial Park; Sandbanks Provincial Park; Sandbar Lake Provincial Park; Sandy Islands Provincial Park; Sauble Falls Provincial Park; Sedgman Lake Provincial Park; Sharbot Lake Provincial Park; Short Hills Provincial Park; Sibbald Point Provincial Park; Silent Lake Provincial Park; Silver Lake Provincial Park (Ontario) Six ...
Driftwood Provincial Park is a provincial park on the south shore of the Ottawa River, about 40 kilometres (25 mi) west of Deep River, in Ontario, Canada. It is administered by Ontario Parks which classifies it as a "recreation park". [4] The park is situated on a sheltered bay that was created in 1950 after the construction of the Des Joachims ...
Westmeath Provincial Park is a provincial park on the Ottawa River in Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada. Located on the section of the river known as Bellows Bay, it features a long sandy beach and an active sandspit. It is one of the most pristine sand dune and wetland complexes along the southern Ottawa River. [1]