Point Pelee National Park
national park of Canada in Ontario / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Point Pelee National Park (French: Parc national de la Pointe-Pelée), also known as just Point Pelee, is a national park in Essex County. Essex County is in Ontario, Canada. Point Pelee is a peninsula of land and has many marshes and forest habitats. The shape of the park is a triangle with a sharp point in Lake Erie. Middle Island in Lake Erie is also part of the national park.[1]
Point Pelee National Park | |
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IUCN category II (national park) | |
Location | Ontario, Canada |
Nearest city | Leamington, Ontario |
Coordinates | 41°57′51″N 82°31′4″W |
Area | 15 km2 (5.8 sq mi) |
Established | 1918 |
Governing body | Parks Canada |
Designated | 27 May 1987 |
The national park is at the southernmost part of mainland Canada. The area is around 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) by 4.5 kilometres (2.8 mi) wide in the north part of the park. The park was created in 1918. It was the first national park of Canada that was created to protect the area. All of the other national parks of Canada were created at first for tourism. It became a Ramsar site on 27 May 1987.[2] The park also became a dark-sky preserve in 2006.[3]