the Park, and together with quail are steadily increasing in^nuinbersV ' 'The 

 entire Park area offers naturalists, especially bird lovers, -and botanists, an 

 excellent field for study. 



Point Pelee has been connected with many episodes in early Canadian 

 history. A cairn with bronze tablet erected in the Park by the Department 

 of the Interior honours the memory of the explorers, missionaries, and sol- 

 diers whose adventurous spirits led them to this region in years past. Chief 

 among the events so commemorated are the visit in 1670 of Fathers Dollier 

 and Galinee the first Europeans known to have ascended the Great Lakes 

 to what is now Sault Ste. Marie ; the unfortunate massacre of a detachment 

 of British soldiers in 1763, who under Lieutenant Abraham Cuyler were 

 proceeding to the relief of Detroit during the Pontiac Indian conspiracy; 

 the landing made on the Point by General Brock in 1812 during his 

 advance on Detroit; and the battle fought at Pefee Island during the 

 Rebellion of Upper Canada in 1838. 



The local administration of the Park is carried out by a superintendent 

 residing at Leamington assisted by a Park warden whose office and resi- 

 dence are located within the Park boundaries and who is responsible for 

 the enforcement of Park regulations laid down by the National Parks 

 Service. The co-operation of visitors is requested in the protection of both 

 the flora and fauna of the Park, and in the observance of the few regulations 

 prescribed. Owing to the risk incurred no open fires are allowed within the 

 boundaries of the Park. Camps should be kept clean and tidy. Hunting 

 within the Park is not permitted and the possession of firearms is strictly 

 prohibited. Dogs must not be allowed to run at large. All persons camp- 

 ing in the Park must secure a permit from the Park warden for which a 

 nominal charge is made. 



Any further information regarding this or any other National Park 

 may be secured from the Park warden or direct from the Commissioner of 

 National Parks, Department of the Interior, Ottawa. 



A typical recreational centre in Point Pelee National Par' 



