

The broad sandy beach at Point Pelee extends for miles. 



Point Pelee National Park 



Ontario offers to the holiday seeker a great number of vacationa! areas 

 in varied settings of sparkling lakes and streams, wooded hills and valleys, 

 blue skies and gorgeous sunsets. Of these, few compare with the south- 

 western section of the province bordered by the silver-sanded shores of lake 

 Erie. In this beautiful region is found Point Pelee National Park, situated 

 in the county of Essex, and reached by motor highway from Leamington, a 

 distance of approximately eight miles. Triangular in shape, the Park 

 stretches south into lake Erie for several miles, forming the most southerly 

 extension of mainland in Canada. The shore line is an outstanding feature, 

 extending for a total distance of thirteen miles, with beautiful, broad, silvery 

 beaches shelving gently into the inviting blue waters of the lake, providing 

 an ideal playground. Other recreational advantages of the Park include 

 camping, fishing and aquatic sports. 



In physical aspect the Park is a place of unusual beauty, unique in 

 supporting vegetation of an almost semi-tropical nature, both luxurious and 

 dense. Flora intruding -from the south and rarely discovered in such 

 northern latitudes, include the cactus plant, red mulberry and many other 

 botanical species indigenous as a rule to more southern areas. The wonder- 

 ful forest growth of the Park including red cedar, black walnut, hack- 

 berry, sassafras, sycamore, and several species of oak provides delightful 

 shade. 



In addition to its popularity as a recreational area Point Pelee Park 

 is one of the outstanding migratory bird sanctuaries in Eastern Canada. 

 The Park lies within the main route followed by thousands of wild birds 

 in their northern and southern migrations. Wild ducks, Canada geese and 

 swans all find a perfect shelter and resting place in the hundreds of acres 

 of marshland contained in the Park, where an abundance of food is avail- 

 able in the beds of wild t rice. Many species of bird life, usually found in 

 more soi*thfer*i localities' saire' either common residents or regular migrants 

 to Point Pefe, o including tne/ Carolina wren, cardinal, mocking-bird, and 

 blue-wmga d[^ii)tei'; Beautifully plum aged pheasants make their home in 



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