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 JUL 13 1934 



The beautifully shaded motor driveway in Point Pelee National Park. 



The National Parks of Canada in Ontario 



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Canada has established a system of National Parks which can be rated 

 as amongst the finest in the world. For this purpose more than 12,000 

 square miles of territory in some of the most outstanding scenic regions of 

 the country have been set aside by statute for the " benefit, education, and 

 enjoyment of the people." Including the mountain splendour of the 

 Canadian Rockies, the placid beauty of the prairie lake-lands, and the 

 island-studded waterways of Eastern Canada, these reservations carry a 

 strong appeal to those who enjoy spending their vacations in the great out- 

 doors, where conditions, as far as possible, are kept in their primal state. 



In the preservation of this bounteous heritage Canada has had an eye 

 for the future, for these reservations are in reality museums of the wilder- 

 ness where natural conditions will be perpetuated. In these park areas 

 generations of future Canadians will be enabled to study the flora and 

 fauna as it has existed for many years, unspoiled by the encroachments of 

 civilization. 



Sharing in this great chain of playgrounds, Ontario possesses three 

 beautifud units of National Park reservations. :T!h^ste:campris6^a Dumber of 

 the Thousand Islands in the St. Lawrence river/ ^Mrly ''island*. -iii* Georgian 

 bay, and the long peninsula stretching soutVktto; lake Eric, -aail; known as 

 Point Pelee. Here may be found the requisites of an^ i-feil'- 

 opportunities for relaxation, sport or solitude. 



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