Pinery Provincial Park

Pinery Provincial Park

Infobox_protected_area | name = The Pinery Provincial Park
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caption = Park Entrance Sign on Highway 21
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location = Ontario, Canada
nearest_city = Grand Bend, Ontario
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area = 2532 ha (6,330 acres)
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visitation_num = Greater than 500,000
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governing_body = Ontario Parks

The Pinery Provincial Park is a park located on Lake Huron near Grand Bend, Ontario. It occupies an area of 25.32 square kilometres (6,330 acres).

The park features the largest area of Oak Savanna in Ontario. To preserve this habitat, a population control program for White-tailed Deer has been implemented. During the early 1960s, because the value of the native savanna was not recognized, large numbers of Red and White pine trees were planted in the park, displacing the native vegetation. That is also how the park got its name.

The Old Ausable Channel is a wide, slow-moving river which flows through the park. It was separated from the main Ausable River when two channels were excavated at Port Franks and Grand Bend at the end of the 19th century.

External links

* [http://www.ontarioparks.com/english/pine.html Pinery Provincial Park Official Web Site]
* [http://www.pinerypark.on.ca/ Friends of Pinery Park]


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