The Centennial Lake Provincial Nature Reserve (also known as Centennial Lake Provincial Park) is a

provincial park Ischigualasto Provincial Park A provincial park (or territorial park) is a park administered by one of the provinces of a country, as opposed to a national park. They are similar to state parks in other countries. They are typically open to the ...

located in the municipality of

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, in

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. The reserve was created in 1989 and is managed by

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. The park consists of 5 non-contiguous parts. The majority of the park is a section of land north of

Black Donald Lake Black Donald Lake is a reservoir lake in the Township of Greater Madawaska, Renfrew County, and the Township of North Frontenac, Frontenac County, in Eastern Ontario, Canada. It is on the Madawaska River and is part of the Saint Lawrence River ...

surrounding Oakhill Lake and bordered on the east by the

Black Donald Creek Black Donald Creek is a stream in Greater Madawaska, Renfrew County in Eastern Ontario, Canada. It is in the Saint Lawrence River drainage basin and is a left tributary of the Madawaska River at Black Donald Lake. Course Black Donald Creek begin ...

; another part is the largest island in Black Donald Lake, and the remaining 3 parts are portions of three smaller islets in the same lake. The park protects unusual geological features and many rare plant species, including the Purple cliffbrake (''

Pellaea atropurpurea ''Pellaea atropurpurea'', commonly known as purple-stem cliffbrake or just purple cliffbrake, is a fern native to North and Central America. ''Brake'' is an old word for fern, related to the word ''bracken''. Like many other members of the Pterid ...

''). It is a non-operating park, meaning there are no facilities or services.

Fauna

Bird species spotted in the reserve include: *

Bald eagle The bald eagle (''Haliaeetus leucocephalus'') is a bird of prey found in North America. A sea eagle, it has two known subspecies and forms a species pair with the white-tailed eagle (''Haliaeetus albicilla''), which occupies the same niche ...

(''Haliaeetus leucocephalus'') *

Black-capped chickadee The black-capped chickadee (''Poecile atricapillus'') is a small, nonmigratory, North American passerine bird that lives in deciduous and mixed forests. It is a member of the Paridae family (biology), family, also known as tits. It has a distin ...

(''Poecile atricapillus'') *

Blue jay The blue jay (''Cyanocitta cristata'') is a passerine bird in the family Corvidae, native to eastern North America. It lives in most of the eastern and central United States; some eastern populations may be migratory. Resident populations ar ...

(''Cyanocitta cristata'') *

Common raven The common raven or northern raven (''Corvus corax'') is a large all-black passerine bird. It is the most widely distributed of all Corvidae, corvids, found across the Northern Hemisphere. There are 11 accepted subspecies with little variatio ...

(''Corvus corax'') *

Downy woodpecker The downy woodpecker (''Dryobates pubescens'') is a species of woodpecker, the smallest in North America. Length ranges from . Downy woodpeckers primarily live in forested areas throughout the United States and Canada, with the exception of desert ...

(''Dryobates pubescens'') * Hairy woodpecker (''Dryobates villosus'') *

Trumpeter swan The trumpeter swan (''Cygnus buccinator'') is a species of swan found in North America. The heaviest living bird native to North America, it is also the largest extant species of waterfowl, with a wingspan of 185 to 304.8 cm (6 ft 2 in ...

(''Cygnus buccinator'') *

White-breasted nuthatch The white-breasted nuthatch (''Sitta carolinensis'') is a species of bird in the nuthatch family Sittidae. It is a medium-sized nuthatch, measuring approximately in length. Coloration varies somewhat along the species' range, but the are lig ...

(''Sitta carolinensis'') *

Wild turkey The wild turkey (''Meleagris gallopavo'') is an upland game bird native to North America, one of two extant species of Turkey (bird), turkey and the heaviest member of the order Galliformes. It is the ancestor to the domestic turkey (''M. g. dom ...

(''Meleagris gallopavo'')

References

External links

* Nature reserves in Ontario Protected areas of Renfrew County {{EasternOntario-geo-stub

Fauna

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