Ganaraska Region is a region located in

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, stretching along the shore of

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for approximately and about wide. It contains watersheds, covering an area of from Wilmot Creek in Clarington to eastside of Cobourg and from the southern shore of Rice Lake down to Lake Ontario. This expansive area includes seven municipalities in whole or in part: Township of

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, Town of

Cobourg Cobourg ( ) is a town in the Canadian province of Ontario, located in Southern Ontario east of Toronto and east of Oshawa. It is the largest town in and seat of Northumberland County. Its nearest neighbour is Port Hope, to the west. It is ...

, Township of

Alnwick/Haldimand The Township of Alnwick/Haldimand is a township (Canada), township in central Ontario, Canada, in Northumberland County, Ontario, Northumberland County, situated between Lake Ontario and Rice Lake (Ontario), Rice Lake. It was formed in 2001 by th ...

, Township of

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, Municipality of Port Hope, City of

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, Municipality of

Clarington Clarington (Canada 2021 Census, 2021 population 101,427) is a lower-tier municipality in the Regional Municipality of Durham in Ontario, Canada. It was incorporated in 1973 as the town of Newcastle with the merging of the town of Bowmanville, the ...

Ganaraska Forest

The Ganaraska Forest is southern Ontario's largest continuous block of forest, consisting of . It is located between Northumberland County,

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, The City of Kawartha Lakes, and The Region of Durham.

Ganaraska River

Ganaraska Hiking Trail

The trail was started in 1968.

References

External links

Map

Ganaraska Region Conservation Authority
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