The Long Point Region Conservation Area is an agency of the province of
Ontario, Canada
Ontario ( ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.Ontario is located in the geographic eastern half of Canada, but it has historically and politically been considered to be part of Central Canada. Located in Central Ca ...
, formed to preserve the volume of flow, and purity, of the watercourses that flow into
Lake Erie
Lake Erie ( "eerie") is the fourth largest lake by surface area of the five Great Lakes in North America and the eleventh-largest globally. It is the southernmost, shallowest, and smallest by volume of the Great Lakes and therefore also has t ...
, near
Long Point.
[
Rivers that flow through the region include Big Otter Creek, ]Big Creek Big Creek may refer to:
In Australia
* Big Creek, Tasmania, a tributary of the Inglis River in Tasmania, Australia In Belize
* Big Creek, Belize, a sea port in Belize
In Canada
* Big Creek (British Columbia), a tributary of the Chilcotin River
* ...
, Lynn River
The Lynn River is a fresh water river located in Norfolk County in Southwestern Ontario, Canada. It empties into Lake Erie at Port Dover.
Summary
The Lynn Valley Trail follows the river between Port Dover and the town of Simcoe. It is possible t ...
and Nanticoke Creek.[
The region includes remnants of the Carolinian forest that once covered much of southern Ontario.][
]
Conservation areas
*Backus Heritage Conservation Area
The ''Backus Heritage Conservation Area'' is located in Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada.
Summary
The area contains the Backhouse Mill (known in French as ''Moulin-à-Farine Backhouse'' and containing the alternate name of ''Backhouse Grist Mill ...
* Deer Creek Conservation Area
*Haldimand Conservation Area Haldimand may refer to:
People
* Frederick Haldimand (1718–1791), Swiss-born army officer and governor of Quebec
* Peter Frederick Haldimand (1741 or 1742–1765), Swiss-born British army officer and surveyor
* William Haldimand (1784–1862), ...
*Norfolk Conservation Area
Norfolk () is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in East Anglia in England. It borders Lincolnshire to the north-west, Cambridgeshire to the west and south-west, and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the ...
*Waterford North Conservation Area
"Waterford remains the untaken city"
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References
External links
*{{official, https://www.lprca.on.ca/