Long Point Region Conservation Authority
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The Long Point Region Conservation Area is an agency of the province of Ontario, Canada, formed to preserve the volume of flow, and purity, of the watercourses that flow into Lake Erie, near Long Point.[1]
Rivers that flow through the region include Big Otter Creek, Big Creek, Lynn River and Nanticoke Creek.[1]
The region includes remnants of the Carolinian forest that once covered much of southern Ontario.[1][2]
Conservation areas[edit]
- Backus Heritage Conservation Area
- Deer Creek Conservation Area
- Haldimand Conservation Area
- Norfolk Conservation Area
- Waterford North Conservation Area
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "Executive Summary: Long Point Conservation Area" (PDF). Long Point Conservation Area. January 2008. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2018-12-15. Retrieved 2018-12-12.
Big Creek is the largest watershed in the Long Point Region with a total area of 750 square kilometres. The creek flows south through Delhi, where North Creek joins it. Venison Creek joins downstream of Walsingham before Big Creek enters Lake Erie near Port Rowan.
- ^ John Kernaghan (2014-08-23). "Paddling down a lazy river — by kayak". Hamilton Spectator. Paris, Ontario. Archived from the original on 2016-11-01. Retrieved 2018-12-11.
It takes about 12 hours to travel the 40 kilometres of Big Creek, which passes through two conservation areas and the Big Creek Wildlife area near Port Rowan on Lake Erie.