Point Farms Provincial Park - Goderich, Ontario
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N 43° 48.044 W 081° 41.984
17T E 443711 N 4849978
The smallest of the four operating Provincial Parks on Lake Huron
Waymark Code: WM10YC5
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 07/11/2019
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Point Farms Provincial Park is one of four "operating" Ontario Provincial Park with waterfront access to Lake Huron. Located just north of Goderich, the park offers a long sandy beach, approximately 150 campsites (electric and non-electric) and 3 hiking trails (0.5km - 4km long). The park was opened in 1970 on former agricultural land. The park is well-treed but also shows evidence of the ongoing transition from field- to forest.
Park Type: Day Use / Overnight
Activities:
Biking
Birding
Camping
Hiking
Hunting (Hunting for small game is permitted in designated areas after the park closes in October)
Picknicing
Swimming
Park Fees:
Day use fee is around $12 per vehicle. Camping fee is around $45-$49 per night.
Background:
The Point Farms area has been a focus for family relaxation since the mid-1800s, when an early summer resort in southwestern Ontario, the Point Farm Hotel, existed on what is now park property. This hotel drew visitors from all parts of Southern Ontario and the northern United States until it ceased operating in 1915. Most of the present Point Farms land base was acquired between November 1963 and January 1964 by the then Ontario Department of Lands and Forests, in recognition of the need to provide increased access to water bodies and beach areas on the Great Lakes shorelines. The remainder of the land was purchased in 1966. Work commenced on the development of park facilities in the spring of 1964, when the first campsites were laid out to form the Colborne Campground. A tree planting program was carried out in the area presently known as the Huron Campground during the following two years. The park officially opened in 1965, and visitors journeyed to this provincial park for their first taste of camping at Point Farms. Source: https://www.ontario.ca/page/point-farms-provincial-park-management-plan
Date Established?: 1970
Link to Park: [Web Link]
Additional Entrance Points: Not Listed
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