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Bayview Escarpment Provincial Park

Facilities

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Activities

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Please note: Availability of some facilities and activities may be restricted to specific areas of the park, may be ecologically dependent, or may be seasonally weather dependent.

General Information

Regional Health Unit for this Park: Grey Bruce Health Unit

Phone:

(519) 389-9056

Size: 439.00 ha

Year established: 1985

Park Classification: Nature Reserve

Address:

MacGregor Point Provincial Park R.R. 1

Port Elgin, ON

NOH 2C5

Tread Lightly. Nature Reserve

What You'll Like:

Georgian Bay is within view of this nature reserve, which features crevice caves and other geological features typical of an escarpment. Geologists will be interested in the exposed Silurian and Ordovician bedrock strata. There is a swamp at the base of the escarpment. Park Facilities and Activities There are no facilities for park visitors, and camping is not permitted. The reserve is best suited for viewing nature. This park is part of the Niagara Escarpment Parks System and the Niagara Escarpment Biosphere Reserve. The natural features are vulnerable and easily damaged.

Location: Twenty-five kilometres east of Owen Sound on the Niagara Escarpment