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Hope Bay Forest 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: 353.00 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:

Found on the Niagara Escarpment, this nature reserve contains outcroppings of exposed bedrock that are 500 million to 435 million years old, making it of keen interest to geologists. Other unusual geological features include a subsurface karst pavement. The rock in such a pavement has weathered through naturally occurring acids. The Hope Bay Forest features spring wildflowers, and a selection of many types of fern.

Park Facilities and Activities: Hope Bay Forest is part of the Niagara Escarpment Parks System and the Niagara Escarpment Biosphere Reserve. There are no visitor facilities. The area is best suited for hiking and nature appreciation. The Bruce Trail passes through here. Visitors are reminded that the natural habitat is very fragile.

Location: On the Bruce Peninsula, 65 kilometres north of Owen Sound.