Point Pelee National Park, Ontario

Point Pelee, Ontario

July 2005

About the place

Point Pelee National Park is a park in Essex County in southwestern Ontario, Canada. It consists of a peninsula of land, mainly of marsh and woodland habitats, extending into Lake Erie. It forms the southernmost point in mainland Canada and is part of a bird and butterfly migration corridor over Lake Erie.

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	42nd parallel, yellow and worn out, passes through Point Pelee.


	The peninsula is a natural reserve, where rabbits hop around making drivers to swerve.


	The sunlit corridor leads hikers to the spit.


	The virgin banks of Lake Erie abound with snags.


	Point Pelee spit. Although swimming is prohibited here, dangerous currents at the tip still claim a victim every couple of years.


	The very tip of the spit is the southernmost mainland point of both Ontario and Canada.


	The Aphrodite of Point Pelee.


	The park is open from the morning till the sunset, and its beaches are barbeque-equipped.


	Sun sets into Lake Erie somewhere in the direction of Toledo, Ohio.


	On a summer night in Point Pelee, one can enjoy both the sunset and the moonlight at the same time.