Point Pelee Assignment
Point Pelee National Park is located in Southwestern Ontario and was founded in 1918, ever since then the park has been very popular with a visitor count of 300,000 in 2016. The park is approximately 7 kilometers long and 4.5 kilometers wide with a surface area of 15km2. Point Pelee National Park is full of beautiful wildlife and animals that you can’t just see anywhere, with rare and unique species known to that certain area plenty of people travel from all over the world to see this beautiful attraction.
Point Pelee National Park has lots of history behind it, back in 700-900 AD there supposed to have been small native groups of chippewa indians living on the land. These groups occupied the land for a short time during summers living off the marsh for food. Soon after this they were forced …show more content…
Some of these endangered species are the prickly pear cactus, massasauga rattlesnake, and the eastern ratsnake. The prickly pear cactus is mostly known to the area of Point Pelee and the surrounding areas, and is quite rare because very few cacti can withstand Canada's harsh temperatures but this one can. The next endangered species is the massasauga rattlesnake, this is one of Canada's most unique and endangered species due to cottage building and timber harvesting. Another at risk species is the eastern ratsnake, this snake has become very endangered due to urbanization and rapid development as well as the fact that it has a very slow reproduction rate.
In Point Pelee National Park there are lots of activities you can do. Some of these are bird watching, photography, walking and hiking trails, standing on the 42nd parallel and camping. All of these activities show the beauty and unique wildlife of Point Pelee and this is just the beginning there are many other things you can do alone or with a family for a great
Point Pelee National Park is located in Southwestern Ontario and was founded in 1918, ever since then the park has been very popular with a visitor count of 300,000 in 2016. The park is approximately 7 kilometers long and 4.5 kilometers wide with a surface area of 15km2. Point Pelee National Park is full of beautiful wildlife and animals that you can’t just see anywhere, with rare and unique species known to that certain area plenty of people travel from all over the world to see this beautiful attraction.
Point Pelee National Park has lots of history behind it, back in 700-900 AD there supposed to have been small native groups of chippewa indians living on the land. These groups occupied the land for a short time during summers living off the marsh for food. Soon after this they were forced …show more content…
Some of these endangered species are the prickly pear cactus, massasauga rattlesnake, and the eastern ratsnake. The prickly pear cactus is mostly known to the area of Point Pelee and the surrounding areas, and is quite rare because very few cacti can withstand Canada's harsh temperatures but this one can. The next endangered species is the massasauga rattlesnake, this is one of Canada's most unique and endangered species due to cottage building and timber harvesting. Another at risk species is the eastern ratsnake, this snake has become very endangered due to urbanization and rapid development as well as the fact that it has a very slow reproduction rate.
In Point Pelee National Park there are lots of activities you can do. Some of these are bird watching, photography, walking and hiking trails, standing on the 42nd parallel and camping. All of these activities show the beauty and unique wildlife of Point Pelee and this is just the beginning there are many other things you can do alone or with a family for a great