Murphys Point Provincial Park

Murphys Point Provincial Park
IUCN category II (national park)

Bunkhouse, Silver Queen Mine
Map showing the location of Murphys Point Provincial Park
Location Southern Ontario
Nearest city Perth, Ontario
Coordinates 44°46′N 76°13′W / 44.767°N 76.217°WCoordinates: 44°46′N 76°13′W / 44.767°N 76.217°W
Area 1,239 ha (3,060 acres)
Established 1967[1]
Governing body Ontario Parks

Murphys Point Provincial Park is a provincial park near Perth, Ontario. The 1,239-hectare (3,060-acre) park features natural areas prepared for hiking or skiing as well as access for day-use, camping and water sports at Big Rideau Lake. Facilities include a Park Store, Visitor's Centre and several "Comfort Centres", with flush toilets, showers and laundry facilities for the multi-day camper.

It also hosts the restored early 20th-century "Silver Queen" mica mine, the ruins of a sawmill and several historic pioneer buildings including the Lally Homestead. The area was mined for mica, feldspar, and apatite. During the summer season guides tours are offered to visitors who would like to see the inside of a pioneer-style mine, you may also see what energy source they used, what the mine looks like and wildlife that lives there. They also do ghost walk alongs and see exactly what they do.

White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus), doe and two fawns, Murphys Point Provincial Park, Perth, Ontario

The park includes five nature trails varying in length from the 1-kilometre (0.62 mi) Loon Lake Trail to the 6.5-kilometre (4.0 mi) Rideau Trail. The park is home to a variety of mammals, including deer, fox, mink, beaver, coyote, porcupine and otter. Many loons inhabit Big Rideau Lake along with five species of turtles, eight species of amphibians, and eight species of snakes, including Canada's largest, but harmless, black rat snake.

References

  1. ↑ "Murphy's Point Provincial Park - Natural Environment". Protected Planet. Archived from the original on 23 August 2014.

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