Long Point World Biosphere Reserve - Long Point, Ontario, Canada
N 42° 35.140 W 080° 25.850
17T E 546702 N 4714962
This Biosphere Reserve was designated by UNESCO in April, 1986. It became the third in Canada. It comprises a massive sandy peninsula that jets out into Lake Erie.
Waymark Code: WM10P5P
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 06/05/2019
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The local biosphere website indicates a size of 26,250 hectares, but the UNESCO website indicates a surface area (terrestrial and marine) of 40,600 ha.
The local website identifies some unique features including long uninterrupted beaches, undisturbed sand dunes, grassy ridges, wet meadows, woodlands, marshes and ponds, coldwater streams, and the shallow Inner Bay. It is a world-renowned refuge and stopover for migrating birds in fall and spring, and waterfowl viewing is excellent in March and April. Its delicate dunes and marshes teem with songbirds, spawning fish, turtles and frogs.
The Southern Norfolk sand plains that lie immediately to the north of Long Point are well-known for their rich agricultural lands, tallgrass prairie and oak savanna remnants, wetlands and forests. Farmers, woodlot owners and other rural property owners living here take great pride in practicing sound land stewardship and value the interaction they have with the biodiversity in this special part of Ontario.
Within the watersheds that feed Long Point Bay are some of the finest examples of Canada's remaining Carolinian forest and habitat's that have arguably the highest diversity of plants and animals anywhere in our country. This includes a wide variety of fish and game as well as many species at risk such as the threatened Eastern Fox Snake, Blanding's Turtle, the endangered American Badger and, Eastern Flowering Dogwood.
UNESCO Biosphere Reserve Website: [Web Link]
Size (total area): 26,250
Year Designated: 1986
UNESCO Global Geopark website: Not listed
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