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Rock Point Provincial Park

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Location
  
Ontario, Canada

Area
  
187 ha

Phone
  
+1 905-774-6642

Governing body
  
Ontario Parks

Province
  
Ontario

Management
  
Ontario Parks

Rock Point Provincial Park

Address
  
215 Niece Rd, Dunnville, ON N1A 2X5, Canada

Hours
  
Open today · 8:30AM–3:30AMMonday8:30AM–3:30AMTuesday8:30AM–3:30AMWednesday8:30AM–3:30AMThursday8:30AM–3:30AMFriday8:30AM–10PMSaturday8:30AM–10PMSunday8:30AM–3:30AMSuggest an edit

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Rock point provincial park


Rock Point Provincial Park is a park located on the north shore of Lake Erie near the mouth of the Grand River in the Carolinian zone of southwestern Ontario. It occupies an area of 1.87 square kilometres (0.72 sq mi).

Habitats within the park include wetlands, forests and dunes. Trees include the uncommon Big Shellbark Hickory. Limestone shelves along the lake shore contain the fossils of marine animals from the Devonian period. There is also a sandy beach for swimming.

Located above the fossil beds is a red clay bluff which separates the campgrounds from the Lake.

There is a bird banding station in the park for monitoring bird migration.

The fossil beds also contain deposits of chert, a stone similar to flint which was worked to produce stone points. An archeological survey of the park revealed a late paleo-Indian camp. The camp showed evidence that the people were working the chert as well as fishing in the lake.

References

Rock Point Provincial Park Wikipedia