Subject: Help Preserve Presqu'ile Park

From: [email-masked],internet (Donald Davis)
Date: Thu, 17 Aug 1995 22:49:35 GMT

Presqu'ile Provincial Park is located about 150 km. east of Toronto on the
north shore of Lake Ontario, near Brighton, Ontario and directly opposite
Rochester, New York.  It is our fourth oldest and fourth most heavily used
park. 

After three years of lobbying, the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources is
completing the park management plan for this proposed Ramsar site.
Presqu'ile is very unique, sometimes described as one of Ontario's most
significant endangered spaces. 

It is noted for its biodiversity in terms of habitat, flora and fauna. The
peninsula juts out into Lake Ontario, and hence is strategically situated
to funnel bird and butterfly migrations. 

However, from a botanical standpoint, Presqu'ile has been described as a
"gem, and significant on a national scale". Nationally and provincially
rare plants are found in the park, including a number of orchid species.
High Bluff Island has a remarkable stand of black maple. Striped maple are
found in the park! It seems that the park has a mixture of northern and
carolinian species.

The issues are many and complex. If you feel that preserving such a unique
park for future generations, I would appreciate your support. Perhaps you
already know about Presqu'ile, or have an appreciation for the need to
preserve our rapidly disappearing habitat. Presqu'ile marsh is one of the
last large marshes on the north shore of Lake Ontario.

As of today, I lose my access to e-mail as the computer lab is shutting
down for a few weeks.

You may send a letter, with a copy to myself, to: Hon. Chris Hodgson,
Minister of Natural Resources, room 6301, Whitney Block, 99 Wellesley St.
W., Toronto, Ontario M7A 1W3.

My address is: 3815 Bathurst St., Apt. #2, Downsview, Ontario M3H 3N1

Your support is greatly appreciated.

Donald A. Davis

Life Member
Federation of Ontario Naturalists

Member
Presqu'ile-Brighton Naturalists

Member
Board of Directors
The Friends of Presqu'ile Park