Georgian Bay Islands National Park

Georgian Bay Islands National Park
Location:	Ontario , Canada
Next city:	Midland
Surface:	26 km²
Founding:	1929
Visitors:	42,511 (2016/2017)
Address:	Georgian Bay Islands National Park of Canada ; 901 Wye Valley Rd. ; Box 9 ; Midland, Ontario ; Canada ; L4R 4K6
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The Georgian Bay Islands National Park ( English Georgian Bay Islands National Park of Canada , French Parc national du Canada des Îles-de-la-Baie-Georgienne ) is a Canadian national park founded in 1929 in the Georgian Bay of Lake Huron near Port Severn in the Canadian province of Ontario and has an area of 26 km². The park is an IUCN Category II ( National Park ) protected area .

Natural conditions

The park consists of 63 small islands and forms a section of the world's largest freshwater archipelago, which consists of around 30,000 islands. The landscape is characterized by wind-ruffled Weymouth pines and bare rocks, which inspired the group of artists to create images that made this area known to the Canadian public. The largest island is Beausoleil Island.

Web links

Georgian Bay Islands National Park , on Parks Canada , (English, French)
Map of the national park , on Parks Canada , engl.

Individual evidence

[1] World Database on Protected Areas - Georgian Bay Islands National Park of Canada (English)

[2] Introductory explanation on the Parks Canada website.

[3] Explanations on the homepage of National Geographic, engl.