Cold Creek Conservation Area

Cold Creek Conservation Area
Map showing the location of Cold Creek Conservation Area

Location within Ontario

Location King Township, Ontario, Canada
Nearest city Bolton
Coordinates 43°54′50″N 79°41′58″W / 43.9138°N 79.6995°W / 43.9138; -79.6995[1]Coordinates: 43°54′50″N 79°41′58″W / 43.9138°N 79.6995°W / 43.9138; -79.6995[2]
Area 190 hectares (470 acres)
Established 1962
http://www.coldcreek.org/

Cold Creek Conservation Area, usually Cold Creek, is an ecologically diverse protected Area of Natural and Scientific Interest in south-central Ontario, Canada. The 190-hectare (470-acre) conservation area was opened on 20 June 1962 by Wilf Spooner and the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority.[3][4] It is located on the western end of King Township, overlapping the Oak Ridges Moraine. The Government of Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources classifies the area as a provincially significant Area of Natural and Scientific Interest (Life Science) for its "provincially or regionally significant representative ecological features".[5][6] The area was also a site classified for the International Biological Program.[7] The Life Science area, known as Cold Creek Swamp,[8] is composed of a swamp[9] and forest.

Cold Creek has hiking trails that cover the Oak Ridges Moraine and a boreal peat bog, among others. At least 110 species of birds have been observed at Cold Creek.[10] Nest boxes are distributed throughout the conservation area to house birds and bats.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Cold Creek Conservation Area Map" (PDF). Cold Creek Stewardship. Retrieved 2011-09-22.
  2. ↑ "Cold Creek Conservation Area Map" (PDF). Cold Creek Stewardship. Retrieved 2011-09-22.
  3. ↑ "About TRCA". Toronto and Region Conservation Authority. Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2007-07-26.
  4. ↑ Richardson, Arthur Herbert (1974). The History of the Conservation Movement in Ontario to 1970. University of Toronto Press. ISBN 0802033296.
  5. ↑ "Natural Areas Report: COLD CREEK CONSERVATION AREA (ANSI)". Government of Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources. Retrieved 2007-07-26.
  6. ↑ "Ontario Natural Area Types". Government of Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources. Retrieved 2007-07-26.
  7. ↑ "Natural Areas Report: COLD CREEK CONSERVATION AREA (IBP)". Government of Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources. Retrieved 2007-07-26.
  8. ↑ "Natural Areas Report: COLD CREEK SWAMP (Life Science)". Government of Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources. Retrieved 2007-08-01.
  9. ↑ "Natural Areas Report: COLD CREEK SWAMP (Wetland)". Government of Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources. Retrieved 2007-08-01.
  10. ↑ Milsom, David and Barry Wallace. "Birds at Cold Creek". Cold Creek Conservation Area. Retrieved 2007-07-26.
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