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Dutton Dunwich Conservation AreaDoors Open Dutton Dunwich

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Dutton Dunwich Conservation Area

The Dutton Dunwich Conservation Area is a .92 hectare property acquired in 1993 by the Lower Thames Valley Conservation Authority.  This area is used for fishing and canoe access to the Thames River. The conservation area is open for day use from 8 a.m. to sunset year-round, free of charge.  Dutton Dunwich Conservation Area is located on the floodplain of the Thames River which is a Canadian Heritage River. This area is a fishing hot spot during Pickerel season.

The Thames River’s rich cultural heritage and diverse recreational opportunities formed the basis for its designation to the Canadian Heritage Rivers System in 2000. The designation includes the 273 km river and its entire watershed, which drains 5285 km2 of land, making it the second largest watershed in southwestern Ontario.

The cultural heritage of this river includes ongoing occupancy by First Nations for over 11,000 years, with a multitude of archaeological sites located along the waterway. The Thames also has a rich history of European exploration and settlement that dates back to the 17th century, encompassing the fur trade, British exploration and early settlement, military battles, and intensive agricultural and urban settlement.

  • Adapté aux enfants
  • Stationnement
  • Visites auto-guidées

Architecture

Année de construction: 1993

Dates/hours open

oct. 22 - oct. 22

Pearce-Williams Summer Camp & Retreat FacilityDoors Open Dutton Dunwich

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Pearce-Williams Summer Camp & Retreat Facility

Visit Pearce Williams Summer Camp and Retreat Facility. Situated in rural Elgin County this facility offers summer overnight camps for children and adult retreats throughout the year. Explore the facilities, the grounds, the nature and walk the 6km of trails in this beautiful setting.

  • Adapté aux enfants
  • Stationnement
  • Visites auto-guidées
  • Toilettes

Coordonnées

8009 Iona Road
Fingal, Ontario
Courriel: info@campisbetter.com
https://www.campisbetter.com/

Architecture

Année de construction: 1960

Dates/hours open

oct. 22 - oct. 22

Buttermilk BogDoors Open Dutton Dunwich

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Buttermilk Bog

This Centennial Project of the Dutton Dunwich Horticultural Society incorporated an area saturated with buttermilk from the old Strathcona Creamery and land donated by West Elgin Mutual Insurance.

The arboretum contains some very significant species. These include Persimmon; Magnolias, (Sweetbay, Umbrella, Cucumber, Kobus); Black Gum; Fringe-tree; American Chestnut; Yellowwood; Sycamore; Yellow and Ohio Buckeye; Pawpaw; Sassafras; Redbud; Flowering Dogwood; Blue and White Ash; Kentucky Coffee-tree; Sweet Gum; Osage Orange; Hoptree; Bur, Black, Riparian and Sawtooth Oak; Ginkgo; American Hazelnut; Hackberry; American Elm; Butternut; Tulip-tree; and Black Cherry. There are approximately 50 different species of trees with identification stands beside them.

Located behind the Dunwich United Church.

  • Adapté aux enfants
  • Stationnement
  • Visites auto-guidées

Coordonnées

274 Currie Road
Dutton, Ontario
https://www.duttondunwich.on.ca/

Architecture

Année de construction: 1999

Dates/hours open

oct. 22 - oct. 22

Harris House Back YardDoors Open Dutton Dunwich

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Harris House Back Yard

In 1997, a Guelph landscape architect, Brad Peterson, was hired to develop a landscaping plan to, in part, “naturalize” the backyard. The yard consisted mostly of a rectangle with a vegetable garden, a few fruit trees, large silver maple and a motley collection of Manitoba maples and walnut trees. Mr. Peterson developed a plan that involved creating a Carolinian forest area, pond, reduced vegetable garden, a wetland and a sauna. Most the the walnuts and Manitoba maples were removed.  Areas were planted with native species such as shagbark hickory, blue birches, elderberries, tulip and redbud. The 10 year plan ultimately became a sixteen year plan as the last component to be built was the building to house the sauna and garden shed. Other features were added over time, such as a pawpaw grove and numerous dogwoods (they self seeded). The pond was created out of the foundation of an old cold storage shed. 

Picture caption: Betsy Apel and Belle Smith (sisters) sit on the running board of Belle’s Packard in the 1920s. Belle created a garage at the back of the house out of a former bedroom and added a lean-to so that her car would fit. The house itself was built in 1853 on a one acre lot, which was typical of the time. It gave enough room for a vegetable garden, chickens, a few fruit trees and possibly a cow.

  • Visites guidées
  • Adapté aux enfants

Coordonnées

8947 Iona Road
Iona, Ontario
Courriel: laurence.grant@start.ca

Architecture

Année de construction: 1853

Architect: Brad Peterson

Dates/hours open

oct. 22 - oct. 22

Fingal Wildlife Management Area formerly No. 4 Bombery and Gunnery SchoolDoors Open Dutton Dunwich

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Fingal Wildlife Management Area formerly No. 4 Bombery and Gunnery School

34469 Fingal Line is the main entrance, 34764 Scotch Line is the entrance to the tallgrass prairie and viewing stand and 35000 Scotch Line is the entrance to the South Woodlot Trail/hunting areas

The Fingal Wildlife Management Area (FWMA) exists on an old World War II air force training base. Some of the habitat restoration activities included the removal of the military infrastructure, development of a series of ponds, planting of trees and shrubs, establishment of hedgerows, food and cover plots and brush piles. Today, the area is complete with interpretive hiking trails, a viewing station and hunting during the fall from controlled access points in the south parking lot.

    • Adapté aux enfants
    • Stationnement
    • Visites auto-guidées
    • Site ayant une plaque provinciale de couleur bleue et or

    Coordonnées

    34469 Fingal Line
    Fingal, Ontario
    Courriel: elgin1@bell.net
    https://www.elginstewardshipcouncil.com/natural-areas/fingal-wildlife/

    Architecture

    Année de construction: 1997

    Dates/hours open

    oct. 22 - oct. 22

    West Elgin Nature ReserveDoors Open Dutton Dunwich

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    West Elgin Nature Reserve

    In 1983 the Aldborough Township council appointed the West Elgin Nature Club to manage this closed landfill site. Many trees have been planted in the area near the road as memorials or by those interested in the natural habitat.  These trees have sign posts identifying the tree plus the person’s name.

    Options for trail walks through the forest include a .4 km, .9 km or .8 km route which are accessible for hiking and birding. Some mature Carolinian forest trees labelled are tulip, silver maple and big tooth aspen. Undergrowth includes much spicebush.

    A picnic table is located near the entrance.

    • Adapté aux enfants
    • Stationnement
    • Visites auto-guidées

    Coordonnées

    24514 Downie Line
    Rodney, Ontario

    Architecture


    Dates/hours open

    oct. 22 - oct. 22

    Highway 3 Rest AreaDoors Open Dutton Dunwich

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    Highway 3 Rest Area

    Part of the Trans-Canada Trail system, there are picnic tables with shade in this area, with garbage receptacles near by.  The history of Highway 3 dates back to 1920, when the Department of Public Highways (DPHO) assumed ownership of a series of existing roads which passed through the Counties of Essex, Kent, Elgin, Oxford, Norfolk, Haldimand & Welland (Niagara).  When Highway 3 was first assumed, almost the entire length of the highway was either earth, sand, clay, or gravel surfaced. Only a handful of sections were paved with a macadam surface. Accordingly, many sections of Highway 3 were impassable in wet weather during the 1920s. Fortunately, paving work progressed very rapidly on this highway. 

    • Accès complet en fauteuil roulant
    • Adapté aux enfants
    • Stationnement

    Coordonnées

    27019 Talbot Line
    Wallacetown, Ontario
    https://www.duttondunwich.on.ca/community/trans-canada-trail

    Architecture

    Année de construction: 1920s

    Dates/hours open

    oct. 22 - oct. 22

    Southwold Earthworks National Historic SiteDoors Open Dutton Dunwich

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    Southwold Earthworks National Historic Site

    Southwold Earthworks was designated a national historic site of Canada in 1923. It is designated because it is a rare and well-preserved example of an Aboriginal fortified village completely surrounded by earthworks, built by the Attiwandaron (Neutral Iroquois) between about A.D. 1450 and 1550.

    Picture Caption Dog (Saluki) at Southwold Earthworks, 1986. This ancient site, dating back prior to 1500 is the only example of a double palisaded village in southern Ontario. The dog is sitting on one of the mounds in front of the largest American beech tree on the site.

    • Adapté aux enfants
    • Lieu historique national (Canada)
    • Stationnement
    • Visites auto-guidées

    Coordonnées

    7930 Iona Road
    Fingal, Ontario

    Architecture


    Dates/hours open

    oct. 22 - oct. 22

    Storey Wetlands Trail at John E. Pearce Provincial ParkDoors Open Dutton Dunwich

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    Storey Wetlands Trail at John E. Pearce Provincial Park

    Named for Mary Patterson Storey, who received her land grant in 1809.  A wetland is an area that is saturated with water long enough for the soil to become waterlogged. They support a variety of water-loving and water-tolerant plants and animals.  Here at John E. Pearce Provincial Park, our wetland is a marsh. Marshes are periodically or permanently flooded with water. Typical plant species include cattails and water lilies. Be on the lookout for turtles and herons. 

    • Adapté aux enfants
    • Stationnement
    • Accès partiel en fauteuil roulant
    • Visites auto-guidées
    • Toilettes

    Coordonnées

    29424 Lakeview Line
    Wallacetown, Ontario

    Architecture

    Année de construction: 2017

    Dates/hours open

    oct. 22 - oct. 22

    Spicer Trail at John E. Pearce Provincial ParkDoors Open Dutton Dunwich

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    Spicer Trail at John E. Pearce Provincial Park

    Named for WW2 Veteran and nature enthusiast, Lorne Spicer.  We suggest you start the red or blue trail by parking at Backus-Page House Museum.  John E. Pearce Provincial Park has been a protected area since 1957.  It is located in the Carolinian forest zone of southwestern Ontario, covers 67.9 hectares on the north shore of Lake Erie in Elgin County.

    https://www.ontarioparks.com/p...

    • Adapté aux enfants
    • Stationnement
    • Visites auto-guidées
    • Toilettes

    Coordonnées

    29424 Lakeview Line
    Wallacetown, Ontario

    Architecture

    Année de construction: 1994

    Dates/hours open

    oct. 22 - oct. 22