Cold Creek Conservation Area, usually referred simply as 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.[2][3] 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".[4][5] The area was also a site classified for the International Biological Program.[6] The Life Science area, known as Cold Creek Swamp,[7] is composed of a swamp[8] and forest.
| Cold Creek Conservation Area | |
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  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[1] |
| Area | 190 hectares (470 acres) |
| Established | 1962 |
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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.[9] Nest boxes are distributed throughout the conservation area to house birds and bats.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Cold Creek Conservation Area Map" (PDF). Cold Creek Stewardship. Retrieved 2011-09-22.
- ^ "About TRCA". Toronto and Region Conservation Authority. Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2007-07-26.
- ^ Richardson, Arthur Herbert (1974). The History of the Conservation Movement in Ontario to 1970. University of Toronto Press. ISBN 0-8020-3329-6.
- ^ "Natural Areas Report: COLD CREEK CONSERVATION AREA (ANSI)". Government of Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources. Archived from the original on 2006-12-19. Retrieved 2007-07-26.
- ^ "Ontario Natural Area Types". Government of Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources. Archived from the original on 2007-08-12. Retrieved 2007-07-26.
- ^ "Natural Areas Report: COLD CREEK CONSERVATION AREA (IBP)". Government of Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources. Archived from the original on 2006-12-19. Retrieved 2007-07-26.
- ^ "Natural Areas Report: COLD CREEK SWAMP (Life Science)". Government of Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources. Archived from the original on 2006-12-19. Retrieved 2007-08-01.
- ^ "Natural Areas Report: COLD CREEK SWAMP (Wetland)". Government of Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources. Archived from the original on 2006-12-19. Retrieved 2007-08-01.
- ^ Milsom, David and Barry Wallace. "Birds at Cold Creek". Cold Creek Conservation Area. Archived from the original on 2007-09-29. Retrieved 2007-07-26.
Further reading
edit- "Cold Creek Conservation Area: Terrestrial Biological Inventory and Assessment" (PDF). Toronto and Region Conservation Authority. March 2015. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
- Cold Creek Conservation Area Management Plan. The Cold Creek Conservation Area Management Plan Advisory Committee & Toronto and Region Conservation. December 2002.
- Craig, Gordon (Spring 2015). "Biodiversity vs habitat fragmentation and loss" (PDF). Mosaic. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
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