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Forks of the Credit Provincial Park

Provincial park in Ontario, Canada

Field	Value
name	Forks of the Credit Provincial Park
iucn_category	II
iucn_ref
photo	Forks of the Credit Provincial Park.jpg
photo_caption	Credit River flowing through Forks of the Credit Provincial Park
location	Ontario, Canada
nearest_city	Caledon, Ontario
map	Canada Southern Ontario
map_caption	Location in Southern Ontario
coordinates
area	282 ha
established	1985
visitation_num	51,559
visitation_year	2022
governing_body	Ontario Parks
website
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| mapframe-zoom = 12 | mapframe-wikidata = yes Forks of the Credit Provincial Park, located in Caledon, Ontario, Canada, is part of the Ontario Parks system and is part of the Niagara Escarpment biosphere. The park is on the Bruce Trail. The Credit River runs through the park. Other notable features of the park include a kettle lake and talus slope.

History

In 1968 the Niagara Escarpment Study recommended that a park be established in the Forks of the Credit area; this recommendation was then accepted by the Government of Ontario. It was officially regulated as a provincial park in 1985.

Historic mill and dam

There has been a mill in the area since 1820. In 1885, John Deagle bought the mill at the top of the falls and converted it into an electrical generating station, damming the river and creating Cataract Lake; he named the enterprise The Cataract Electric Co. Ltd. Later the station was purchased by Ontario Hydro and was eventually shut down in 1947.

Bailey Bridge

In 1999 the Canadian Army's 2 Field Engineering Regiment (now 32 Combat Engineer Regiment) built a pedestrian Bailey Bridge along Meadow Trail and refurbished with new decking in 2016.

Railway station

The Credit Valley Railway reached the area in 1879 and built a station at the Forks of the Credit as well as a timber trestle spanning the Credit River. The primary purpose was shipping Credit Valley sandstone to other communities in Ontario, particularly Toronto and Hamilton, where the product was used in the construction of large buildings such as Queen's Park and the original Toronto City Hall. No remnants of the station remain.

References

UNEP-WCMC. "Protected Area Profile for Forks of the Credit Provincial Park". World Database on Protected Areas.
Roots, Betty Ida. (2000-05-01). "Special places: the changing ecosystems of the Toronto region". UBC Press.
Parks, Ontario. "Ontario_Parks-Visitation-Statistics 2022 - Ministries".
(1997-06-14). "A nature guide to Ontario". University of Toronto Press.
"Forks of the Credit Provincial Park Management Plan".
"Forks of the Credit Park combines hiking & history".
(1 March 2016). "Landscape Inventory Report page 7-30".
https://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMY941_Credit_River_Bailey_Bridge_Forks_Of_The_Credit_Park_Caledon_Ontario {{Bare URL inline. (August 2025)
(1 March 2016). "Landscape Inventory Report page 7-31".

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