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Hockley Valley Provincial Nature Reserve

Nature reserve at Mono, Ontario, Canada

Field	Value
name	Hockley Valley Provincial Nature Reserve
iucn_category	Ia
photo	Nottawasaga River tributary.jpg
photo_caption	A Nottawasaga River tributary within the reserve.
location	Ontario, Canada
nearest_city	Mono
map	Canada Southern Ontario
coordinates
area	3.78 km2
established	1989
governing_body	Ontario Parks
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The remains of a 1939 Chevy Sedan on the Main Bruce Trail

Hockley Valley Provincial Nature Reserve is a nature reserve located on the Niagara Escarpment within the township of Mono, Ontario, Canada. It is managed by Ontario Parks. Approximately 80% of the Cannings Falls Area of Natural and Scientific Interest is within the borders of the park; land acquisitions are planned to encompass it entirely.{{cite web | archive-url = https://archive.today/20090608165449/http://nhic.mnr.gov.on.ca/areas/areas_report.cfm?areaid=1109 | url-status=dead | archive-date = 2009-06-08 | access-date = 2009-06-07 | access-date = 2009-06-07 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110606084706/http://www.ontarioparks.com/English/planning_pdf/hock_manage_plan.pdf | archive-date = 2011-06-06 | url-status=dead The Bruce Trail links the reserve to other protected areas of the Niagara Escarpment.

Landform

The topography of the area was greatly influenced by glacial processes, followed by fluvial erosion. The reserve is characterized by a till moraine and other glacial features, such as kames and kettles.{{cite book | access-date = 2009-06-12 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090701065529/http://www.escarpment.org/Travel/travel_dufferin_parks.htm#hockley | archive-date = 2009-07-01}} A deeply cut tributary valley to the Nottawasaga River bisects the reserve through its centre. The Niagara Escarpment's dolomite caprock (the Amabel Formation) can be seen in the upper parts of the gorge; rapids and waterfalls expose stratigraphic succession down to the Queenston Shale.

Flora and fauna

Within the reserve, 417 species of vascular plants, many of which are rare, have been identified. This includes the regionally rare cuckoo flower and the sand violet, as well as the nationally endangered butternut, population of which has dwindled due to the butternut canker disease.{{cite web | access-date = 2009-06-13 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130610230736/http://www.sararegistry.gc.ca/species/speciesDetails_e.cfm?sid=793 | archive-date = 2013-06-10 | url-status = dead

Activities

Recreation in the park is limited. Due to the park's designation as a nature reserve, permitted activities are limited to hiking, and snowshoeing; no visitor facilities are present or planned.

References

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