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Murphys Point Provincial Park

Provincial park in Ontario, Canada

Field	Value
name	Murphys Point Provincial Park
iucn_category	II
iucn_ref
photo	Murphys_Point-Bunkhouse.jpg
photo_caption	Bunkhouse, Silver Queen Mine
location	Tay Valley, Ontario, Canada
nearest_city	Perth, Ontario
map	Canada Southern Ontario
map_caption	Location in Southern Ontario
relief	yes
coordinates
area_ha	1238.78
area_ref
designation	Natural environment
established	1967
visitation_num	65,019
visitation_year	2022
governing_body	Ontario Parks
url	https://www.ontarioparks.com/park/murphyspoint
mapframe	yes
mapframe-zoom	11
mapframe-wikidata	yes

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Murphys Point Provincial Park is a provincial park near Perth, Ontario, Canada. The 1239 ha park features natural areas prepared for hiking and skiing as well as access for day-use camping and water sports at Big Rideau Lake. Facilities include a park store, visitor centre and several "comfort centres", with flush toilets, showers and laundry facilities for the multi-day camper.

The park also contains the restored early 20th-century "Silver Queen" mica mine, the ruins of a sawmill and several historic pioneer buildings including the Lally Homestead. This area was mined in the early 20th century, for mica, feldspar, and apatite. During the summer season, guided tours are offered to visitors who would like to see the inside of a pioneer-style mine. Lantern-lit evening ghost walks to the mine are also offered.

White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus), doe and two fawns, Murphys Point Provincial Park

The park includes five nature trails varying in length from the 1 km Loon Lake Trail to the 6.5 km Rideau Trail. The park is home to a variety of mammals, including deer, fox, mink, beaver, coyote, porcupine and otter. Many loons inhabit Big Rideau Lake along with five species of turtles, eight species of amphibians, and eight species of snakes, including Canada's largest, but harmless, black rat snake.

References

UNEP-WCMC. "Protected Area Profile for Murphys Point Provincial Park". World Database on Protected Areas.
"Murphys Point". Ontario Parks.
"Murphy's Point Provincial Park - Natural Environment". Protected Planet.
Parks, Ontario. "Ontario_Parks-Visitation-Statistics 2022 - Ministries".
{{Cite cgndb. FDSWP. Murphys Point Provincial Park

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