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Prince Edward Island National Park

National park on Prince Edward Island, Canada


National park on Prince Edward Island, Canada

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namePrince Edward Island National Park
alt_nameParc national de l'Île-du-Prince-Édouard
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photoRed Earth Prince Edward Island 2010.jpg
mapCanada##Canada Prince Edward Island
map_captionLocation in Canada##Location in Prince Edward Island
reliefyes
locationPrince Edward Island, Canada
nearest_cityCharlottetown
coordinates
established1937
governing_bodyParks Canada
area_km227
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| mapframe-zoom = 8 | mapframe-wikidata = yes Prince Edward Island National Park () is a National Park of Canada located in the province of Prince Edward Island. Situated along the island's north shore, fronting the Gulf of St. Lawrence, the park measures approximately 60 km in length and ranges from several hundred metres to several kilometres in width. Established in 1937, the park's mandate includes the protection of many broad sand beaches, sand dunes and both freshwater wetlands and saltmarshes. The park's protected beaches provide nesting habitat for the endangered piping plover; the park has been designated a Canadian Important Bird Area.

An extension was added to the park in 1998 when an extensive sand dune system in Greenwich was transferred from the provincial government to Parks Canada. The Prince Edward Island National Park also includes Green Gables, a 19th century farm that was the childhood inspiration for the Anne of Green Gables novels by author Lucy Maud Montgomery, as well as Dalvay-by-the-Sea, a Victorian era mansion currently operated as an inn.

In 1999, the Canadian Nature Federation identified Prince Edward Island National Park as being the most endangered in the national park system, based on human impact. The park also experiences severe coastal erosion as a result of winter storms and its vulnerable shoreline.

The park was the subject of a short film in 2011's National Parks Project, directed by John Walker and scored by Chad Ross, Sophie Trudeau and Dale Morningstar. Part of the Jezero crater on Mars was informally named after the park.

Wildlife

Animals that inhabit this national park are coyotes, red foxes, raccoons, beavers, minks, and weasels. Numerous birds roam in this park including species of various herons, ducks, owls, cranes, plovers, grouses, jays, falcons, geese, hawks, sandpipers and eagles.

References

References

  1. (2016). "National Geographic Guide to the National Parks of Canada, 2nd Edition". National Geographic Society.
  2. (December 13, 1999). "P.E.I. national park in peril".
  3. (29 July 2020). "Island-born scientist names section of Mars crater after P.E.I. National Park". [[CBC News]].
  4. "Perseverance Rover's Landing Site: Jezero Crater". [[NASA]].
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