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Nature Attractions In Richmond Hill

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Richmond Hill is a town in south-central York Region, Ontario, Canada. Part of the Greater Toronto Area, it is the York Region's third most populous municipality and the 28th most populous municipality in Canada. It is also Canada's most populous town. Richmond Hill has seen a population growth since the 1990s. The town is home to the David Dunlap Observatory telescope, at one time the second largest telescope in the world, and still the largest in Canada.
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  • 1. Wilcox Lake Richmond Hill
    Lake Wilcox is a kettle lake in the Oak Ridges neighbourhood of Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada. The lake measures 1.5 kilometers across and covers 55.6 hectares, making it the largest kettle lake on the Oak Ridges Moraine. Lake Wilcox, Lake St. George and their associated wetlands form a provincially significant wetland.The lake is named after William Willcocks, who was a merchant and became mayor of Cork, Ireland in 1793. Willcocks and his family moved to Upper Canada, where his cousin Peter Russell became interim administrator after the departure of John Graves Simcoe in 1796. Willcocks was an active land speculator who acquired significant holdings in Upper Canada, including 800 acres surrounding the lake. The name of the lake was originally Lake Willcocks, but it was corrupted over tim...
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  • 2. Royal Botanical Gardens Burlington
    Royal Botanical Gardens is headquartered in Burlington and also owns extensive natural areas and gardens lands in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. It is one of the major tourist attractions between Niagara Falls and Toronto, as well as a significant local and regional horticultural, education, conservation, and scientific resource. On 31 July 2006, Royal Botanical Gardens was selected as the National Focal Point for the Global strategy for plant conservation by Environment Canada.The 980 hectares of nature sanctuary owned by the Royal Botanical Gardens is considered an important plant biodiversity hotspot for Canada, with a very high proportion of the wild plants of Canada in one area; is an Important Bird Area according to Bird Studies Canada; and is part of the Niagara Escarpment World Biosphe...
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