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Nature Attractions In Springwater

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Springwater is a township in central Ontario, Canada, in Simcoe County near Barrie. It is the County seat of Simcoe.
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  • 1. Ski Snow Valley Barrie Minesing
    Ski Snow Valley is a ski resort located in Minesing, Ontario, north of Barrie Ontario. It has 3 ski lifts, and a snow tubing facility operating in the winter. In the summers, Snow Valley offers weddings, banquet and corporate events. Ski Snow Valley was named best Ontario hill for kids by Ski Canada Magazine in 2001.
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  • 2. Minesing Wetlands Conservation Area Minesing
    Minesing Wetlands, previously known as Minesing Swamp, is a Ramsar boreal wetland in central Ontario, Canada stretching from the western periphery of Barrie to Georgian Bay. It was identified and classified through the International Biological Program. It is the largest and best example of fen bog in southern Ontario, one of the most diverse undisturbed wetland tracts in Canada and is a provincially significant Area of Natural and Scientific Interest. The term minesing is of Ojibwe origin and means island, referring to an island located within Lake Edenvale, which encompassed the present-day wetlands and surrounding areas.The swamp’s hydrology provides for an interconnected network of swamps, fens, bogs and marshes. It acts as a reservoir that absorbs floodwater during spring thaw, from ...
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  • 4. Elmvale Jungle Zoo Elmvale
    Elmvale, Ontario is a rural town in Springwater Township, Ontario, Canada. It is located at the intersection of County Road 27 and County Road 92 , 20 mins north of Barrie. Elmvale is home to 2,369 people, as of 2011.
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  • 5. Tiny Marsh Elmvale
    The Tiny Marsh Provincial Wildlife Area, located in Simcoe County, Central Ontario, Canada, is Ontario’s first provincially owned and managed wetland and is one of approximately 1200 Important Bird Areas recognized in Canada. The marsh is situated near Elmvale, approximately three kilometres inland from Nottawasaga Bay. Open to visitors year-round, the area consists of 8.5 square kilometres of marshes, open water, bog, and upland forest. There are 25 kilometres of trails taking visitors to dikes, two observation towers, a marsh viewing mound, and a boardwalk. There is a nature centre, featuring displays of the marsh and its flora and fauna. Around 250 species of birds have been observed at the marsh, including the provincially threatened least bitterns and black terns. Ospreys nest at th...
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  • 6. Jungle Cat World Wildlife Park Orono
    Jungle Cat World, originally named Orono Exotic Cat World, is a wildlife park that was established in 1983 by Wolfram and Christa Klose. The park is still owned and operated by the Klose family. It is located in Orono, Ontario, Canada, approximately 45 minutes east of Toronto off of Highway 35/115. Jungle Cat World is open year round and has many other mammals and birds aside from its cats. The reptiles, amphibians, and invertebrates at the zoo are used for educational wildlife programs but are not on public display. Jungle Cat World was initially just a tourist attraction to show exotic animals, primarily for recreation rather than education. Over the years, the park has taken a much more active role in educating visitors. Every day, a zookeeper leads an educational feeding tour around th...
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  • 7. Blue Mountain Ski Resort Blue Mountains
    Blue Mountain is an alpine ski resort in Ontario, Canada, just northwest of Collingwood. It is situated on a section of the Niagara Escarpment about 1 km from Nottawasaga Bay, and is a major destination for skiers from southern Ontario. On average, Blue Mountain sells more than 750,000 lift tickets per year, making it the third-busiest ski resort in Canada, after Whistler-Blackcomb in British Columbia and Mont Tremblant in Quebec. It is one of the largest resorts in Ontario and has been extensively built out, featuring 42 runs, 16 chairlifts and 3 freestyle terrains. Majority-owned by Intrawest since 1999, the resort has recently undergone major renovations, including new high-speed lifts and a new village similar to those built at Tremblant and Whistler at its base. The local area forms t...
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