| Grand total of infrastructure investments: |
$11.2 M |
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| Infrastructure projects: |
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| Point Pelee National Park (NP) |
| Project descriptions: |
| Overnight Facilities Renewal |
$840 K |
| Enhance the park’s overnight experience offer through upgrades and redevelopment to better meet the needs of current and potential visitors, and increase revenue and visitation. |
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| Main Road Repairs/Recapitalization |
$2 M |
| Repair and recapitalize the main road in Point Pelee National Park to enhance the visitor experience by improving the park’s bike trail, addressing visitor safety concerns in high traffic areas, and increasing conservation gains by burying utility lines under the road. As a portion of the road at the park was completed under the Government of Canada’s Accelerated Infrastructure Plan in 2011, this will complete the remainder and bring the complete asset up to good condition. |
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| Northwest Beach Renewal |
$2.8 M |
| Renew one of the park’s signature visitor experiences by providing a high quality and enhanced beach experience which better meets visitor needs and provides a more diversified visitor offer. Restore 8,000 square metres of dune habitat and increase the dune habitat in the park by 5% by reducing the footprint of the current parking lot. |
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| Breakwall and Shoreline Rehabilitation |
$1.4 M |
| Rehabilitate the park’s shoreline protection infrastructure including the breakwall that has been impacted by severe weather events and winter ice, resulting in the deterioration of the shoreline and loss of protected habitat and native species. The renewed shoreline protection system including sand nourishment will help replenish the depleted sand stock along the western shore, reduce the loss of Species at Risk, and rare Lake Erie Sandspit Savannah, while stabilizing the trail that connects visitors to the most southern tip of mainland Canada – one of Point Pelee’s most iconic experiences. |
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| Rehabilitation of the Visitor Centre Theatre |
$980 K |
| Rehabilitate the current Visitor Centre Theatre including the replacement of the roof and redesign the exterior landscaping to address drainage and foundation issues while improving visitor flow around the building. The audio-visual equipment will be upgraded enabling Point Pelee National Park to maintain its current menu of programs while providing opportunities for new program development. |
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| Restoring Point Pelee National Park’s Savannah |
$3 M |
| In partnership with Royal Military College of Canada, investigate DDT (dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane) remediation techniques. Integrate and action Yellow-Breasted Chat habitat management. Restore the Woodland habitats associated with Lake Erie Sandspit Savannah. Continue re-introduction of disturbance regimes onto the landscape, address invasive exotic species, and restore representative native vegetation. |
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| Species at Risk Re-Introduction – Red Mulberry and Dwarf Hackberry |
$346 K |
| Point Pelee National Park provides protection for six Species at Risk trees, all with small remaining portions of their national distribution within Point Pelee National Park – Red Mulberry, Dwarf Hackberry, Butternut, Hoptree, Blue Ash and Kentucky Coffee-Tree. This project aims to address and mitigate genetic hybridization with other species, loss of habitat, grazing by hyper-abundant species, infestation and encroachment of invasive species and diseases in order to reverse the decline in population trends. |
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| Site Description: |
| A lush Carolinian forest oasis at the southern tip of Canada, Point Pelee National Park resounds with migrating song birds in the spring, hums with cicadas in the summer, flutters with Monarch butterflies in the fall and is a peaceful place of reflection in the winter. Located 50 km (30 miles) south-east of Windsor, Ontario, Point Pelee National Park of Canada is one of Canada's smallest national parks, and yet this tiny green oasis attracts over 250,000 visitors each year. |
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| * Please note that the sum of individual project values may not equal the grand total indicated at the top of this document due to standard rounding errors. |
