| Pinery Provincial Park | |
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 Park Entrance Sign on Highway 21 | |
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| Location | Ontario, Canada |
| Nearest city | Grand Bend, Ontario |
| Coordinates | 43°15′36″N 81°49′40″W / 43.259958°N 81.827821°W |
| Area | 2,532 hectares (6,260 acres) |
| Established | 1957 |
| Visitors | Greater than 500,000 |
| Governing body | Ontario Parks |
Pinery Provincial Park is a provincial park located on Lake Huron near Grand Bend, Ontario. It occupies an area of 25.32 square kilometres (6,260 acres). It is a natural environment-class Provincial Park created to help preserve oak savannah and the beach dune ecology. It has 1,275 sites of which 404 have electrical hookups. These include the yurt camping area and the group camping sites.
The initial package of land for the park was purchased from the Canada Company in 1957.[1] In 1966, the park saw a 433-acre addition, adding 200 campsites to the park's existing 1,075 to accommodate the growth of the park patronage, which had reached peaks of 1,500 campers per day, causing many to be packed into overflow areas.[2] Visitors to Pinery Provincial Park may access free wireless internet at the Visitor Centre provided by the Friends of Pinery Park.[3]
- ^ "Grand Bend - Our Stories, Our Voice". Virtual Museum.ca. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
- ^ Iden, Ralph (May 10, 1966). "Roberts Outlines Growth Details". The Windsor Star. Retrieved 19 August 2011.
- ^ Boisson, Lily (August 7, 2011). "More provincial parks embracing wireless internet". CBC.ca. Retrieved 19 August 2011.