Fathom Five National Marine Park
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| Fathom Five National Marine Park | |
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| IUCN Category II (National Park) | |
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| Location: | Ontario, Canada |
| Nearest city: | Tobermory, Ontario |
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| Area: | 112 km² |
| Established: | 1987 |
| Governing body: | Parks Canada |
Located at the mouth of Georgian Bay in Ontario, Canada Fathom Five National Marine Park is a largely underwater national park that seeks to protect and display shipwrecks and lighthouses. The many shipwrecks make it a popular scuba diving destination, and glass bottom boat tours leave Tobermory, Ontario regularly, allowing tourists to see the shipwrecks without having to get wet.
The park is near Bruce Peninsula National Park, in fact, many visitors will camp at the Bruce and use it as a base to explore Fathom Five and the surrounding area during the day.
The park also contains numerous islands; the most picturesque (and thus most visited) is Flowerpot Island, which has rough camping facilities, marked trails, and its namesake flowerpots, outlying stacks of escarpment cliff that stand a short distance from the island, most with vegetation (including trees) still growing on them.
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[edit] Visitors' Centre
In 2006, a new visitors' centre opened to serve Fathom Five National Marine Park and the Bruce Peninsula National Park. Designed by Andrew Frontini of Shore Tilbe Irwin + Partners, the CAD $7.82 million centre, approached by a boardwalk, features an information centre, reception area, exhibit hall and theatre. A 20 metre viewing tower was also constructed to provide visitors with aireal views of the surrounding park and Georgian Bay. The centre was designed with environmental sustainability in mind, receiving $224,000 from the Federal House in Order initiative for implementation of innovative greenhouse gas reduction technology.[1]
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- ^ [Canada Newswire; Parks Canada hosts opening ceremony for a new visitor centre at Fathom Five National Marine Park of Canada and Bruce Peninsula National Park of Canada; August 16, 2006]
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