Saugeen Conservation was established in March of 1950. It was initiated through the efforts of the Town of Walkerton and surrounding watershed municipalities, in response to problems associated with flooding.
A wilderness area in Canada's largest city? That's right! Not too far from the skyscrapers of downtown Toronto, urban dwellers can see a different landscape where historic farms, century-old trees, peaceful meadows and lush wetlands await you at your transit stop. Rouge Park is over 40 km2, protecting two National Historic Sites and a variety of ecosystems joining the post-glacial Oak Ridges Moraine, roughly 50 km north of Toronto, and the City's biggest wetland, where the Rouge River empties into Lake Ontario.
Cedar Beach is a fantastic quick get-away for Toronto folks, even those with small motor scooters. The tent camping sites are clean, shaded, near the well maintained, well-lit bathrooms and beach. This is a great park with great staff,amenities and recreational activities including a peaceful night sleep.
*Please expand the under utilized south-east picnic area for more tent-only campsites (without water or electricity) for the busy, heavily booked week-ends.Read more
when we got there last year with our new trailer there had been a heavy rain and t storm our site was a wash out ,went to office and they had a backhoe and a few buckets of gravel and we had driest and levelest camp in camp ground now that's called customer service and that's a fact jackRead more