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Rattray Marsh Conservation Area
Map showing the location of Rattray Marsh Conservation Area
Map showing the location of Rattray Marsh Conservation Area
Location within Ontario
LocationMississauga, Ontario, Canada
Coordinates43°31′03″N 79°36′27″W / 43.5174°N 79.6076°W / 43.5174; -79.6076
Area36 hectares (89 acres)
Established1971

Rattray Marsh Conservation Area, usually Rattray Marsh, is a conservation area in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. The 190-hectare (470-acre) conservation area was opened on 20 June 1962 by Wilf Spooner and the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority.[1][2] It is located on the western end of King Township, overlapping the Oak Ridges Moraine. The Government of Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources classifies the area as a provincially significant Area of Natural and Scientific Interest (Life Science) for its "provincially or regionally significant representative ecological features".[3][4] The area was also a site classified for the International Biological Program.[5] The Life Science area, known as Cold Creek Swamp,[6] is composed of a swamp[7] and forest.

Cold Creek has hiking trails that cover the Oak Ridges Moraine and a boreal peat bog, among others. At least 110 species of birds have been observed at Cold Creek.[8] Nest boxes are distributed throughout the conservation area to house birds and bats.

References

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  1. ^ "About TRCA". Toronto and Region Conservation Authority. Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2007-07-26.
  2. ^ Richardson, Arthur Herbert (1974). The History of the Conservation Movement in Ontario to 1970. University of Toronto Press. ISBN 0802033296.
  3. ^ "Natural Areas Report: COLD CREEK CONSERVATION AREA (ANSI)". Government of Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources. Retrieved 2007-07-26. [dead link]
  4. ^ "Ontario Natural Area Types". Government of Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources. Archived from the original on 2007-08-12. Retrieved 2007-07-26.
  5. ^ "Natural Areas Report: COLD CREEK CONSERVATION AREA (IBP)". Government of Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources. Retrieved 2007-07-26. [dead link]
  6. ^ "Natural Areas Report: COLD CREEK SWAMP (Life Science)". Government of Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources. Retrieved 2007-08-01. [dead link]
  7. ^ "Natural Areas Report: COLD CREEK SWAMP (Wetland)". Government of Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources. Retrieved 2007-08-01. [dead link]
  8. ^ Milsom, David and Barry Wallace. "Birds at Cold Creek". Cold Creek Conservation Area. Archived from the original on 2007-09-29. Retrieved 2007-07-26.

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Category:Natural areas in King, Ontario Category:Conservation areas in Ontario Category:Areas of Natural and Scientific Interest Category:Oak Ridges Moraine Category:Protected areas established in 1962 Category:1962 establishments in Ontario