{"id":12138,"date":"2025-07-23T11:00:22","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T11:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/skybeaconnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/23\/exploring-canada-here-are-windsor-areas-must-visit-green-spaces\/"},"modified":"2025-07-23T15:29:35","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T15:29:35","slug":"exploring-canada-here-are-windsor-areas-must-visit-green-spaces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skybeaconnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/23\/exploring-canada-here-are-windsor-areas-must-visit-green-spaces\/","title":{"rendered":"Exploring Canada? Here are Windsor area’s must-visit green spaces"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Must-see destination: Visitors are shown at the sandy tip of Point Pelee National Park on Monday, July 21, 2025. Jutting out into Lake Erie, it is the most southern point of mainland Canada. \/Windsor Star<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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In Canada\u2019s southern-most region, the wilderness stays green for a lot longer than most of the Great White North \u2014 even if that wilderness is scarcer than just about anywhere else in the country.<\/p>\n

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The warm weather is a big reason outdoor adventurers flock to Windsor and Essex County for many months of the year, says Gordon Orr, CEO of both Tourism Windsor Essex Pelee Island and Invest WindsorEssex.<\/p>\n

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Much of the region is either urban or actively farmed, and it has one of the lowest tree covers in Ontario. But that makes the green spaces it does have more precious to residents and visitors alike.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt\u2019s a way to appreciate and celebrate the environment and your surroundings, to escape into and put on a nature lens,\u201d Orr told the Star<\/p>\n

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\u201cBecause we\u2019re the southernmost region in Canada, we\u2019re afforded a longer season for tourism, and for enjoying these nature walks. It starts with birding in April and particularly in May, and then goes right through the fall.<\/p>\n

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\u201cYou can enjoy the peace and tranquility, and the sights and the sounds of the world around us.\u201d<\/p>\n

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With a bit of sunblock and bug spray, visitors can spend days exploring beaches, woods, marshes and meadows with lower latitudes than several U.S. states.<\/p>\n

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Here are some must-visit natural areas in Windsor and Essex County:<\/p>\n

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    This uninhabited 86-acre island sits where Lake St. Clair funnels into the Detroit River. It\u2019s home to provincially significant wetlands, which attract numerous species of waterfowl.<\/p>\n

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    The ruins of whisky baron Hiram Walker\u2019s mansion \u2014 destroyed in a 1929 fire \u2014 are still visible on the island.<\/p>\n

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    In warmer months, the City of Windsor, which acquired the island in 1999, offers boat rides to and from Peche Island out of Lakeview Park Marina, about 330 metres away on the mainland. It\u2019s also possible to kayak and canoe over.<\/p>\n

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    Ojibway Prairie Complex<\/h3>\n

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    This collection of six natural areas located in west Windsor includes rare wetlands, forest, savanna and prairie habitats for more than 4,000 species, including 160 rare plants, insects, reptiles, birds, and mammals among them. The sites \u2014 Ojibway Park, Tallgrass Prairie Heritage Park, Black Oak Heritage Park, Spring Garden Natural Area, Oakwood Natural Area, and Ojibway Prairie Provincial Nature Reserve \u2014 have trails and span more than 350 hectares. Most of them are designated areas of natural and scientific interest, which is land scientifically identified as important to natural heritage, protection, scientific study, or education.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Must-see destination: Visitors are shown at the sandy tip of Point Pelee National Park on Monday, July 21, 2025. Jutting out into Lake Erie, it is the most southern point of mainland Canada. \/Windsor StarArticle contentIn Canada\u2019s southern-most region, the wilderness stays green for a lot longer than most of the Great White North \u2014 even if that wilderness is scarcer than just about anywhere else in the country.
    \nSign In or Create an Accountor View more offersArticle contentThe warm weather is a big reason outdoor adventurers flock to Windsor and Essex County for many months of the year, says Gordon Orr, CEO of both Tourism Windsor Essex Pelee Island and Invest WindsorEssex.
    \nArticle contentArticle content Story continues below This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Article contentMuch of the region is either urban or actively farmed, and it has one of the lowest tree covers in Ontario. But that makes the green spaces it does have more precious to residen..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":12420,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12138","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/skybeaconnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12138","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/skybeaconnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/skybeaconnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skybeaconnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skybeaconnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12138"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/skybeaconnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12138\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12425,"href":"https:\/\/skybeaconnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12138\/revisions\/12425"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skybeaconnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12420"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/skybeaconnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skybeaconnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skybeaconnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}