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Rouge Park is a park located in the Rouge River watershed, along the border of Toronto and Pickering, Ontario, Canada. Efforts are underway to make it Canada's first national park within an urban area. The lands now in the park were once home to resorts and cottages from the late 19th century to the 1950s. ==Overview== Established in 1995 by the Province of Ontario, the park consists of 50 square kilometres (12,356 acres) of parkland, in Toronto, Pickering, Markham and Stouffville. The park protects 12% of the Rouge River watershed, with park lands also protecting small parts of the Petticoat Creek and Duffins Creek watershed, to the East. The Rouge River remains the healthiest river that flows through Toronto. Ecological preservation and restoration were needed. Preservation of near-urban agriculture is the park's main objective, though a recent decision to end leases for over of farmland has generated considerable controversy. Rouge is the largest nature park within a core of a metropolitan area in North America. It stretches from Lake Ontario in the south, north to the post-glacial Oak Ridges Moraine in York Region. The park is open with free admission to visitors year-round. Camping fees at seasonal campground apply. There are 12 km of rustic hiking trails in the Toronto part of the park. In Toronto, the park is accessible by public transport by TTC buses, and GO transit trains and buses. The Rouge Valley in the southern portion near Lake Ontario rises to 100m, but at the source the river valley rises to under 300m in height. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rouge Park」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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