{{Short description|Conservation authority in Ontario, Canada}} The '''Long Point Region Conservation Authority''' is a [[Conservation authority (Ontario)|conservation authority]] which oversees the watersheds in the Long Point Region of [[Ontario, Canada]]. The Long Point Region watershed encompasses over 30 creeks and tributaries that flow into [[Lake Erie]], near [[Long Point, Ontario|Long Point]].<ref name=LpcaExecSum2008-01/>
Watercourses that flow through the region include [[Big Otter Creek]], [[Big Creek (Lake Erie)|Big Creek]], [[Lynn River]] and [[Nanticoke Creek (Ontario)|Nanticoke Creek]].<ref name=LpcaExecSum2008-01/>
The region includes remnants of the [[Carolinian forest]] that once covered much of southern Ontario.<ref name=LpcaExecSum2008-01/><ref name=Spec2014-08-23/>
==Conservation areas== *[[Backus Heritage Conservation Area]] *[[Deer Creek Conservation Area]] *[[Haldimand Conservation Area]] *[[Norfolk Conservation Area]] *[[Waterford North Conservation Area]]
==References==
{{Reflist|refs= <ref name=LpcaExecSum2008-01> {{cite news |url = https://www.sourcewater.ca/en/source-protection-areas/resources/Documents/Long_Point/LongPoint_Reports_Characterization_ES.pdf |title = Executive Summary: Long Point Conservation Area |work = [[Long Point Conservation Area]] |date = January 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181215224147/https://www.sourcewater.ca/en/source-protection-areas/resources/Documents/Long_Point/LongPoint_Reports_Characterization_ES.pdf |archive-date = 2018-12-15 |access-date = 2018-12-12 |url-status = live |quote = Big Creek is the largest watershed in the Long Point Region with a total area of 750 square kilometres. The creek flows south through Delhi, where North Creek joins it. Venison Creek joins downstream of Walsingham before Big Creek enters Lake Erie near Port Rowan. }} </ref>
<ref name=Spec2014-08-23> {{cite news |url = https://www.thespec.com/living-story/4768188-paddling-down-a-lazy-river-by-kayak/ |title = Paddling down a lazy river — by kayak |work = [[Hamilton Spectator]] |author = John Kernaghan |date = 2014-08-23 |location = [[Paris, Ontario]] |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161101211810/http://www.thespec.com/living-story/4768188-paddling-down-a-lazy-river-by-kayak/ |archive-date = 2016-11-01 |access-date = 2018-12-11 |url-status = live |quote = It takes about 12 hours to travel the 40 kilometres of Big Creek, which passes through two conservation areas and the Big Creek Wildlife area near Port Rowan on Lake Erie. }} </ref>
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<ref name=Issues> [http://longpointbiosphere.com/Publications/FOLIO/chap13/chpt13.htm Water Quality of Long Point Bay: Issues and Areas of Concern for Planning and Management] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101220020441/http://longpointbiosphere.com/Publications/FOLIO/chap13/chpt13.htm |date=2010-12-20 }}, Anne Marie Downey, Silvia Radovich and Patrick Lawrence </ref>
<ref name=LprcaBig> {{cite news |url = http://www.lprca.on.ca/userfiles/files/IndividualParkMaps/BigCreek_Canoe_Route_2010.pdf |title = Big Creek Canoe Route 2010 |work = [[Long Point Region Conservation Authority]] |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181215222432/http://www.lprca.on.ca/userfiles/files/IndividualParkMaps/BigCreek_Canoe_Route_2010.pdf |archive-date = 2018-12-15 |access-date = 2017-07-21 |url-status = live }} </ref>
<ref name=Lprca> {{cite news |url = http://www.lprca.on.ca/pages/1357930924/Our-Watershed |title = Our Watershed |work = [[Long Point Region Conservation Authority]] |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170725065835/http://www.lprca.on.ca/pages/1357930924/Our-Watershed |archive-date = 2017-07-25 |access-date = 2017-07-21 |url-status = live }} </ref> --> }}
==External links== *{{official|https://www.lprca.on.ca/}} {{Ontario parks}} [[Category:Long Point Region Conservation Authority| ]] [[Category:Conservation authorities in Ontario]]