Wheatley Provincial Park

{{short description|Provincial park in Ontario, Canada}}

{{Infobox protected area

| name = Wheatley Provincial Park

| iucn_category = II

| iucn_ref = {{cite web|author=UNEP-WCMC|author-link=World Conservation Monitoring Centre|title=Protected Area Profile for Wheatley Provincial Park|publisher=World Database on Protected Areas|url=https://www.protectedplanet.net/19931|access-date=2024-11-02}}

| photo = Wheatley-Marsh.jpg

| photo_caption = A park marsh at sundown

| photo_width = 280

| map = Canada Southern Ontario

| map_alt =

| map_caption = Location in Southern Ontario

| map_width =

| location = Chatham–Kent, Ontario, Canada

| nearest_city = Chatham

| coordinates = {{coords|42|05|24|N|82|26|50|W|region:CA-ON|notes={{cite cgndb|id= FDOLA|title=Wheatley Provincial Park|access-date= 2011-11-13}}|display=inline, title}}

| established = 1971{{cite web|url=http://protectedplanet.net/sites/Wheatley_Provincial_Park_Recreation|title=Wheatley Provincial Park - Recreation|work=Protected Planet|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140826120441/http://protectedplanet.net/sites/Wheatley_Provincial_Park_Recreation|archive-date=26 August 2014|url-status=dead}}

| visitation_num = 118,647

| visitation_year = 2022{{Cite web |last=Parks |first=Ontario |title=Ontario_Parks-Visitation-Statistics 2022 - Ministries |url=https://files.ontario.ca/moe_mapping/downloads/3Land/Parks/Ontario_Parks-Visitation_Statistics_2022.xlsx |access-date=2024-11-02 |website=data.ontario.ca}}

| governing_body = Ontario Parks

| url = {{url|www.ontarioparks.com/park/wheatley}}

| embedded = {{Infobox mapframe |wikidata=yes |zoom =12 |coord={{coord|42|05|24|N|82|26|50|W}}}}

}}

Wheatley Provincial Park is a protected area in the municipality of Chatham–Kent in Southwestern Ontario, Canada. It is located on Lake Erie near the community of Wheatley and occupies an area of {{Convert|241|ha|acre|0}}. Visitors to nearby Point Pelee National Park often camp at the park.

A number of small creeks flow through the park which provide opportunities for canoeing and viewing waterfowl, though over the past 10 years{{When|date=November 2011}} the inlet and creeks that dominate the park have mostly dried up.{{Citation needed|date=November 2011}} The park has four campgrounds: Boosey Creek, Highlands, Middle Creek and Two Creeks, offering both electrical and non-electrical campsites as well as group camping and radio-free camping.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ontarioparks.com/park/wheatley/camping|title=Welcome to Wheatley Provincial Park|website=www.ontarioparks.com|language=en|access-date=2018-02-26}}

Gallery

Image:Wheatley-Footbridge.jpg|A park footbridge

Image:Wheatley Provincial Park - Beach.jpg|A beach on Lake Erie

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