Point Pelee National Park

Point Pelee National Park - Quiz

1. What moderates the climate of Point Pelee National Park?

A) Proximity to the Atlantic Ocean
B) High altitude
C) The moderating effects of Lake Erie
D) Desert conditions

2. Which Carolinian faunal species can be found in Point Pelee National Park?

A) Fox snake and five-lined skink
B) Kangaroo and koala
C) Grizzly bear and moose
D) Polar bear and arctic fox

3. How many different species of migratory birds have been recorded in Point Pelee National Park?

A) 100 different species
B) About 347–360 different species
C) 750 different species
D) 500 different species

4. How many waterfowl and shorebird species are recorded in Point Pelee National Park?

A) 200 species
B) 50 species
C) 300 species
D) 102 species

5. What rank did Dominic Couzen give to Point Pelee on his Top 100 Birding Sites of the World?

A) #66
B) #90
C) #25
D) #10

6. Which animal is mentioned as being present within Point Pelee National Park besides birds and snakes?

A) Lions
B) Elephants
C) Coyotes
D) Kangaroos

7. How many different habitats are there in Point Pelee National Park?

A) Eight
B) Three
C) Ten
D) Six

8. Name one of the six habitats found in Point Pelee National Park.

A) Savanna
B) Tundra
C) Taiga
D) Desert

9. How many native plant species are contained within Point Pelee National Park?

A) 500
B) 200
C) More than 750
D) 1000

10. How many plant species in the park are considered rare, endangered or threatened in Canada?

A) 3 species
B) 8 species
C) 50 species
D) 15 species

11. What designation does Middle Island near Point Pelee have?

A) Protected Wildlife Reserve
B) World Heritage Site
C) Area of Natural and Scientific Interest (ANSI)
D) National Monument

12. How many species at risk are found on Middle Island?

A) Twenty species
B) Nine species
C) Five species
D) Fifteen species

13. Where is the highest diversity of vegetation in the marsh located?

A) On the dry forest areas
B) In the center of the marsh
C) Along the edge of the marsh ponds and in transitional zones
D) In the freshwater lakes

14. How many different vegetation communities dominate in the marsh at Point Pelee?

A) Four
B) Six
C) Two
D) Eight

15. What type of formation is Point Pelee National Park?

A) A sandspit
B) A mountain range
C) An island
D) A peninsula

16. What is the maximum thickness of Point Pelee's sandspit?

A) 100 metres (328 ft)
B) 50 metres (164 ft)
C) 30 metres (98 ft)
D) 70 metres (230 ft)

17. What is the total area of Point Pelee National Park?

A) 1,800 hectares (4,448 acres)
B) 1,200 hectares (2,965 acres)
C) 2,000 hectares (4,942 acres)
D) 1,564 hectares (3,860 acres)

18. What percentage of Point Pelee National Park is marsh?

A) 80%
B) 60%
C) 50%
D) 70%

19. Which plant dominates the marshes in Point Pelee National Park?

A) Cattails
B) Grasses
C) Ferns
D) Reeds

20. What percentage of Point Pelee is covered by forested areas?

A) 25%
B) 15%
C) 30%
D) 21%

21. During which ice age was the till plain at Point Pelee formed?

A) Pleistocene
B) Illinoian
C) Holocene
D) Wisconsonian

22. What geological feature did the Wisconsonian ice advance and retreat over to form Point Pelee?

A) A granite plateau
B) A submerged limestone ridge
C) A volcanic crater
D) An alluvial plain

23. What type of soil is found in the mineral soils of Point Pelee National Park?

A) Eastport sand
B) Clay soil
C) Peaty soil
D) Loamy soil

24. What is the name of the southernmost point in Canada located south of Point Pelee?

A) Middle Island
B) Far Point
C) South Point
D) End Island

25. How much area does Middle Island cover?

A) Approximately 18.5 hectares (46 acres)
B) Approximately 30 hectares (74 acres)
C) Approximately 25 hectares (62 acres)
D) Approximately 10 hectares (25 acres)

26. What type of vegetation predominantly covers Middle Island?

A) Grassland
B) Desert
C) Marshland
D) Forested

27. In which county is Point Pelee National Park located?

A) York County
B) Halton County
C) Durham County
D) Essex County

28. What does the French word 'pelée' mean?

A) 'Peninsula'
B) 'Bald'
C) 'Rocky'
D) 'Point'

29. When was Point Pelee National Park established?

A) 1934
B) 1923
C) 1918
D) 1905

30. Which organization recommended that Point Pelee be made a national park in 1915?

A) Audubon Society
B) Nature Conservancy of Canada
C) Canadian Wildlife Federation
D) Great Lakes Ornithological Club

31. Who was Canada's first Dominion Ornithologist who recommended Point Pelee as a national park?

A) John Muir
B) Jack Miner
C) Percy A. Taverner
D) Alexander McKee

32. When was Point Pelee designated as a Ramsar site?

A) 15 March 1995
B) 22 September 1978
C) 12 July 2001
D) 27 May 1987

33. What is the southernmost point of mainland Canada?

A) Cape Spear
B) Cape Breton Island
C) Point Pelee
D) Cape Hatteras

34. Which First Nation people inhabited Point Pelee and were not signatories of the treaty ceding land to the Crown?

A) Ojibwe First Nation
B) Anishinaabe First Nation
C) Mohawk First Nation
D) Caldwell First Nation Chippewa

35. In what year did commercial fishing end in Point Pelee National Park?

A) 1969
B) 1983
C) 1990
D) 1975

36. When was duck hunting ended at Point Pelee National Park?

A) 1989
B) 1978
C) 2000
D) 1995

37. What designation did Point Pelee receive in 2006?

A) Geopark
B) World Heritage Site
C) Dark-sky preserve
D) Biosphere Reserve

38. Who named the site 'Pointe-Pelée' and why?

A) American explorers, because of its unique shape.
B) Aboriginal people, as it resembled a local animal.
C) French explorers, because it was rocky with no trees on its eastern side.
D) British settlers, due to its strategic location for trade.

39. What type of climate does Point Pelee National Park have?

A) Mediterranean climate
B) Humid continental climate (Dfa under the Köppen climate classification)
C) Tropical rainforest climate
D) Arid desert climate

40. In what year did Point Pelee National Park appear on a $1.20 postage stamp?

A) 2005
B) 1983
C) 1999
D) 2018

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