Category Archives: Murphys Point

This Place Rocks!

Murphys Point is renowned for the Silver Queen Mine, where mica, feldspar and apatite were extracted in its heyday in the early 1900s. Well now folks who are intrigued after visiting this wonder or one of the many events of our 2012 Heritage … Continue reading

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Name Our Ratsnake!

The captive Gray Ratsnake housed at the Visitor Centre at Murphys Point has been educating and delighting park visitors for years, but he’s never been given a name! We invite YOU to help name him! By the end of the … Continue reading

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Park’s Management Plan Process Begins

Ontario Parks (Ministry of Natural Resources) invites you to participate in management planning for Murphys Point Provincial Park.  The attached notice describes the stages of the planning process, starting with a 45-day comment period which ends on Monday, March 12, … Continue reading

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