Whitney Lakes Provincial Park
Last Review/Updated: May 10, 2002
This park contains an intriguing mosaic of land forms, including eskers, sand hills, hummocky terrain, and lake basins, on which several types of vegetation have developed: jack pine stands, meadows, aspen groves, willow thickets, marshes, fens and mixedwood forests.
Of 148 bird species recorded here, 62 frequent lakes and wetlands; these include great blue herons, pied-billed grebes and yellow-headed blackbirds. Whooping cranes and numerous ducks and geese have been observed during migration. Borden Lake and the bays on the west side of Laurier Lake are excellent points from which to view such birds.
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Seventeen species of warblers and vireos inhabit the mixedwood forests and aspen groves, including the Connecticut warbler. Look for Tennessee warblers, northern flickers and least chipmunks in the jack pine forests, and common snipes, palm warblers and swamp sparrows in the fens. The marshes are home to wood frogs, muskrats and mink.
The four major lakes in the park contain yellow perch, northern pike and walleye.
