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Longwoods Road
Conservation Area is a 63 hectare (155 acre) park acquired by the Lower
Thames Valley Conservation Authority in 1964. (see
conservation areas fees schedule)
Directions: From Delaware follow
County Road 2 (Longwoods Road) west. Longwoods Road is located at 8348
Longwoods Road (County Rd. 2),
Approximately 32
km west of London, 6.5 km west of Delaware and 10 km east of Melbourne (see
watershed map).
Coordinates: Lat/Long 42.874,
-81.476 UTM 461140, 4746990
Features: Features and programs
at the Longwoods Road Conservation Area are enjoyed by over 30,000
visitors (including over 10,000 students) annually
(see main page for features)
In 1972, the Ska-Nah-Doht Village, located within Longwoods Road Conservation Area was
constructed. It features a village reflective of the Native settlements
found along the river close to 1,000 years ago. This village, created
with the information gathered by archaeologists and First Nation
peoples, offers tours, workshops and an opportunity to see how First
Nations
people once lived. It is also a popular attraction for local residents
and tourists alike. Amazingly in the 1980’s, archaeologists excavated 2
actual First Nations settlements at Longwoods, dating back to the same time
period depicted through Ska-Nah-Doht. Artifacts from these ‘digs’ are
housed and displayed at the Museum located in the Resource Centre which
also has a souvenir gift shop and washrooms.
  
Conservation education and native studies programs for school classes,
girl guides, boy scouts and
other groups are available (nearly 200,000 students have participated in
the Longwoods Road Conservation Area education experience since 1980).
The Longwoods education programs are truly unique programs in the
watershed with the Resource Centre at Longwoods Road being the only
interpretive facility of its kind in the region. Special events are held
throughout the year (Longwoods Road is the site of the annual
Re-enactment of the Battle of Longwoods - War 1812. Five
kilometres of marked hiking, cross-country skiing and snowshoeing trails,
wheelchair accessible buildings and nature trails, marsh boardwalk, day
use pavilion and barbecue for group picnics, snowshoe rental for schools
and organized groups, three group camping areas – with hydro, firewood,
serviced washrooms and water, log cabins for group programs, parking.
Contact us for school and group bookings, group camping and pavilion
reservations, tours, hours, fees, special events. Longwoods and Ska-Nah-Doht have seen visitors from around the world, traveling from
over 24 countries! The Lower Thames Valley Conservation Foundation helps
to support the education programs.
  
Natural Features: Provincially
significant wetland, Carolinian forest and ravine system, Caradoc Sand
Plain (a deposit of sand and gravel left from the delta in glacial Lake
Whittlesey). |
