Fish Point Provincial Park is a nature reserve on the southwest spit of Pelee Island, 25 kilometres from the mainland. Ontario Parks lists the park at 109.78 hectares, established in 1985.
Visitor facilities are limited to one small parking lot. Passenger and vehicle ferries leave Kingsville or Leamington on Lake Erie's north shore, and Ontario Parks says the crossing to Pelee Island takes about 90 minutes.
Fish Point protects a gently rolling, shallow-sand limestone plain in the Great Lakes lowlands. Ontario Parks highlights lacustrine nearshore features, including an excellent sandspit and dune system extending south into Lake Erie.
The reserve also has near-virgin southern deciduous forest with provincially rare plants, including prickly pear cactus and hop tree. Rare animals include fox snake, Lake Erie watersnake, and giant swallowtail butterfly.
Birding is central to the visit. Ontario Parks compares Fish Point to the famous Point Pelee spit nearby on the mainland and calls it an important stopover for migrating birds. Black-crowned night herons and other birds frequent a lagoon, and shorebirds are numerous.
The ferry requirement makes timing part of the visit, especially for birders targeting migration windows.
Plan around birding, migration timing, sandspit and dune observation, rare plant and animal awareness, lagoon and shoreline photography, ferry logistics, Pelee Island travel planning, and low-impact nature reserve visits.
Confirm ferry schedules, access, maps, parking, migration timing, sensitive species guidance, shoreline conditions, alerts, weather, lake conditions, and park rules through the official Ontario Parks source before travelling.
Non-operating park in Ontario Parks locator.
