Ferris Provincial Park, Provincial park in Northumberland County, Canada
Ferris Provincial Park covers 1.98 km² beside the Trent River in Campbellford, Ontario. It has 10 km of hiking and mountain biking trails and a suspension bridge over Ranney Gorge. Two campground areas hold 163 car-camping sites, and a boat launch gives access to the Trent River.
Provincial authorities established the park in 1962 after acquiring land from James Marshall Ferris, naming it in his honor. Additional territory from Cock Farm was added in 1969, expanding the protected area.
The park's name honours James Marshall Ferris, whose family owned the land before the province bought it in 1960. The suspension bridge over Ranney Gorge was built by the RCAF's 8 Wing from CFB Trenton between 2002 and 2004, a piece of military construction that visitors cross on foot today.
The park lies beside the Trent River in Campbellford, with 10 km of hiking and mountain biking trails and a suspension bridge over Ranney Gorge. Camping is for tents to trailers; the two campground areas hold 163 sites according to the English source, while the Ukrainian source gives 150. There is no official river access, and entering the Trent riverbed without authorization is an offence.
The Ranney Gorge suspension bridge was built from 2002 to 2004 by 8 Wing, the Royal Canadian Air Force unit based at CFB Trenton, as a training project. It carries hikers over the gorge on the Trent River; the park's 10 km trail network also serves mountain bikers.
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