Netley Creek Provincial Park, Provincial park in St. Andrews, Manitoba, Canada
Netley Creek Provincial Park covers 1.524 ha on the west shore of the Red River at the mouth of Netley Creek, north of Selkirk. It gives access to the creek, the river and the adjacent Netley-Libau Marsh, and lies in the Gimli ecodistrict of the Interlake Plain. Much of the park has been allowed to return to natural vegetation.
Netley Creek Provincial Park was designated a provincial park in 1974. It covers 1.524 ha at the mouth of Netley Creek on the west shore of the Red River. Because spring flooding of the Red River increasingly damaged park infrastructure and neighbouring cottage leases, Manitoba adopted a policy allowing much of the park to return to natural vegetation.
The park sits at the mouth of Netley Creek where it enters the Red River, giving boaters a launch point to the creek and the adjacent Netley-Libau Marsh. The marsh is noted in the sources as a destination for birdwatchers, and the surrounding countryside is a mosaic of farmland and natural vegetation.
The park is open year-round and works best for hiking and bird watching. Visitors should wear comfortable shoes since the ground conditions vary by season, especially in the wetter months.
Two water systems meet at this spot and create a natural junction where different habitats overlap. This results in a wide variety of fish and water creatures that you can observe here.
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