A land once supposed to be a garbage dump, highway, and subdivision is slated to revitalize the economy of GTA’s eastern reaches as Canada’s first near-urban national park. Rouge Park, which borders Scarborough, Pickering, and Markham, is to be expanded into a 15,000-acre wilderness, befitting national park standards through the federal government’s help.
A land once supposed to be a garbage dump, highway, and subdivision, is slated to revitalize the economy of GTA’s eastern reaches as Canada’s first near-urban national park.
Rouge Park, which borders Scarborough, Pickering, and Markham, will be expanded into a 15,000-acre wilderness, befitting national park standards through the federal government’s help.
Scarborough’s backyard, just a quick drive from Toronto’s skyscrapers, could soon be Canada’s first true urban national park. The Conservative Party, if re-elected, would establish a new national park in the Rouge Valley, according to its campaign platform.