This park is located at the tip of Point Pelee, a long Peninsula jutting abruptly into the southernmost tip of Canada's mainland, in the province of Ontario. It is on the same latitude as Rome and northem Caifornia and its climate is somewhat warmer than in the rest of Canada.
Many species found in the park are typical of southern areas.
The park sits atop a deposit of sand up to 7m thick which was lifted by glacial melt waters on a submerged limestone ridge. Over the centuries a thin but rich soil has formed, supporting a lush deciduous forest of such exotic spectes as shag bark hickory sassafras and hacknerry, one of Canada's few remaining stands of Canolinean forest. A boardwalk gives access to the marsh lands comprising much of the park. Reptiles and amph brans abound and several species no else where in Canada such as the fox snake and spotted turtle thrive. It is the home of easterm Canada's only lizard, the five-lined skink.