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Welcome to Bishop Park
Bishop Park was established in the early 1900's by conservationist Samuel Bishop in order to study the abundance of flora and fauna residing in the county of Hanstpire, Nova Scotia. The area was well known for being a great place to raise crops and livestock and was home to a wide range of staple Nova Scotia creatures. Many common species thought to be exclusive to other areas can also be found here in the park which means this is an interesting and unique ecosystem. There are also a wide range of species that are completely unique to Bishop Park and the Hantspire area which is another one of the reasons the park was originally established.
Before becoming a park, the area was sparsely populated by farmers. For those who made there way inland this far, they were rewarded with bountiful crops from the rich soil. Due to being far from major villages and cities, there is little known about the early history of the area that would become Hantspire and Bishop Park. Those who lived in the area often did not leave any records of their lives except what remains of their houses and farmland. It wasn't until Lord Hantspire built his home in what would later become the Village of Hantspire that the area became more well known.
Bishop Park is all but forgotten now. It sees less than a hundred visitors each year according to Facebook Check-In statistics and many Nova Scotians only vaguely recall the name. The area is still just as lush and rich as it was in the past with no reported cases of extinction or environmental disaster. Amazingly, the fire at the Bishop Park Research Centre in 1980 left minimal scarring on the local area with little to no evidence remaining. As the park was removed from environmental protections by the Canadian Government, it is no longer regularly monitored by conservation officers or the RCMP. The only ones paying attention are local residents and the staff at The Hantspire Environmental Research Station. Local park enthusiasts have long given up trying to convince the government to continue funding research in the area, with some taking it upon themselves to research and teach about the area.
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- Bishop Park
- Hantspire
- Hantspire Environmental Research Station
- Samuel Bishop
- Samuel Bishop Outpost
- Bishop Park Research Centre