Blue Creek Metropark is a park and

conservation area Protected areas or conservation areas are locations which receive protection because of their recognized natural, ecological or cultural values. There are several kinds of protected areas, which vary by level of protection depending on the ena ...

Whitehouse Whitehouse may refer to: People * Charles S. Whitehouse (1921-2001), American diplomat * Cornelius Whitehouse (1796–1883), English engineer and inventor * E. Sheldon Whitehouse (1883-1965), American diplomat * Elliott Whitehouse (born 1993), ...

and Waterville Township, Ohio, owned by

Metroparks Toledo Metroparks Toledo, officially the Metropolitan Park District of the Toledo Area, is a public park district consisting of parks, nature preserves, a botanical garden, trail network and historic battlefield in Lucas County, Ohio. Founded during t ...

and partially leased to the city of Whitehouse. The rustic area has a parking lot and a one-mile loop trail leading to a wetland and a quarry pond. Fishing is permitted in the pond. A temporary restroom is located in the parking lot.Blue Creek Conservation Area -Metroparks of the Toledo Area
The park has exposed

glacial striations Glacial striations or striae are scratches or gouges cut into bedrock by glacial abrasion. These scratches and gouges were first recognized as the result of a moving glacier in the late 18th century when Swiss alpinists first associated them ...

dating back 12,000 years, formed when glaciers pushed granite over limestone. Blue_Creek_Metropark_exposed_glacial_striations

History

In the 18th century, the

Wyandot Wyandot may refer to: Native American ethnography * Wyandot people, also known as the Huron * Wyandot language * Wyandot religion Places * Wyandot, Ohio, an unincorporated community * Wyandot County, Ohio * Camp Wyandot, a Camp Fire Boys and ...

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, and Chippewa lived on the land. By the 19th century, it was being used for quarrying

limestone Limestone ( calcium carbonate ) is a type of carbonate sedimentary rock which is the main source of the material lime. It is composed mostly of the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different crystal forms of . Limestone forms whe ...

. This was the case until Toledo purchased the property in 1917 as the location of the Toledo House of Corrections, which was used until 1991. In 2019 the

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installed a

seismometer A seismometer is an instrument that responds to ground noises and shaking such as caused by earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and explosions. They are usually combined with a timing device and a recording device to form a seismograph. The outpu ...

at the park to monitor the Bowling Green Fault Line.

References

External links

Metroparks ToledoPark Map
Protected areas of Lucas County, Ohio Parks in Ohio Metroparks Toledo {{NorthwestOH-geo-stub