Zoo
Riverview Park & Zoo
🇨🇦 Canada
🦒 Zoo or wildlife park, Canada 29 spp. present
The Riverview Park & Zoo is a park and zoo located in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada. It was founded in 1933 by Ross Dobbin, general manager of the Peterborough Utilities Commission. In 1968, the commission took over its operations. The zoo was accredited in 1985 and remains the only free admission accredited zoo in Canada. Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
44.343° N 78.309° W
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Entrance
Free
Tourism
High
Species present
29
speciesOpened
1933
Size
Large
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🦒 Animals in captivity
Before you go
Where is Riverview Park & Zoo?
Canada
Riverview Park & Zoo is a zoo or wildlife park in Canada. Its coordinates are 44.343° N, 78.309° W. The nearest national park in our atlas is Point Pelee National Park, about 431 km away.
What animals can you see at Riverview Park & Zoo?
29 species
Citizen-science photos record 29 species at Riverview Park & Zoo, including Slender-tailed Meerkat, Wild Turkey, Common Squirrel Monkey, Domestic Bactrian Camel and Emu. Those with a page of their own in our atlas show the odds of seeing them in the wild.
Where can you see the animals of Riverview Park & Zoo in the wild?
Slender-tailed Meerkat: Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park
Some of the animals photographed at Riverview Park & Zoo also live in the parks and cities we cover: Slender-tailed Meerkat (about 40% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park), Wild Turkey (about 60% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Point Pelee National Park) and Common Squirrel Monkey (about 20% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Anavilhanas National Park).
Does Riverview Park & Zoo charge an entrance fee?
Free
The open map data for Riverview Park & Zoo lists it as free to enter. It does not include ticket prices or any change since it was last edited, so check the official website before you go.
When did Riverview Park & Zoo open and how big is it?
Opened 1933, 20 ha
Riverview Park & Zoo, a zoo or wildlife park in Canada, opened in 1933 and covers about 20 ha, according to Wikidata and OpenStreetMap. Today 29 species are photographed there.
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Sources: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) · Wikidata (CC0) · iNaturalist observers · Wikipedia (CC BY-SA) · the centre's official website