Wda Landscape Park

Wda Landscape Park is a protected area in north-central Poland, established in 1993. Covering an area of, the park takes its name from the Wda river.
The park lies within Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship: in Świecie County and Tuchola County. Within the Landscape Park are five nature reserves.
The park forms the buffer zone of the Tuchola [Forest Biosphere Reserve], designated under the UNESCO Man and the Biosphere Programme in 2010. The core area of the Biosphere Reserve consists of Tuchola [Forest National Park] and the nature reserves lying within the Landscape Parks of the buffer zone.

History

After the construction of the hydroelectric power plant in Żur in 1930, as a result of damming the Wda and flooding the estuary sections of its tributaries, the Żur Reservoir with an area of 440 ha was created. This resulted in a rise in the water level and a connection of the Wda river with two flooded depressions of the area, i.e. the present lakes Wierzchy, [Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship|Wierzchy] and Mukrza. In this way, numerous picturesque islands were created in the Zalew Żurski. The most famous of them is Madeira.