many cottages were still being built after the national park was created. after the wall street crash of 1929, no more land in the park was sold. the park had a development plan in the 1920s. a highway was supposed to be built in the park. beginning in the 1960s, a lot of people went to the park. point pelee became the national park that the most people went to. almost 781 000 people went to point pelee in 1963. because many people visited the park, a lot of the nature and wildlife was destroyed. the government of canada said that point pelee should not be a national park anymore because of this.