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Algonquin Provincial Park is an Ontario provincial park located between Georgian Bay and the Ottawa River, mostly within the Unorganized South Part of Nipissing District. Established in 1893, it is the oldest provincial park in Canada. [3] Additions since its creation have increased the park to its current size of about 7,653 km 2 (2,955 sq mi ...
The Brent crater is an impact crater in both the geographic township of Deacon, Unorganized South Nipissing District and the municipal township of Papineau-Cameron in Nipissing District, northeastern Ontario, Canada, [1] located north of Cedar Lake in northern Algonquin Provincial Park.
The Algonquins of Ontario Settlement Area covers 36,000 square kilometers of land under Aboriginal title in eastern Ontario, home to more than 1.2 million people. [1]The Algonquins of Ontario comprise the First Nations of Pikwakanagan, Bonnechere, Greater Golden Lake, Kijicho Manito Madaouskarini (Bancroft), Mattawa/North Bay, Ottawa, Shabot Obaadjiwan (Sharbot Lake), Snimikobi (Ardoch) and ...
Canoe Lake is a major access point for many canoeists entering Algonquin Park as well as being home to many cottages. Important to note is that Canoe Lake is situated on the traditional territory of the Anishinaabeg, specifically the Chippewa, Ojibwa and Potawatomi peoples, under the terms of the Robinson-Huron Treaty #61 of 1850, and the ...
In 1985, the park was officially created with an original area of 382 hectares (940 acres), and enlarged in 1995 to 507 hectares (1,250 acres) by the addition of 125 hectares (310 acres) around the Oxtongue River Bog Forest. [5] [13] The Oxtongue River-Ragged Falls Provincial Park is an operating park, meaning that permits are needed for day use.
Rock Lake is a lake located in Algonquin Provincial Park in Haliburton County, Ontario, Canada. [1]Rock Lake features a campground with 121 sites at the north end of the lake which is accessible from Highway 60 via a gravel road. [3]
The Ontario Parks system began in 1893 with the creation of Algonquin Park, originally designed to protect loggers' interests from settlement. The management and creation of provincial parks came under the Department of Lands and Forests in 1954 and led to a period of accelerated park creation: a ninefold increase in the number of parks over the next six years.
[1] [3] [4] It is the largest lake in Algonquin Provincial Park [5] and the source of the Opeongo River. The lake's name comes from the Algonquian word opeauwingauk meaning "sandy narrows". It has three arms, North, East and South, joined by narrows into a Y shape.