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Citing declining attendance, the Ministry of Natural Resources closed the day use facilities at Foy in 1994, along with seven other Ontario provincial parks. [3] For many years the Round Lake Ontario Ranger Program operated out of Foy park. The Ontario Ranger Program was suddenly cancelled completely by the Liberal Government in 2012. [4]
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.
M. MacGregor Point Provincial Park; Magnetawan River Provincial Park; Makobe-Grays River Provincial Park; Manitou Islands Provincial Nature Reserve; Mara Provincial Park (Ontario)
The list of provincial parks in the Canadian province of Ontario contains lists of more than 300 provincial parks in Ontario. These provincial parks are maintained by Ontario Parks. For a list of protected areas in Ontario, see the List of protected areas of Ontario. Northern Ontario. List of provincial parks of Northern Ontario; Southern Ontario
Rondeau Provincial Park is the second oldest provincial park in Ontario, Canada, having been established with an order in council on 8 September 1894. [3] The park is located in Southwestern Ontario , on an 8 km long crescentic sand spit extending into Lake Erie .
This is a list of provincial parks in Eastern Ontario. These provincial parks are maintained by Ontario Parks . For a list of other provincial parks in Ontario, see the List of provincial parks in Ontario .
Nagagamisis Provincial Park is a provincial park in Algoma District, Ontario, Canada. [2] It is located 32 kilometres (20 mi) north of Hornepayne , along Highway 631 . It protects a large piece of land surrounding Nagagamisis Lake, as well as long linear sections along the Foch and Nagagami Rivers.
Lake of the Woods Provincial Park is a provincial park in northwestern Ontario, Canada. It protects several islands in Lake of the Woods , in both Kenora and Rainy River Districts . [ 2 ] It was established in 1967 and expanded with 11,800 hectares (29,000 acres) in 1985. [ 4 ]