Little Abitibi Provincial Park
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Little Abitibi Provincial Park is a non-operating provincial park
66 kilometres north of Cochrane, Ontario
. It holds a network of small lakes which run into the Little Abitibi River
. The Little Abitibi River runs about 120 kilometres up into the Abitibi Canyon, where the Ontario Power Generation dams the river at Fraserdale
, an abandoned railway town
.
It was made famous in "The Blackfly Song", which concerned the construction of a dam on the Little Abitibi River
.
Provincial park
A provincial park is a park under the management of a provincial or territorial government in Canada.While provincial parks are not the same as national parks, their workings are very similar...
66 kilometres north of Cochrane, Ontario
Cochrane, Ontario
Cochrane is a town in northern Ontario, Canada. It is located east of Kapuskasing, northeast of Timmins, south of Moosonee, and north of Iroquois Falls. It is about a one-hour drive from Timmins, the major city of the region. It is the seat of Cochrane District...
. It holds a network of small lakes which run into the Little Abitibi River
Little Abitibi River
The Little Abitibi River is a river in northern Ontario. It runs about 120 kilometres up into the Abitibi Canyon, where Ontario Power Generation's Abitibi Canyon Generating Station dams the river at Fraserdale, an abandoned railway town....
. The Little Abitibi River runs about 120 kilometres up into the Abitibi Canyon, where the Ontario Power Generation dams the river at Fraserdale
Fraserdale, Ontario
Fraserdale is a small community and rail siding in Unorganized Cochrane, North Part in Cochrane District, Northern Ontario, Canada. It is located north of Timmins along the Ontario Northland Railway...
, an abandoned railway town
Railway town
A railway town is a settlement that originated or was greatly developed because of a railway station or junction at its site.In Victorian Britain, the spread of railways greatly affected the fate of many small towns...
.
It was made famous in "The Blackfly Song", which concerned the construction of a dam on the Little Abitibi River
Little Abitibi River
The Little Abitibi River is a river in northern Ontario. It runs about 120 kilometres up into the Abitibi Canyon, where Ontario Power Generation's Abitibi Canyon Generating Station dams the river at Fraserdale, an abandoned railway town....
.