Woodland Caribou Provincial Park
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Woodland Caribou Provincial Park is a provincial park
in northwestern Ontario
, Canada, west of Red Lake. It borders western Manitoba
, and is made up of Canadian Shield
and boreal
forest. Woodland Caribou Provincial Park is a wilderness park of 1,150,000 acres (450,000 hectares). The parks western boundary is shared with Atikaki Provincial Park and Nopiming Provincial Park
in the province of Manitoba.
Access to the park is via float plane or canoe. The park is noted as a wilderness canoe destination, with over 2000 km of waterways that weave a pattern between large interconnected lakes and rivers, including the Bloodvein and Gammon Rivers. Portages connect many of the common canoe routes. The park has many archeological sites containing many Ojibway pictographs.
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...
in northwestern Ontario
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
, Canada, west of Red Lake. It borders western Manitoba
Manitoba
Manitoba is a Canadian prairie province with an area of . The province has over 110,000 lakes and has a largely continental climate because of its flat topography. Agriculture, mostly concentrated in the fertile southern and western parts of the province, is vital to the province's economy; other...
, and is made up of Canadian Shield
Canadian Shield
The Canadian Shield, also called the Laurentian Plateau, or Bouclier Canadien , is a vast geological shield covered by a thin layer of soil that forms the nucleus of the North American or Laurentia craton. It is an area mostly composed of igneous rock which relates to its long volcanic history...
and boreal
Boreal forest of Canada
Canada's boreal forest comprises about one third of the circumpolar boreal forest that rings the northern hemisphere, mostly north of the 50th parallel. Other countries with boreal forest include Russia, which contains the majority, and the Scandinavian and Nordic countries . The boreal region in...
forest. Woodland Caribou Provincial Park is a wilderness park of 1,150,000 acres (450,000 hectares). The parks western boundary is shared with Atikaki Provincial Park and Nopiming Provincial Park
Nopiming Provincial Park
Nopiming Provincial Park is a provincial park in Manitoba, Canada. It is located on the southeast side of the province, along the border with Ontario....
in the province of Manitoba.
Access to the park is via float plane or canoe. The park is noted as a wilderness canoe destination, with over 2000 km of waterways that weave a pattern between large interconnected lakes and rivers, including the Bloodvein and Gammon Rivers. Portages connect many of the common canoe routes. The park has many archeological sites containing many Ojibway pictographs.
External links
- Woodland Caribou Park Information
- Website
- Woodland Caribou Park, Ontario Parks