Woodland Caribou Provincial Park
| Woodland Caribou Provincial Park | |
|---|---|
wilderness area) | |
 Rock wall | |
  Location in Ontario | |
| Location | Kenora District, Ontario, Canada |
| Nearest city | Red Lake |
| Coordinates | 50°59′55″N 94°45′01″W / 50.99861°N 94.75028°W[1] |
| Area | 4,500 km2 (1,700 sq mi) |
| Established | 1983[2] |
| Governing body | Ontario Parks |
| World Heritage site | 2018[3] |
Woodland Caribou Provincial Park is a
Atikaki Provincial Park and Nopiming Provincial Park in eastern Manitoba,[4][5] and is made up of Canadian Shield and boreal forest. Woodland Caribou Provincial Park is a wilderness park of 450,000 hectares (1,100,000 acres), and it became part of the Pimachiowin Aki UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2018.[3]
Access to the park is via float plane or canoe. The park is noted as a wilderness canoe destination, with over 2,000 kilometres (1,200 mi) of waterways that weave a pattern between large interconnected lakes and rivers, including the
pictographs
.
See also
- List of Ontario parks
References
- ^ a b "Woodland Caribou Provincial Park". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2018-08-24.
- ^ "Woodland Caribou Provincial Park - Wilderness". Protected Planet. Archived from the original on 3 September 2014.
- ^ a b Johnson, Rhiannon (2018-07-01). "Newest UNESCO World Heritage Site is boreal forest important to First Nations cultures". CBC News. Retrieved 2018-07-03.
- ^ a b "Toporama (on-line map and search)". Atlas of Canada. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2018-08-24.
- ^ Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry. 2014. Retrieved 2018-08-24.