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Provincial Parks
Ontario boasts a proud heritage of provincial park development that began over a century ago. In 1999, Ontario's Living Legacy (OLL) announced a land use strategy that identified 278 new protected areas including 61 new parks and 45 park additions--a protected area of over 2.4 million hectares (ha) of land, including 900,000ha of additions to the provincial parks system. Ontario now has a total of 280 provincial parks encompassing 7.1 million hectares or almost 9% of the province's area. Over 9 million visitors enjoy Ontario parks annually.
In the immediate area beyond Wabakimi Provincial Park, there are more than 300,000ha of other provincial parks, many of which were created or expanded as part of OLL. The chart below lists those closest to Wabakimi in order of size. Descriptions of land uses and activities currently permitted in each of these parks are available in their respective policy reports posted in the Crown Land Use Policy Atlas.
Beyond Wabakimi - Provincial Parks
| ID No. |
Name |
Hectares
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km2
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Acres
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Mi.2
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| P2657 |
Albany River |
95,100
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951
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234,997
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367
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| P2287 |
St. Raphael |
90,521
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905
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223,682
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350
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| P2633 |
Brightsand River |
41,258
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413
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101,951
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159
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| P2256 |
Kopka River |
33,290
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333
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82,261
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129
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| P2256 |
Kopka River |
11,288
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113
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27,893
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44
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| P2220 |
Ogoki River |
23,358
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234
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57,720
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90
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| P2263 |
Obonga-Ottertooth |
21,157
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212
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52,280
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82
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| P2253 |
Whitesand |
11,337
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113
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28,014
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44
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| P2656 |
Windigo Bay |
8,492
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85
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20,980
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33
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| P2261 |
Gull River |
7,198
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72
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17,786
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28
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| P2649 |
Pantegruel Creek |
2,685
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27
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6,635
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10
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| P2640 |
Kaiashk |
780
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7.8
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1,927
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3
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Totals |
335,176
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3,352
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828,233
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1,294
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