Woodland Caribou Provincial Park

Woodland Caribou Provincial Park
IUCN category Ib (wilderness area)
Rock wall
Location	Ontario, Canada
Nearest city	Winnipeg, Manitoba
Coordinates	51°04′00″N 94°51′0″W / 51.06667°N 94.85000°WCoordinates: 51°04′00″N 94°51′0″W / 51.06667°N 94.85000°W
Area	4,500 km^2 (1,700 sq mi)
Established	1983[1]
Governing body	Ontario Parks

Woodland Caribou Provincial Park is a provincial park in northwestern Ontario, Canada, west of Red Lake. It borders eastern Manitoba, 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). 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 2,000 kilometres (1,200 mi) 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.

See also

• List of Ontario parks

References

1. "Woodland Caribou Provincial Park - Wilderness". Protected Planet. Archived from the original on 28 August 2014.

External links

• Woodland Caribou Park, Ontario Parks
• Woodland Caribou Park Information
• Website