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Lake Nipigon Provincial Park - located on the east side of Lake Nipigon. In 1999, the park boundary was amended to reduce the park area from 14.58 to 9.18 km 2 (5.63 to 3.54 sq mi). The area removed from the park was deregulated and transferred to the Government of Canada for a reserve for the Sand Point First Nation .
Nipigon (/ ˈ n ɪ p ɪ ɡ ən /) is a township in Thunder Bay District, Northwestern Ontario, Canada, located along the west side of the Nipigon River and south of the small Helen Lake running between Lake Nipigon and Lake Superior. Lake Nipigon is located approximately 25 kilometres (16 mi) north of Nipigon.
Bras d'Or Lake is the largest lake in Nova Scotia with an area of 1,099 km 2 (424 sq mi). The tidal lake has a maximum length of 100 kilometres (62 mi), a maximum width of 50 kilometres (31 mi) and a maximum depth of 287 m (942 ft).
Kelvin Island (French: île Kelvin) is a large island in the centre of Lake Nipigon, in Thunder Bay District in northwestern Ontario, Canada. [1] It is named after the British scientist William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin (1824–1907). [2] The island has an area of about 10,000 hectares (25,000 acres). [3]
Lake Nipigon Provincial Park is a provincial park located on the east side of Lake Nipigon in Ontario, Canada.The park covers an area of 1,357 hectares (3,350 acres). In 1999, the park boundary was amended to transfer some land to the Government of Canada for a reserve for the Sand Point First Nation.
Established on September 1, 2015, [2] it is the largest freshwater marine protected area in the world. [3] [4] Although national marine parks and a reserve had been created previously, and managed as NMCAs, this was the first area in Canada to be designated a "National Marine Conservation Area" as defined by the Marine Conservation Areas Act. [5]
The Nipigon River is located in Thunder Bay District in Northwestern Ontario, Canada. [4] The river is about 48 km (30 mi) long [1] (or 209 kilometres (130 mi) when measured to the head of Ombabika River [2]) and 50 to 200 m (160 to 660 ft) wide [citation needed], and flows from Lake Nipigon to Nipigon Bay on Lake Superior at the community of Red Rock, dropping from an elevation of 260 to 183 ...
The Gull River is a documented canoe route, linking interior lakes such as Garden and Mooseland Lakes to Lake Nipigon. From Garden Lake Road (Highway 811) to Highway 527, the route is about 100 kilometres (62 mi) long, taking between 5 and 8 days. There are 15 documented portages and few campsites, which are not signed and see little to no ...