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The Ontario Parks system began in 1893 with the creation of Algonquin Park, originally designed to protect loggers' interests from settlement. The management and creation of provincial parks came under the Department of Lands and Forests in 1954 and led to a period of accelerated park creation: a ninefold increase in the number of parks over the next six years.
Ontario Parks and protected areas statistics Type Number Area % land area Hectares Acres Provincial parks 341 8,278,063 20,455,540 7.69% Conservation reserves
The list of provincial parks in the Canadian province of Ontario contains lists of more than 300 provincial parks in Ontario. These provincial parks are maintained by Ontario Parks. For a list of protected areas in Ontario, see the List of protected areas of Ontario. Northern Ontario. List of provincial parks of Northern Ontario; Southern Ontario
M. MacGregor Point Provincial Park; Magnetawan River Provincial Park; Makobe-Grays River Provincial Park; Manitou Islands Provincial Nature Reserve; Mara Provincial Park (Ontario)
Algonquin Provincial Park is an Ontario provincial park located between Georgian Bay and the Ottawa River, mostly within the Unorganized South Part of Nipissing District. Established in 1893, it is the oldest provincial park in Canada. [3] Additions since its creation have increased the park to its current size of about 7,653 km 2 (2,955 sq mi ...
Port Burwell Provincial Park (formerly Iroquois Beach Provincial Park 1971-1986) 1971 42°38′53″N 80°48′58″W / 42.648055555556°N 80.816111111111°W / 42.648055555556; -80.816111111111
Long Point Provincial Park is a provincial park on the northwest shore of Lake Erie near Port Rowan, Ontario, Canada.The park is part of a sandy spit of land called Long Point that juts out into the lake.
Arrowhead Provincial Park is located north of Huntsville, Ontario, Canada, and is part of the Ontario Parks system. A portion of the shoreline of Glacial Lake Algonquin is visible in the park. [5] During the winter, a 1.3-kilometre (0.81 mi) man-made skating trail winds through the forest. [6]