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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 is a setting off point for fishing excursions onto Lake Superior and the Nipigon River system leading up to Lake Nipigon. Fish varieties common to this area include Atlantic salmon , lake trout , speckled trout (the world's largest speckled trout was caught in the Nipigon River in 1915, weighing in at 14.5 pounds (6.6 kg) [ 14 ...
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]
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 ...
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 ...
Whitesand Lake is a lake in Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada. The primary inflow and outflow is the Whitesand River . The lake is about 3,600 metres (11,811 ft) long and 500 metres (1,640 ft) wide and lies at an elevation of 311 metres (1,020 ft).