From Surf Wiki (app.surf) — the open knowledge base
The Massasauga Provincial Park
Provincial park in Ontario
Provincial park in Ontario
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | The Massasauga Provincial Park |
| iucn_category | II |
| photo | Miv03.jpg |
| photo_caption | Moon Island |
| location | Parry Sound District, Ontario, Canada |
| nearest_city | Parry Sound, Ontario |
| map | Canada Southern Ontario |
| map_caption | Location of the park in Southern Ontario |
| relief | yes |
| coordinates | |
| area_km2 | 131.05 |
| established | 1989 |
| visitation_num | 24,257 |
| visitation_year | 2022 |
| governing_body | Ontario Parks |
| website | https://www.ontarioparks.ca/park/themassasauga |
| mapframe | yes |
| mapframe-zoom | 9 |
| mapframe-wikidata | yes |
| mapframe-zoom = 9 | mapframe-wikidata = yes
The Massasauga Provincial Park is a provincial park in Parry Sound District, Ontario, Canada, stretching from the town of Parry Sound south to the Moon River. The park has an area of 131.05 km2.
The park encompasses hundreds of islands on the coast of Georgian Bay and many inland lakes including Clear Lake and Spider Lake. Classified as a "Natural Environment" park, it contains no roads, so camping is limited to interior sites. The sites on the bay can be reached by motor boat whereas those on the lakes are typically reached by non-motorized craft such as canoes or kayaks. The park also has mooring anchors for boats to overnight in some inlets on Georgian Bay.
An interpretive trail is located on Wreck Island. A multi-day backpacking trail in the northern part of the park, the Nipissing-North Arm Orienteering Trail, is used for orienteering. This wilderness trail is uncleared and only minimally marked.
The park contains a striking landscape of windswept pines clinging to smooth granite-striped rocks, towering cliffs, narrow bays and inlets. On a typical visit to the park one might see wildlife common to the Near-North area of Ontario such as snapping turtles, loons, bears, great blue herons and otters but also wildlife typical of the Great Lakes such as cormorants, eagles, and ducks.
"Massasauga" means "mouth of the river" in Ojibwe. The name also refers to the massasauga rattlesnake, which is found in the area.
The park is home to the following notable animals:
- Massasauga rattlesnake (Ontario's only venomous snake)
- Prairie warblers
- Five-lined skink (Ontario's only lizard)
- Map turtles
References
References
- Parks, Ontario. "Ontario_Parks-Visitation-Statistics 2022 - Ministries".
- MacPherson, Allen. (2005). "Ontario Provincial Parks Trail Guide". Boston Mills Press.
- "The Massasauga Provincial Park". Ontario Parks.
This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page.
Ask Mako anything about The Massasauga Provincial Park — get instant answers, deeper analysis, and related topics.
Research with MakoFree with your Surf account
Create a free account to save articles, ask Mako questions, and organize your research.
Sign up freeThis content may have been generated or modified by AI. CloudSurf Software LLC is not responsible for the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of AI-generated content. Always verify important information from primary sources.
Report