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DESCRIPTION:

This area links a number of other Enhanced Management Areas, as well as Conservation Reserves and Provincial Parks. It is traversed by Highways 522 and 69, as well as a main CNR line. Values include recreational values, forest management and other resource management activities, First Nation values and important hunting (big and small game, and waterfowl) opportunities. It is an important recreational area for local residents and commercial tourist operators, containing many recreation camps and recreational trails in a semi-remote setting. Forestry and fur harvesting are also important to the local economy and are important for wildlife management. The area includes part of the Loring Deer Yard. Rare or unique vegetation and vulnerable and threatened wildlife and plant species also occur.

This area is located within the Great Lakes Heritage Coast Signature Site, one of 9 such areas featured in the Ontario’s Living Legacy Land Use Strategy (1999). Signature Sites are identified for their range of natural and recreational values and their potential to contribute to future recreation and tourism.

This area contains lake(s) designated for lake trout management. For a current list of designated lakes associated with this area, refer to the Lake Trout Lake Search Index accessible via the ‘Source of Direction’ portion of this policy report.

LAND USE INTENT:

Manage this multiple use area for its high quality recreation, forest management, wildlife management and tourism values.

Individual zones within this overall area will provide for the various needs related to semi-remote recreation, access, natural resource protection and extraction.

Important lakes for tourism and potential cottage development have been designated in existing MNR North Bay District Land Use Guidelines.

This land use direction complements the protection of recreational values in the French and Restoule Provincial Parks.

Management of this area is also governed by the general policies contained in the Land Use Strategy (1999) and the Parry Sound District Land Use Guidelines (1983).

MANAGEMENT DIRECTION:

Recreation enhanced management areas have been applied to areas with high recreational use of significant recreation values for activities such as angling, hunting, motorized and pedestrian trail use, and canoeing. The enhanced management area can be used for a wide range of recreation values and management intents, ranging form areas where relatively substantial recreation development is permitted, to areas providing low-density, high-quality recreation in a natural setting.

Where the recreation enhanced management area has been identified to protect remote recreation values, all activities need to be carried out in such a way as to maintain or enhance the remote recreation qualities.

Commercial Activities

Activity	Permitted	Guidelines
Aggregate Extraction	Yes	Where the Recreation Enhanced Management Area has been identified to protect remote recreation values, industrial activities and the related construction and use of new roads need to be carried out in such a way as to maintain or enhance the remote recreation qualities.
Bait Fishing	Yes
Commercial Fishing	Yes
Commercial Fur Harvesting	Yes
Commercial Hydro Development	Yes	Where the Recreation Enhanced Management Area has been identified to protect remote recreation values, industrial activities and the related construction and use of new roads need to be carried out in such a way as to maintain or enhance the remote recreation qualities.
Commercial Power Generation Development	Yes	Where the Recreation Enhanced Management Area has been identified to protect remote recreation values, industrial activities and the related construction and use of new roads need to be carried out in such a way as to maintain or enhance the remote recreation qualities.
Commercial Timber Harvest	Yes	Where the Recreation Enhanced Management Area has been identified to protect remote recreation values, industrial activities and the related construction and use of new roads need to be carried out in such a way as to maintain or enhance the remote recreation qualities.
Mineral Exploration and Development	Yes	Where the Recreation Enhanced Management Area has been identified to protect remote recreation values, industrial activities and the related construction and use of new roads need to be carried out in such a way as to maintain or enhance the remote recreation qualities.
Peat Extraction	Yes	Where the Recreation EMA has been identified to protect remote recreation values, industrial activities and the related construction and use of new roads, need to be carried out in such a way as to maintain or enhance the remote recreation qualities.
Wild Rice Harvesting	Yes

Land and Resource Management Activities

Activity	Permitted	Guidelines
Crown Land Disposition	Maybe	Must be consistent with the specific intent of the area. Dispose of public land for development including public land on Georgian Bay, for purposes other than cottaging and recreational hunting/ angling camps, providing: * land of similar capability, suitability and site characteristics is not available privately; * disposition will not result in competition with the sale of private land for similar purposes or depress the market value of private land in the district; * disposition will not result in restrictions on adjacent resource use; * disposition is consistent with official plan policies and will meet the requirements of zoning by-laws; and * disposition will complement private land development. There are significant restrictions on land disposition on designated lake trout lakes. See specific direction in Crown land disposition policy (PL 4.02.01 Appendix A).
Crown Land Disposition, Cottaging	No	Public land will not be available for cottaging development. A large amount of private land is available and suitable for this type of development.
Crown Land Disposition, Seasonal Recreation Camp, Existing	Yes	No additional recreation camps, for hunting or angling, will be provided on public lands.
Crown Land Disposition, Seasonal Recreation Camp, New	No	No additional recreation camps, for hunting or angling, will be provided on public lands.
Road Development and Maintenance, Existing	Yes	Where the Recreation Enhanced Management Area has been identified to protect remote recreation values, industrial activities and the related construction and use of new roads need to be carried out in such a way as to maintain or enhance the remote recreation qualities. Temporary roads will be rendered inoperative when intended uses are fulfilled.
Road Development and Maintenance, New	Yes	Where the Recreation Enhanced Management Area has been identified to protect remote recreation values, industrial activities and the related construction and use of new roads need to be carried out in such a way as to maintain or enhance the remote recreation qualities. Temporary roads will be rendered inoperative when intended uses are fulfilled.

Recreation Activities and Facilities

Activity	Permitted	Guidelines
Crown Land Recreation	Yes
Hunting	Yes	Hunting is permitted in accordance with the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act and regulations. For more information, visit https://www.ontario.ca/hunting. Some municipalities have by-laws that apply to hunting including restricting the discharge of firearms. Check with the local municipal office for details.
Road Use (public), Existing	Yes
Road Use (public), New	Yes	Where the Recreation Enhanced Management Area has been identified to protect remote recreation values, industrial activities and the related construction and use of new roads need to be carried out in such a way as to maintain or enhance the remote recreation qualities. Temporary roads will be rendered inoperative when intended uses are fulfilled. Access roads may be closed temporarily or seasonally to the public for resource management and/or public safety reasons.
Sport Fishing	Yes	Recreational fishing is permitted in accordance with the Ontario Fishery Regulations. For more information, visit https://www.ontario.ca/fishing and review the Ontario Recreational Fishing Regulations Summary or Fish ON-Line to determine the seasons, catch limits and other restrictions that apply in this area including the location of fish sanctuaries.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

SOURCE OF DIRECTION:
Amendment to Area-specific Crown Land Use Policy #2005-014 (2005)
Amendment to Area-specific Crown Land Use Policy #2005-054 (2005)
Amendment to Area-specific Crown Land Use Policy #2005-059 (2007)
Amendment to Area specific Crown Land Use Policy #2007-025 (2009)
Parry Sound District Land Use Guidelines (1983)
Ontario's Living Legacy Land Use Strategy (1999)

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