Policy Report:
P1524e
Ministry of Natural Resources
Crown Land Use Policy Atlas
Policy Report
P1524e:
NAGAGAMISIS PROVINCIAL PARK (NATURAL ENVIRONMENT CLASS)
ID: P1524e
Area Name: NAGAGAMISIS PROVINCIAL PARK (NATURAL ENVIRONMENT CLASS)
Designation: Provincial Park
Class: Natural Environment
District(s):
Hearst
Park Zone(s): Northeast
Area (hectares): 8218
Date Policy Report Last Updated: January 31, 2006
Nagagamisis Provincial Park is located 75 kilometres southwest of Hearst, on the western fringe of the Great Clay Belt of Northeastern Ontario, in Ecodistricts 2E-2, 2E-4, 3E-1 and 3E-2.
Ecological representation features within this park include: moderately broken interlobate moraine with spruce and jack pine forests, and lacustrine deposits with dense coniferous stands and mixed deciduous stands. Lake-side and riparian wetlands occur throughout the site.
A good diversity of aquatic resources is present within the area including: a chain of lakes and the Foch and Nagagami rivers with a mix of deep, slow moving sections and whitewater rapids. The rivers’ vegetation is characteristic of the northern boreal forest--chiefly black spruce intermixed with poplar and birch with some mature jack pine stands.
Portions of three provincially significant earth science features are present within the park: Newlands Township Shoreline Bluff, Arnott Lake Interlobate Moraine and a calcareous re-advance till. These earth science features contain esker, kettle, and kame landforms which are exceptionally well developed along with raised, glacial shoreline features - unusual for this area is the presence of numerous fossils..
The campground at Nagagamisis Provincial Park is used by both local and non-local visitors with access to Nagagamisis Lake and the Nagagami River.
Nagagamisis Provincial Park is a natural environment class park and was originally regulated in 1957. An addition was made to the park in 2005 as a result of Ontario’s Living Legacy.
Part of this area is subject to the Range Management Policy in Support of Woodland Caribou Conservation and Recovery (2014). The Range Management Policy is accessible via the “Source of Direction.””
Nagagamisis provincial park will be managed according to Provincial Park policy and the Nagagamisis Provincial Park Master Plan (1980). The park will provide day-use and camping opportunities while protecting the park's significant earth and life science features and culture features.
Those uses and management activities not listed in the following table are governed by existing Provincial Parks policy as modified by the Ontario's Living Legacy Land Use Strategy.
The following tables aim to present current information. However, with the passage of new legislation, updates to provincial policy and the development of protected areas management direction documents, certain content elements may be out of date.
The permitted uses associated with provincial parks are found in approved management direction, which are available on the Ontario Parks website.
Note: MNR will consider the Land Use Intent and Management Direction outlined
in this policy report when reviewing applications for permitted activities that
require licences, leases, permits, or other forms of approval. The review of individual applications
involves the consideration of a variety of factors and requirements on a
site-specific basis in addition to land use policy.
Provincial Parks and Conservation Reserves Act (2006)
Amendment to Area-specific Crown Land Use Policy #2008-010 (2009)
Approved Management Direction for Ontario's Provincial Parks
(2013)
Range Management Policy in Support of Woodland Caribou Conservation and Recovery (2014)
Amendment to Area-specific Crown Land Use Policy #2014-007 (2014)
Ontario's Living Legacy Land Use Strategy (policies for pre-existing Provincial Parks and Conservation Reserves) (1999)
Ontario Provincial Parks: Planning and Management Policies (1992)