Policy Report:
P2256e
Ministry of Natural Resources
Crown Land Use Policy Atlas
Policy Report
P2256e:
KOPKA RIVER PROVINCIAL PARK (WATERWAY CLASS)
ID: P2256e
Area Name: KOPKA RIVER PROVINCIAL PARK (WATERWAY CLASS)
Designation: Provincial Park
Class: Waterway
District(s):
Thunder Bay
Park Zone(s): Northwest
Area (hectares): 31303
Date Policy Report Last Updated: July 31, 2018
Kopka River Provincial Park is located west of Lake Nipigon. The waterway encompasses 31,303 hectares. Activities include sport fishing, trapping, hunting and backcountry waterway recreation.
Kopka River Provincial Park was regulated in 1989 and is classified as a Waterway Park.
This area is located within the Lake Nipigon Basin 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”.
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”.
In 2018, 93 hectares of recommended park addition were added to the park boundary. This addition to Kopka River Provincial Park incorporates area along the northwest shore of Lake Nipigon, previously designated as forest reserve.
The area is regulated as a waterway class provincial park under the Provincial Parks and Conservation Reserves Act, 2006 and, in accordance with Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry and Ontario Provincial Parks policies.
Management of this provincial park is carried out in accordance with Ontario Provincial Parks: Planning and Management Policies (1992), the Ontario’s Living Legacy Land Use Strategy (1999) and the Kopka River Provincial Park Interim Management Statement (1991). The Interim Management Statement provides direction to ensure custodial management of park resources until such time as a park management planning process is conducted, which includes public review of proposals. At that time, significant decisions regarding resource stewardship, operations, development and permitted uses are made.
Where a use may currently be permitted, the management direction will be determined through planning. Such uses that are existing may continue in the interim, unless park values are threatened.
The permitted uses associated with provincial parks are at https://www.ontario.ca/page/provincial-park-management-direction .
Management of this provincial park is carried out under the provisions of the Provincial Parks and Conservation Reserves Act, 2006 and within the context of provincial park policy.
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)
Amendment to Area-specific Crown Land Use Policy #2009-002 (2009)
Amendment to Area-specific Crown Land Use Policy #2018-006 (2018)
Kopka River Interim Management (1991)
Kopka River (Addition) Interim Management Statement (2001)
Ontario's Living Legacy Land Use Strategy (policies for pre-existing Provincial Parks and Conservation Reserves) (1999)
Amendment to Area-specific Crown Land Use Policy #2004-031 (2005)
Amendment to Area-specific Crown Land Use Policy #2003-014 (2003)
Amendment to Area-specific Crown Land Use Policy #2003-017 (2003)
Ontario Provincial Parks: Planning and Management Policies (1992)
Ontario's Living Legacy Land Use Strategy (policies for new Provincial Parks and Conservation Reserves) (1999)