Policy Report:
P2379e
Ministry of Natural Resources
Crown Land Use Policy Atlas
Policy Report
P2379e:
LAKE OF THE WOODS PROVINCIAL PARK (NATURAL ENVIRONMENT CLASS)
ID: P2379e
Area Name: LAKE OF THE WOODS PROVINCIAL PARK (NATURAL ENVIRONMENT CLASS)
Designation: Provincial Park
Class: Natural Environment
District(s):
Kenora
Park Zone(s): Northwest
Area (hectares): 11588
Date Policy Report Last Updated: January 31, 2006
This area is made up of four large islands in south Lake of the Woods. These islands include Painted Rock, Splitrock, Dawson and Bigsby as well as the smaller Three Sisters Islands. The islands are relatively undisturbed and provide good examples of local vegetative communities and are also representative of Landscape Unit 28; the Manitou-Kenora Drift Complex, characterized by large, relatively homogeneous terrain of rolling, bedrock-controlled uplands interspersed with numerous lakes and wetlands. It should be noted, however, that Bigsby Island itself represents Landscape 31, The Rainy River Clay Plain.
Painted Rock, Splitrock, Dawson, Bigsby and the Three Sisters Islands were regulated as part of the existing Lake of the Woods Provincial Park in 1985. The mainland section of the Lake of the Woods Park was deregulated as a Provincial Park in 1998. The park is classified as a Natural Environment park.
The intent is to manage this park as a waterway class provincial park, in accordance with MNR and Ontario Parks Policy.
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 Interim Management Statement, where available. 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 be permitted (Maybe or Yes on the table), the long-term management direction will be determined through planning. Such uses that are existing may continue in the interim, unless park values are threatened.
The following table presents the generic policies for this class of park. Readers should consult the above referenced documents for specific direction or further clarification.
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)
Ontario's Living Legacy Land Use Strategy (policies for pre-existing Provincial Parks and Conservation Reserves) (1999)
Fort Frances District Land Use Guidelines (1983)
Kenora District Land Use Guidelines (1983)
Ontario Provincial Parks: Planning and Management Policies (1992)