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Woodland Caribou Provincial Park

Woodland Caribou Provincial Park
IUCN category Ib (wilderness area)
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Map showing the location of Woodland Caribou Provincial Park
Map showing the location of Woodland Caribou Provincial Park
Location Ontario, Canada
Nearest city Winnipeg, Manitoba
Coordinates 51°04′00″N 94°51′0″W / 51.06667°N 94.85000°W / 51.06667; -94.85000Coordinates: 51°04′00″N 94°51′0″W / 51.06667°N 94.85000°W / 51.06667; -94.85000
Area 4,500 km2 (1,700 sq mi)
Established 1983
Governing body Ontario Parks

Woodland Caribou Provincial Park is a provincial park in northwestern Ontario, Canada, west of Red Lake. It borders eastern Manitoba, and is made up of Canadian Shield and boreal forest. Woodland Caribou Provincial Park is a wilderness park of 450,000 hectares (1,100,000 acres). The parks western boundary is shared with Atikaki Provincial Park and Nopiming Provincial Park in the province of Manitoba.

Access to the park is via float plane or canoe. The park is noted as a wilderness canoe destination, with over 2,000 kilometres (1,200 mi) of waterways that weave a pattern between large interconnected lakes and rivers, including the Bloodvein and Gammon Rivers. Portages connect many of the common canoe routes. The park has many archeological sites containing many Ojibway pictographs.



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