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♦ BACKGROUND

On July 16, 1999, the Ontario Government released the Ontario’s Living Legacy Land Use Strategyto guide the planning and management of Crown lands in central and parts of northern Ontario. Amajor part of the Ontario’s Living Legacy Land Use Strategy was a government intent to establish378 new protected areas. This commitment marks the biggest expansion of provincial parks andconservation reserves in Ontario’s history.

The Spanish River Provincial Park is part of this significant expansion of Ontario’s protected areassystem. Following public and First Nation consultations in the summer of 2000 on refining theboundary of this protected area, Regulation 951 of R. R. O. 1990 of the Provincial Parks Act wasamended on October 3, 2001 by Ontario Regulation 383/01, to formally establish this ProvincialPark.

♦ SIZE AND LOCATION

The Spanish River Provincial Park is located in the geographic Townships of Invergarry, Arden,Lillie, Chalet, Bazette, Cavana, Breadner, Battersby, LaFleche, Athlone, Dennie, Morse, Gilbert,Moncrieff, Stralak, Craig, Ouellette, Solski, Tofflemire, Hart, Acheson, Venturi, Bigelow and Dunlopin the Territorial District of Sudbury. The provincial park is 35,386 hectares, more or less, and iscomposed of those parts of the said geographic townships designated as Parts 1 to 7 inclusive, on aplan known as P192 Spanish River Provincial Park (Waterway Class), filed on July 3, 2001, with theOffice of the Surveyor General of Ontario in the Ministry of Natural Resources.

The park boundary is a 200 metre strip along the upper portion of both the East and West Branches ofthe Spanish River southward to Agnew Lake. It also includes Pogamasing, Kennedy, Bluewater andAcheson lakes and, captures substantial additional land base in Breadner, Athlone, Morse, Straleck,Craig, Tofflemire, Solski and Acheson Townships. This waterway class park is approximately 140linear kilometers. Spanish River Provincial Park is located approximately 80 kilometres northwest ofSudbury.

♦ AREA HIGHLIGHTS

The Spanish River, which is in site district 4E-3, is a provincially significant canoe route. Offeringnovice to intermediate river canoeing and backcountry travel, it is a challenging and scenic waterway.Access to the park is limited, giving this area a sense of remoteness and solitude.

This provincial park includes many significant natural heritage areas such as the Spanish River icecontact delta, and a number of old-growth pine sites: namely the Spanish River Valley, Agnes River,

Tremblay Lake and Craig/Tofflemire forests. Collectively, the park’s old-growth pine forests spanapproximately 2,000 ha. The cultural heritage of the area is equally as impressive. Remnants ofhistorical logging activity can be viewed while travelling the river, and the area has more than onehundred years of railroad history. As a travel corridor the Valley has significance to Aboriginalpeoples.

Forest species diversity is enhanced by the transitional nature of the area: the river flows through boththe Boreal forest in the north and the Great-Lakes St. Lawrence forest in the south. Species includered and white pine, yellow birch, white spruce, red maple, trembling aspen, jack pine, black spruce,and white birch. The landscape is varied, playing host to rocky granitic outcrops, rolling hills andvertical cliffs. The Spanish River follows a north-south trending fault.

The Spanish River ice-contact delta, a feature formed during the retreat of the glacial ice from thisarea approximately 10,000 years ago. This glaciolacustine delta formed when fast-flowing, high-energy meltwater streams and rivers deposited sediments into the quieter, low-energy waters ofglacial lake Algonquin. Three abandoned shoreline bluffs, representing subsequent drops in the waterlevel of glacial lake Algonquin, have been carved into the delta.

The area has a long history of mineral exploration. As a result, some pre-existing mining claims andleases were captured during the Ontario's Living Legacy process and are designated as ForestReserves as per the Land Use Strategy.

♦ LAND USE INTENT

The area has been regulated under the Provincial Parks Act and will be managed by Ontario Parks asa waterway class provincial park.

The Ontario’s Living Legacy Land Use Strategy establishes the Ministry’s management intent for thisprovincial park. The Spanish River Special Area Plan will guide management activities for thatportion of the provincial park that applies to the Special Area Plan including road access and rivercrossings until a provincial park management plan is approved. Consistent with the Ontario’s LivingLegacy Land Use Strategy, existing hunting, fishing and fur harvesting will be permitted in this newprovincial park.

Ontario’s Living Legacy Land Use Strategy states that park management planning for the SpanishRiver Provincial Park will determine future management direction for existing or new river crossings.It is recognized that Crown land areas adjacent to this waterway park contain high value timber,recreation and tourism values. Future planning will address these uses and ensure that land useactivities and access adjacent to the park do not impact the recreational and tourism values.

Provincial parks protect Ontario’s representative natural areas and special landscapes. Mostrecreational activities (e.g. hiking, tourism related uses, nature appreciation) that have traditionallybeen enjoyed in the area will continue, provided that these uses do not impact on the natural featuresneeding protection.

Commercial timber harvesting, mining, aggregate extraction and commercial hydroelectricdevelopment are prohibited in provincial parks. Mineral exploration may occur under controlledconditions in portions of provincial parks created through Ontario's Living Legacy, that are identifiedthrough further analysis and consultation as having provincially significant mineral potential. If aportion of a new provincial park is to be developed for a mine, it would be removed from the park,and appropriate replacement lands would be placed in regulation.

Waterway parks incorporate outstanding recreational water routes with representative “slices” of thesurrounding landscape and natural or historical features, that provide high quality recreational andeducational experiences for park visitors.

With the establishment of this provincial park, Aboriginal and treaty rights are not extinguished andwill be respected.

♦ NEXT STEPS

The decision to establish this provincial park was made by the Minister of Natural Resourcesfollowing the extensive public consultation associated with the Lands for Life and Ontario’s LivingLegacy land use planning initiatives between 1997 and 1999. Public comment was invited betweenSeptember 11 and October 11, 2000, on the proposed boundary of this area leading to the regulationof the proposed provincial park under the Provincial Parks Act. The Ministry is committed to ongoingconsultation with First Nations who are potentially affected by land use decisions.

An Interim Management Statement has been approved by the Northeast Zone Manager, OntarioParks, and will guide the management of this provincial park until such time as a park managementplan is approved.

Currently, park management planning has been initiated for this provincial park, under the umbrellaof the Spanish River Valley Signature Site. The resultant Strategy will determine the long-termmanagement of this protected area. Please let us know if you would like to provide comment on thisplanning process.

Planning, management and permitted uses within this provincial park addition will be consistent withthe commitments of the Ontario’s Living Legacy Land Use Strategy and with Ontario ProvincialParks Planning and Management Policies (1992).

♦ FOR MORE INFORMATION

For further information on the Spanish River Provincial Park, please contact:David Coulas, Project Manager,Spanish River Valley Signature Site,Ontario Parks, Northeast Zone,199 Larch Street, Suite 404,Sudbury, ON,P3E 5P9.Tel. (705) 564-7297Fax (705) 564-3171.

You may also visit the Ministry’s Internet website at www.ontarioslivinglegacy.ca for moreinformation on Ontario’s Living Legacy.

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WINDY LAKE PROVINCIAL PARK

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This map is illustrative only. Do not rely on itas being precise indicator of routes, locationsof features, nor as a guide to navigation.

This map is not a legal survey. For a moreprecise description of the boundaries of thisprovincial park, refer to the plan known asP192, Spanish River Provincial Park (WaterwayClass), filed on the 5th day of October, 2001in the Office of the Surveyor General, Ministryof Natural Resources.

APPROVED BOUNDARY

Public Notification Map

P192

Locator Map

Published February 2002Scale: 1:500000Cover source: p192regfrData Source:SUDBURY NRVIS Databases, 1999SAULT STE MARIE NRVIS Databases, 1999CHAPLEAU NRVIS Databases, 1999

2001, Queen s Printer for Ontario

MNR Approved Boundary

Existing Parks

Lakes

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Forest Reserves

Streams

Lot Lines

Roads

Townships

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Wanapitei Lake

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Onaping

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