Ontario Looking to Expand Protected Areas

The Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks (MECP) is proposing to expand the protected areas under the Provincial Parks and Conservation Reserves Act, 2006 (PPCRA) by creating five new protected areas and adding land to 12 existing protected areas. Individuals can submit comments on these proposed changes by clicking the button below.

1. McCrae Lake Conservation Reserve Addition (101 ha) + reclassification from conservation reserve to natural environment class park

Northeast Zone (NEZ)

1. French River Provincial Park (15 ha)
2. Manitou Mountain Conservation Reserve Addition (825 ha)

Northwest Zone (NWZ)

1. Quetico Provincial Park Addition (16 ha)

Sites proposed as deregulations (related to hwy 17 improvements):

1. Lake Superior Provincial Park (-5.25 ha)
2. Rainbow Falls Provincial Park (-5.25 ha)

1. Groveton Bog Provincial Park (419 ha)
2. Merrickville Bog Provincial Park (316 ha)
3. Ouse River East Provincial Park (47 ha)
4. Oxford Mills Conservation Reserve (74 ha)
5. Bon Echo Provincial Park Addition (1 ha)
6. Egan Chutes Provincial Park Addition (7 ha)
7. Indian Point Provincial Park Addition (68 ha)
8. Sibbald Point Provincial Park Addition (5 ha)

Southwest Zone (SWZ)

1. Kimberley Forest Conservation Reserve (303 ha)
2. Bayview Escarpment Provincial Park Addition (8 ha)
3. Hockley Valley Provincial Park Addition (7 ha)
4. Ojibway Prairie Provincial Park (126 ha)
5. Wainfleet Bog Conservation Reserve Addition (7 ha addition, -5.3 ha deregulation)

• Bayview Escarpment Provincial Park Addition
• Bon Echo Provincial Park Addition
• Groveton Bog Provincial Park
• Hockley Valley Provincial Park Addition
• Merrickville Bog Provincial Park
• Ojibway Prairie Provincial Park Addition
• Quetico Provincial Park Addition
• Sibbald Point Provincial Park Addition