Significant Earth and Life Sciences Sites and Historical Zones in Algonquin Park and Surrounding Areas

The intent is to identify various points of interest in and around Algonquin Park and then to develop standalone pages that provide further information and photos. This page will thus provide an index to those pages. The focus will be on the eastern side of the Park.

The key document with respect to the sites within the Park is the Algonquin Provincial Park Management Plan. Identification of sites and information concerning the natural values being protected is often available from the Natural Heritage Information Centre. Another useful guide is A Nature Guide to Ontario by the Federation of Ontario Naturalists (now Ontario Nature). This latter reference is most useful for sites outside of the Park.

The Barron Canyon Nature Reserve (N57, 1076 ha) is a provincially significant upland forest and outcrop complex and is part of the Ottawa Bonnechere Graben.

Nature Reserve Zones in Algonquin Park

From the Algonquin Park Management Plan:

Nature Reserve Zones include any significant earth and life science fores that require management distinct from that in adjacent zones.

Implicit in this statement is that these features require enhanced protection.

N1 - Cameron Creek Bog

Provincially significant wetland complex (165 ha).

N2 - David Creek Bog

Provincially significant peatland complex (214 ha).

N3 - Sunkitten Lake Bog

Locally significant peatland complex (240 ha).

N4 - Keegos Lake Bog

Provincially significant peatland complex (418 ha).

N5 - Thomas Lake Kettle Bog

Locally significant peatland complex (17 ha).

N6 - Hogan Lake Mog

Provincially significant wetland complex. Locally significant morainic ridges. (770 ha).

N7 - Bonanza Bay Marsh

Provincially significant marsh and deciduous swamp forest (92 ha).

N8 - Grand Lake Marsh

Regionally significant wetland complex (51 ha).

N9 - Cedar - Nipissing Marsh

Provincially significant marsh complex (121 ha).

N10 - Costello Creek Bog

Regionally significant wetland & granitic outcrop complex (614 ha).

N11 - Grassy Bay Mog

Locally significant wetland and kame complex (942 ha).

N12 - Hailstorm Creek & Kame Complex

Provincially significant wetland complex. Regionally significant kame complex. (1613 ha).

N13 - Booth Lake Bog

Regionally significant wetland complex (319 ha).

N14 - Bonnechere Sedge Meadow

Regionally significant wetland complex (31 ha).

N15 - Clyde Marsh

Regionally significant wetland and cliff complex (183 ha).

N16 - Carcajou Sedge Meadow

Regionally significant wetland complex (133 ha).

N17 - Nipissing River Sedge Meadow

Regionally significant wetland complex (180 ha).

N18 - Kingscote Lake Hardwoods

Regionally significant hardwood forest (96 ha).

N19 - Nadine Lake Hardwoods

Provincially significant upland hardwood forest and shoreline complex (1091 ha).

N20 - Carl Wilson Lake Hardwoods

Provincially significant upland forest and outcrop complex (504 ha).

N21 - Dickson Lake Hardwoods

Provincially significant upland forest & wetland complex (104 ha).

N22 - Minto Lake Hardwoods

Regionally significant upland forest (259 ha).

N23 - Wenda Lake Hardwoods

Provincially significant upland forest (730 ha).

N24 - Whitson Lake

Provincially significant upland, lowland forest & wetland complex (755 ha).

N25 - Oxtongue River Silver Maple

Locally significant lowland forest (144 ha).

N26 - Rana Lake Red Oak

Provincially significant upland forest (487 ha).

N27 - McManus Lake Basswood Stand

Regionally significant upland forest & shore vegetation (47 ha).

N28 - Wilkes Lake Basswood

Locally significant upland forest (28 ha).

N29 - Hurdman Creek Black Ash

Regionally significant lowland forest complex (63 ha).

N30 - Dickson Lake Hemlock

Provincially significant upland forest (39 ha).

N31 - Cayuga Lake Hemlock

Provincially significant upland forest complex (660 ha).

N32 - Dividing Lake White Pine

Provincially significant upland forest & old growth (496 ha).

N33 - Big Crow White Pine

Provincially significant upland forest (208 ha).

N34 - Old Pine Reserve

Regionally significant upland forest (78 ha).

N35 - Anglin-Dickson White Pine

Provincially significant upland forest (290 ha).

N36 - Carl Wilson White Pine And Kame

Regionally significant upland forest complex. Regionally significant kame moraine (256 ha).

N37 - Crow River Young White Pine

Locally significant upland forest (38 ha).

N38 - Nipissing Valley White Pine Stand

Locally significant upland forest (24 ha).

N40 - Lavieille Red Pine

Regionally significant upland forest (79 ha).

N41 - Opeongo Red Pine

Locally significant upland forest (104 ha).

N42 - Crow River Jack Pine

Locally significant upland forest (33 ha).

N43 - Bonnechere Jack Pine

Regionally significant upland forest (47 ha).

N44 - Carcajou Jack Pine

Provincially significant upland forest (398 ha).

N45 - Cauliflower Lake Red Spruce

Locally significant upland and lowland forest complex (25 ha).

N46 - Bruton And Clyde Red Spruce

Provincially significant upland forest complex (585 ha).

N47 - Oak Lake Red Spruce

Provincially significant upland forest and wetland complex (174 ha).

N48 - Rosebary Lake

Provincially significant Beach & upland forest complex (746 ha).

N49 - Tarn Lake

Provincially significant upland forest, open outcrop & wetland complex (1483 ha).

N50 - Carcajou Bay/Spectacle Lakes

Provincially significant upland forest and wetland complex (1084 ha).

N51 - Devil's Chute

Regionally significant upland & shoreline complex (542 ha).

N52 - Found Lake

Regionally significant floristic site (95 ha).

N53 - Upper Pine River

Provincially significant wetland & intolerant upland forest complex (1109 ha).

N54 - High Falls

Locally significant upland complex (100 ha).

N55 - Petawawa Rapids

Provincially significant upland forest, lowland & shoreline complex. Part of the Ottawa Bonnechere Graben. (1927 ha).

N56 - Bog Lemming Site

Locally significant mammal population site (18 ha).

N57 - Barron River Canyon

Provincially significant upland forest and outcrop complex. Part of the Ottawa Bonnechere Graben (1076 ha).

N58 - White Partridge Creek Cliff

Regionally significant floristic site (100 ha).

N59 - Crow Lake Cliff

Regionally significant cliff complex (40 ha).

N60 - Eustache Lake

Provincially significant aquatic & upland complex (835 ha).

N61 - Hilliard Lake Fern Stand

Regionally significant floristic site (33 ha).

N62 - Brent Crater

Meteor crater. A provincially significant upland and lowland complex (1199 ha).

N63 - Brent Limestone Cliff

Regionally significant bedrock complex (8 ha).

N64 - Tim River Burn

Provincially significant upland meadow complex (1014 ha).

N65 - Cauchon Lake Burn

Regionally significant upland & forest complex (263 ha).

N66 - Merchant Lake Blow-Down

Locally significant upland forest (96 ha).

N67 - Crow Lake Blowdown

Regionally significant natural succession process (609 ha).

N68 - Manitou Lake Blowdown

Locally significant upland forest (112 ha).

N69 - Coldspring Watershed

Provincially significant watershed unit. Regionally significant moraine & eskers. (4914 ha).

N70 - Greenleaf Creek Watershed

Provincially significant watershed (70 ha).

N71 - Berm Lake Bog

Regionally significant peatland (53 ha).

N72 - Charles Lake White Pine

Regionally significant forest stand (102 ha).

N73 - Lake Lavieille Hemlock

Provincially significant upland forest (45 ha).

N74 / N85 - Lake Traverse Dune Complex

Provincially significant upland forest and wetland. Provincially significant inland dune field. (373 ha).

N75 - Mud Bay Aquatics

Regionally significant aquatic floristic complex (131 ha).

N76 - Spoor Lake

Provincially significant upland and wetland complex (552 ha).

N77 - Chainfern Bog

Regionally significant wetland (17 ha).

N78 - Minnehaha Lake Kame Moraine

Regionally significant glaciofluvial landforms (eskers, kettles, and kame moraines) (839 ha).

N80 - Loontail Lake Gravelly Moraine

Regionally significant gravelly moraine (490 ha).

N81 - Wilkes Lake Ice Marginal Delta

Regionally significant kame complex (99 ha).

N82 - Robitaille Creek Terraces

Regionally significant erosional terraces (95 ha).

N84 - Lake Travers Degeer Moraines

Provincially significant Degeer-type moraines (178 ha).

N86 - Radiant Lake Kame Terraces

Provincially significant ice contact kame terraces (176 ha).

N87 - Big Crow Lake Esker Complex

Regionally significant esker complex (260 ha).

N88 - White Partridge Lake Erosional Moraine Terraces

Provincially significant erosional terraces (245 ha).

N89 - McKaskill Lake Kame Complex

Regionally significant kame esker complex, ice contact face (259 ha).

N90 - Grand Lake Ice Marginal Channels

Regionally significant ice marginal channels (183 ha).

N91 - Fizgerald Township Moraine

Regionally significant large moraine (226 ha).

Special Management Areas in Algonquin Park

From the Algonquin Park Management Plan:

Provincially and regionally significant earth science sites have been designated Nature Reserve Zones to provide then with the highest form of protection. Larger assemblages, some regionally significant features, and small features of local significance are protected in Special Management Areas.

Achray Beaches/Deposits

Locally significant beach ridges, off-shore deposits (37 ha).

Biggar Twp Gravelly Moraine

Regionally significant gravelly moraine (13414 ha).

Bonnechere Valley Outwash System

Regionally significant outwash system (2933 ha).

Booth Lake Delta

Regionally significant outwash delta (128 ha).

Brent Fluted Till Plain

Regionally significant fluted till, drumlins (150 ha).

Bronson-Straton Outwash Plain

Regionally significant outwash plain, meltwater channels (7575 ha).

Clemow Lake Drumlin Group

Regionally significant drumlins (91 ha).

Coldspring Lake/Carl Wilson Complex

Regionally significant Kame esker complex (11640 ha).

Forbes Creek Meltwater Channel

Locally significant meltwater channel (1911 ha).

Grand Lake Boulder Pavement

Regionally significant boulder lag (42 ha).

Grand Lake Tombolo

Locally significant tombolo (22 ha).

Grassy Bay Kame Complex

Locally significant Kame-esker complex (737 ha). (Protected within the Grassy Bay Mog nature reserve and the Burnt Island Wilderness Zone.)

Grosbeak Creek Outwash/Kame Terraces

Regionally significant ice contact material, eskers, kettle (546 ha).

Hogan Lake Esker

Locally significant esker kame (225 ha).

Lake Travers Outwash Plain

Regionally significant glaciofluvial landforms (7416 ha).

Lake Of Two Rivers Outwash Plain

Locally significant outwash plain (1391 ha).

Modern Fluvial Deltas (3)

Locally significant modern fluvial deposits (69 ha).

North Rouge Creek Drumlins

Regionally significant drumlins, drumlinoidal features (1697 ha).

Notsolong Lake Esker

Locally significant large esker (299 ha).

Oxtounge River Outwash Plain

Locally significant outwash plain (674 ha).

Petawawa Terraces

Regionally significant erosional terraces (318 ha).

Proulx Lake Outwash

Regionally significant outwash plain, Kame complex (492 ha).

Radiant Lake Kame Terraces

Regionally significant Kame esker complex (508 ha).

Sunfish Lake Moraininc Ridge

Locally significant small moraine (91 ha).

White Partridge Lake Spillway

Locally significant outwash plain, meltwater channels (3185 ha).

Other

Cartier Lake Islands

Grants Creek Marsh

A significant 3 km long marsh - can best be explored by canoe. Watch for ducks and water birds such as Great Blue Herons and Double-crested Cormorants.

Greenbough Esker

Historical Zones in Algonquin Park

H1 - Fassett Lake Lumber Company

H2 - Amable du Fond Farm

H3 - Pentland Skidway

H4 - Meda Lake Lumber Company

H5 - Brent Grave Site

H6 - Pine River Farm

H7 - McLaughlin Depot Farm

H8 - Barnet Depot Farm

H9 - Phillip's Depot Farm

H10 - Phillip's Chute

H11 - Turtle Club

H12 - Crooked Chute

H13 - Captain Young's Depot Farm

H14 - Mackey Farm

H15 - Crossbill Lake Lumber

H16 - Graham Creek Chute

H17 - Dennison Farm

H18 - Little Dickson Lake Camboose Camp

H19 - Prong Lake Bridge

H20 - Bonnechere River Camboose Camp

H21 - McLaughlin Depot Farm

H22 - Grand Lake Indian Pictographs

H23 - Tom Thompson Jack Pine Site

H24 - Grand Lake Ranger Cabin

H25 - Whiskey Rapids

H26 - Mowat Town Site

H27 - Nominigan Lodge Site

H28 - Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway

H29 - Canisbay Lake Cabin

H30 - McCrae's Mill

H31 - W. Smith Lake Sawmill

H32 - Annie Bay Camboose Camp

H33 - Annie Bay Shanty and Farm

H34 - Tattler Booth Crib

H35 - Presto Lake Lumber Camp

H36 - Kitty Lake Ranger Cabin

H37 - Booth Depot Farm

H38 - McCauley Central Railway

H39 - Billy Lake Lumber Camp

H40 - Ryan Lake Lumber Camp

H41 - McKaskill Lake Ranger Cabin

H42 - Basin Depot Farm

H43 - Upper Pine Lake Ranger Cabin

H44 - Rock Lake Cairns

H45 - Rock Lake Indian Pictographs

H46 - Rock Lake Indian Pictographs

H47 - Farm Bay Depot

H48 - Pioneer Logging Exhibit

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