what is the largest provincial park in ontario
Polar Bear
title: Ontario Parks text: have full agency status, but is a branch of the Natural Resource Management Division of the MNR. The history of Ontario's provincial parks stretches for over 100 years. Here are some of the milestones from the past century plus: 1893 – Algonquin Park is created as a public park and forest reservation, fish and game preserve, health resort and pleasure ground. 1894 – Rondeau becomes Ontario's second provincial park. 1913 – The Parks Act sets aside land not suitable for agriculture or settlement. 1954 – Ontario still has only 8 provincial parks: Algonquin, Quetico, Long Point, Rondeau, Presqu'ile, Ipperwash, Lake title: Ontario Parks text: province's area. Over 9 million visitors annually enjoy Ontario Parks. 2007 – Introduction of new legislation: "Provincial Parks and Conservation Reserves Act" with 329 provincial parks and 292 conservation reserves. 2018 - Ontario celebrates 125 years of the provincial parks system and Algonquin's 125th anniversary Ontario Parks system uses a classification system to divide the provincial parks into the following categories: , Ontario Parks system manages 65 recreational class parks (394.8 km), six cultural heritage class parks (67.4 km), 80 natural environment class parks (14,675.3 km), 109 nature reserve class parks (1,152 km), 62 waterway class parks (14,446.2 km), and title: Polar Bear Provincial Park text: Polar Bear Provincial Park Polar Bear Provincial Park is an isolated wilderness park in the far north of Ontario, Canada. It lies on the western shore where James Bay joins Hudson Bay. The terrain is part of the Hudson Bay Lowlands and features unspoiled low-lying tundra in the Hudson Plains ecozone. Administered by Ontario Parks, the Polar Bear Provincial Park is the largest park in Ontario. It has no visitor facilities, is reachable only by air, and special permission is required before visiting it. Its primary purpose is the preservation of habitat for wildlife, especially the several hundred polar bears title: Algonquin Provincial Park text: Algonquin Provincial Park Algonquin Provincial Park is a provincial park located between Georgian Bay and the Ottawa River in Ontario, Canada, mostly within the Unorganized South Part of Nipissing District. Established in 1893, it is the oldest provincial park in Canada. Additions since its creation have increased the park to its current size of about . For comparison purposes, this is about one and a half times the size of Prince Edward Island or about a quarter of the size of Belgium. The park is contiguous with several smaller, administratively separate provincial parks that protect important rivers in the area, title: Ontario Parks text: 8 wilderness class parks (48,237.5 km). Ontario Parks Ontario Parks is the agency in Ontario, Canada, that protects significant natural and cultural resources in a system of parks and protected areas that is sustainable and provides opportunities for inspiration, enjoyment and education. The Ontario Parks system covers over , about 10 percent of the province's surface area or the equivalent of an area approximately equal to Nova Scotia. It falls under the responsibility and mandate of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry. The Ontario Parks system is often used as the model for other parks systems in North America.