Kesagami Provincial Park is a wilderness park about 72 kilometres southeast of Moosonee. Ontario Parks lists the park at 55,977 hectares, established in 1983.
The park follows the Kesagami River for about 80 kilometres, almost to its mouth, through a massive tract of James Bay Lowlands. Access is only by water or float plane via James Bay, Hanna Bay, or the Harricanaw River leading into the Kesagami River.
Kesagami is one of Ontario's more remote wilderness park pages. It lies just south of the tree line, where stunted black spruce and occasional balsam, fir, and larch are scattered across terrain frozen for much of the year.
Ontario Parks notes glacial features such as a low kame, as well as peat cliffs, pillars, and caves created by erosion of the organic soil mat. Wildlife includes moose, bear, wolf, otters, and martens, with woodland caribou around Kesagami Lake.
A commercial lodge is in the park. Canoeing, camping, and fishing are permitted, while hunting is not.
Those permissions make Kesagami more trip-oriented than many wilderness listings, but the access requirement keeps it serious. Water or float-plane logistics should be planned before choosing routes or dates.
Plan around remote canoeing, backcountry camping, fishing rule checks, float-plane or water-access logistics, James Bay Lowlands ecology, glacial and peat erosion features, wildlife awareness, and lodge-related planning.
Confirm access, flights or water routes, camping permissions, fishing regulations, no-hunting rules, lodge details, weather, river conditions, alerts, emergency planning, and park rules through the official Ontario Parks source before travelling.
Non-operating park in Ontario Parks locator.
