Woodland Caribou Provincial Park is a 470,620 hectare wilderness park established in 1983. Ontario Parks describes it as a paddler's paradise with almost 2,000 kilometres of maintained canoe routes on many rivers and lakes.
The park welcomes fewer than 1,000 paddlers per season, and Ontario Parks says the undisturbed boreal forest is home to one of the largest groups of woodland caribou south of Hudson Bay.
Woodland Caribou is one of Ontario's signature wilderness canoe parks. The Gammon and Bloodvein river systems flow through the park, and the Bloodvein River is designated as a Canadian Heritage River.
Ontario Parks highlights excellent fishing for walleye, Northern Pike, and Lake Trout, with areas that include Smallmouth Bass and muskellunge. The area is also valued by local Indigenous people, who honour it with stories and teachings. Pictographs are found throughout the park and must be treated with respect.
The park is part of the Pimachiowin Aki World UNESCO Heritage Site, established in 2018 with four First Nations and the Ontario and Manitoba governments. Ontario Parks says the linked protected-area network is recognized for cultural and natural significance.
Respect for solitude and cultural places belongs in every route plan.
Plan around wilderness canoeing, maintained routes, solitude, fishing, wildlife awareness, pictograph respect, Bloodvein and Gammon River research, and year-round trip planning.
Confirm permits, routes, access, maps, fishing regulations, cultural-site guidance, weather, alerts, communications, emergency planning, and seasonal details through Ontario Parks.
