Bonheur River Kame Provincial Park

Infobox protected area
name = Bonheur River Kame Provincial Park
iucn_category = Ia


caption =
locator_x =
locator_y =
location = Ontario, Canada
nearest_city = Ignace
lat_degrees = 49
lat_minutes = 23
lat_seconds = 58
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 91
long_minutes = 14
long_seconds = 1
long_direction = W
area = 800 hectares
established = 1985
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governing_body = Ontario Parks

Bonheur River Kame Provincial Park is an convert|800|ha|km2|0Cite web
url=http://nhic.mnr.gov.on.ca/MNR/nhic/areas/areas_report.cfm?areaid=3024
title=Natural Areas Report: BONHEUR RIVER KAME PROVINCIAL NATURE RESERVE
publisher=Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources
accessdate=2008-02-11] provincial nature reserve in Ontario, Canada. It is approximately 35 km east of the town of Ignace,Cite web
url=http://www.ontarioparks.com/english/bonh.html
title=Bonheur River Kame
publisher=Ontario Parks, Ministry of Natural Resources
accessdate=2008-02-11] and north of Burk Township. It became a nature reserve in 1985 via provincial legislation, primarily to protect the kame it contains, which is an important earth science feature.Cite web
url=http://crownlanduseatlas.mnr.gov.on.ca/supportingdocs/Ignace.pdf
format=PDF
title=Ignace District Land Use Guidelines – General Resource Areas
publisher=Crown Land Use Policy Atlas, Ministry of Natural Resources
accessdate=2008-02-11]

The park features a distinctive and "spectacular moulin kame"Cite web
url=http://www.ontarioparks.com/english/bonh.html
title=Bonheur River Kame
publisher=Ontario Parks, Ministry of Natural Resources
accessdate=2008-02-11] which surges 80 m above a peat plain. The undisturbed kame, essentially a cone-shaped hill, lies in forest cover typical of the southern portions of the Boreal Shield ecozone, Cite web
url=http://www.borealforest.org/greenspaces/region.htm#bonheur
title=Regional Green Spaces of Northwestern Ontario
publisher=Faculty of Forestry and the Forest Environment, Lakehead University
accessdate=2008-02-11]

As a nature reserve, the only acceptable human activity in this park is the observation of wildlife and birds. Development is banned, as is tourism and even subsistence activities such as fishing and hunting.

References

External links

* [http://www.ontarioparks.com/english/bonh.html Official Park Website]

Geography of Kenora District, Ontario