Kesagami Provincial Park
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| Kesagami Provincial Park | |
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 Sunset on Kesagami Lake | |
  Location of the park in Ontario | |
| Location | Cochrane District, Ontario, Canada |
| Coordinates | 50°19′55″N 80°16′03″W / 50.33194°N 80.26750°W[2] |
| Area | 55,977.00 ha (216.1284 sq mi)[3] |
| Designation | Wilderness |
| Established | 1983 |
| Governing body | Ontario Parks |
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Kesagami Provincial Park is in Cochrane District of Northern Ontario, Canada.[2] It was established in 1983 and provides backcountry canoeing, camping, and fishing opportunities. The bulk of the park consists of a large near-rectangular piece of land surrounding Kesagami Lake, as well as a linear park that protects a 200 metres (660 ft) wide strip of land on both sides of the Kesagami River from Kesagami Lake to its mouth at the Harricana River.[3] Its name means "warm water".[4]
The remote park, one of the most northerly in the province and just south of the tree line, is in the James Bay lowlands. Its flat, poorly drained terrain is frozen for much of the year.[3]
Notable features of the park include historical and archeological locations, calving sites of boreal woodland caribou, the Kesagami River canoe route from Kesagami Lake to Hannah Bay, and typical flora and fauna of boreal forest. Another highlight of the park is the 20,780 hectares (51,300 acres) Kesagami Lake, unique for its size in the James Bay area. This shallow lake is renowned for its trophy pike and walleye fishing.[5] Furthermore, the 4-metre-high (13 ft) peat cliffs along the shores of Kesagami Lake, which have been carved by the waves into bizarre forms of deep caverns and thick columns, have long been recognized as "exceptional".[6][7]
It is a non-operating park, meaning that there are no facilities or services, and is only accessible via air or water. There is one commercial lodge present on Kesagami Lake.[3]
