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Let Us Guide You And Your Snowmobile To A
Spacious 6
Person Bungalow On Northern Ontario's Most
Illusive Lake
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Lake Abitibi
(932 km2) lies across the
Ontario-Quebec border and drains north 370
km into James Bay. It is actually two lakes
joined by a narrows. This lake is studded
with islands 786 to be exact. The French first
established a fur-trade post there in 1686.
Abitibi Lake is well known as a premier
habitat for Walleye, Yellow Perch & Pike,
as-well as many other warm water fish species
also Waterfowl And Herring nesting
areas.
Fortunately
for the fish, Abitibi Lake is Huge, Studded
with Islands, Has no roads in, Regularly has
waves in excess of four feet, And is barely 6-12
feet in depth at best. Consequently not as
many people as would be normal; fish these
waters. But in the winter a well guided
fisherman with the proper supplies can enjoy
one of the worlds best ICE Fishing Lakes.
Abitibi ICE Bungalows are designed for
comfort and placed for action, and
accessibility, ensuring you have the safest
most comfortable and productive experience
possible on Lake Abitibi.
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Abitibi is one of Canada's last
frontiers, it is well protected,
there is very little logging,
and only in the last five years
has this area been explored for
minerals. As much as 18g/ton of
gold has been found in a number
of areas on and around the north
west part of the lake where
there is a fault line. An esker
that lays just below the clay is
know to contain gold grains and
runs directly beside our fishing
spot.
Below is some information about
the protected areas of the lake.
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Natural Features
This northern Ontario park
consists of winding Lake
Abitibi, parts of the Abitibi
and Black rivers, and a
12-kilometre peninsula extending
into Lake Abitibi. Following the
natural contours of the
waterways, the park features
coniferous forest, swamps,
eskers, kettle basins, and
waterfowl nesting areas. An
esker is a narrow, winding ridge
of gravel or sand, deposited by
the melting waters under a
glacier.
Owing to the shallowness,
muddiness and extreme wave
action of Lake Abitibi, caution
is advised when navigating. A
guide is recommended for lake
travel.
Park Facilities and Activities
Abitibi-de-Troyes is accessible
only by air or water, and there
are no park facilities for
visitors. The park offers
backcountry canoeing, camping,
fishing and nature viewing.
Location: About 50 kilometers
east of Timmins, east of
Iroquois Falls (Highways 101 and
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LAKE ABITIBI ISLANDS PROVINCIAL NATURE
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Area Highlights
The islands provide important
waterfowl staging and nesting areas
as well as nesting habitat for
osprey, bald eagles, cormorants and
great blue herons. Also associated
with the islands are spawning areas
for many sport fish species. There
are also four known cultural
heritage sites within the site.
Background
On July 16, 1999, the Ontario
Government released the Ontario's
Living Legacy Land Use Strategy to
guide the planning and management of
Crown lands in central and parts of
northern Ontario. A major part of
the Ontario's Living Legacy Land Use
Strategy was a government intent to
establish 378 new protected areas.
This commitment marks the biggest
expansion of provincial parks and
conservation reserves in Ontario's
history. The proposed Lake Abitibi
Islands Provincial Nature Reserve is
part of this significant expansion
of Ontario's protected areas system.
Size and Location
Lake Abitibi Islands Provincial
Nature Reserve is located
approximately 70 kilometers east of
the Town of Cochrane and 40
kilometers east of the Town of
Iroquois Falls. The site includes
all 786 islands on Lake Abitibi
totaling 547 hectares of crown land.
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