Миссиссаги провинциялық паркі: табиғат, демалыс және орман байлығы

Provincial park in Ontario, Canada
It is an operating park requiring a permit for day and overnight use. Facilities include a total of 72 campsites (car accessible and walk in backcountry sites), an amphitheatre, boat launches and docks (on Semiwite Lake and Flack Lake), park store, and picnic shelter. The park is used for recreational activities such as biking, boating, canoeing, fishing, hiking, swimming, and hunting. However, due to objections from the city of Elliot Lake, a one year pilot project was initiated in which Ontario Parks would work with the city of Elliot Lake to continue operations at Mississagi Provincial Park with the goal of increasing revenue and visitation rates. Through this agreement, the park continued to provide camping and other services during the 2013 season. Since 2013, the park has continued to provide day use and overnight camping for the duration of the summer seasons, and remains up and running.

Forest in the park is transitional, between the boreal forest to the north and the Great Lakes–St. Lawrence forest to the south. It consists of sugar maple and yellow birch, with stands of white and red pine and some eastern hemlock. Although the original pines were logged or burned in forest fires during the early 20th century, some old growth pines remain in and around the park. In the Boland River Valley, there are a variety of old forest communities, including white cedar and black ash swamps. Common wildlife found in the park includes white tailed deer, moose, black bear, red squirrel, snowshoe hare, chipmunk, raccoon, and beaver. Bird species sighted include warbler, thrush vireo, flycatcher, loon, kestrel, pileated woodpecker, osprey, and northern (Baltimore) oriole.