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Whiteshell Provincial Park
IUCN category II (national park)
Whiteshell river within the park
Location
Manitoba, Canada
Nearest city
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Coordinates
49.55°N 95.20°W[1]
Area
2,721 km2 (1,051 sq mi)
Established
1961
Governing body
Government of Manitoba
Whiteshell Provincial Park
Whiteshell Provincial Park is a provincial park in southeast Manitoba, approximately 120 kilometres (75 mi) east of the city of Winnipeg.[1] The park is considered to be a Class II protected area under the IUCN protected area management categories.[2] It is 275,210 hectares (680,100 acres) in size.[3]
The park protects areas representative of the Lake of the Woods Ecoregion within the Boreal Shield ecozone.[4]: 198 The park's protection also specifically extends to the Tie Creek basin, an area of great spiritual significance to Indigenous peoples.[5]
^ ab"Place names - Whiteshell Provincial Park". geonames.nrcan.gc.ca. Government of Canada. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
^"Whiteshell Provincial Park". Protected Planet. United Nations Environment World Conservation Monitoring Centre. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
^"Park Planning and Research". www.gov.mb.ca. Government of Manitoba. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
^A System Plan for Manitoba's Provincial Parks(PDF). Government of Manitoba. 2019. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
^Canadian guidebook for the application of IUCN protected area categories(PDF). Gatineau, QC: Canadian Council on Ecological Areas. 2008. p. 43. ISBN 978-0-9680095-3-6. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
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