Back Lake Superior National Marine Conservation Area German Área de conservación marina nacional del Lago Superior Spanish Aire marine nationale de conservation du Lac-Supérieur French ਲੇਕ ਸੁਪੀਰੀਅਰ ਨੈਸ਼ਨਲ ਮਰੀਨ ਕੰਜ਼ਰਵੇਸ਼ਨ ਏਰੀਆ Punjabi جھیل سپیریئر نیشنل میرین کنزرویشن ایریا PNB Озеро Верхнее (национальный морской заповедник) Russian 苏必利尔湖国家海洋保护区域 Chinese
| Lake Superior National Marine Conservation Area | |
|---|---|
IUCN category VI (protected area with sustainable use of natural resources)[1] | |
 Looking southeast over Lake Superior from Sleeping Giant Provincial Park | |
| Location | Northwestern Ontario, Canada |
| Nearest city | Nipigon, Ontario, Canada |
| Coordinates | 48°26′6″N 89°13′14″W / 48.43500°N 89.22056°W |
| Area | 10,000 km² |
| Established | September 1, 2015 |
| Governing body | Parks Canada |
Lake Superior National Marine Conservation Area (French: Aire marine nationale de conservation du Lac-Supérieur) is a National Marine Conservation Area (NMCA) on the north shore of Lake Superior in Ontario, and is a unit of the national park system. Established on September 1, 2015,[2] it is the largest freshwater marine protected area in the world.[3][4]
Although national marine parks and a reserve had been created previously, and managed as NMCAs, this was the first area in Canada to be designated a "National Marine Conservation Area" as defined by the Marine Conservation Areas Act.[5] Plans to create it were first announced by Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper on October 25, 2007, in Nipigon, Ontario.[6] The area is a unit of Canada's national park system administered by Parks Canada.
The conservation area extends 140 kilometres (87 mi) eastward from Thunder Bay,[3] from Thunder Cape in the west, at the tip of Sleeping Giant Provincial Park, to Bottle Point in the east, and stretches southward to the Canada-US border, linking with Isle Royale National Park.[7] The Nipigon River and Lake Nipigon lie to the north.[4]
- ^ "Protected Planet | Lake Superior National Marine Conservation Area Of Canada". Protected Planet. Retrieved 2020-10-22.
- ^ "Lake Superior National Marine Conservation Area Receives Highest Level of Federal Protection". Parks Canada. 24 June 2015. Archived from the original on 28 June 2015. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
- ^ a b Lambert, Steve (26 October 2007). "Harper and key recruit announce marine park". Toronto Star. Retrieved 26 October 2007.
- ^ a b "Canada creates world's biggest water reserve". Agence France-Presse. 25 October 2007. Archived from the original on 5 January 2008. Retrieved 26 October 2007.
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- ^ "Harper announces creation of protected marine park". CBC News. 25 October 2007. Archived from the original on 3 March 2008. Retrieved 25 October 2007.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "Great Lakes Action Plan 2000-2005". Environment Canada. 6 July 2004. Archived from the original on 22 July 2005. Retrieved 26 October 2007.