Polar Bear Provincial Park

Polar Bear Provincial Park is a remote wilderness preserve in far northern Ontario on the western shore where James Bay meets Hudson Bay. Within the Hudson Bay Lowlands, it protects twenty-three thousand five hundred fifty-two square kilometres of low-lying tundra and wetland in one of Ontario’s least altered landscapes, making it the province’s largest park. Established chiefly to safeguard wildlife habitat, it is especially important for the several hundred polar bears that migrate through the area. With no visitor facilities, air-only access, and entry by special permission, it is managed for protection rather than recreation. Its international significance was recognized in May 1987 through Ramsar wetland designation.

Ontario · Canada