Frank MacDougall Parkway

Frank A. MacDougall served in Ontario's Department of Lands and Forests from 1923 until 1966 and was Superintendent of Algonquin Park from 1931 to 1941, with headquarters at nearby Cache Lake. During his time there, he pioneered the use of the airplane in park management, intensified enforcement, provided opportunities for scientific research in the park, and initiated policies that helped make Algonquin Park world renowned for its varied recreational opportunities. As Deputy Minister of the Department of Lands and Forests from 1941 to 1966, he was instrumental in creating Ontario's provincial parks system and was responsible for significant advances in virtually every field of natural resources management across the province.

Ontario · Canada