Little Limestone Lake is Manitoba’s newest provincial park
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The province has a new provincial park.
Little Limestone Lake — the province’s 85th provincial park and fourth established this year — is now a park after the province signed a memorandum of understanding today with the Mosakahiken Cree Nation outlining a plan to co-operate in managing the lake’s ecological integrity.
“This lake is (a) true sign of mother nature’s beauty and experts consider it to be the largest and most outstanding example of a marl lake in the world,” Conservation Minister Bill Blaikie said in a statement.
The province says a marl lake is one which “turns from clear to a stunning opaque turquoise or even a milky blue-white in warm summer weather.”
Mosakahiken Chief Phillip Buck said his reserve “considers protection and co-operative management of the lake and the land that supports it to be a high priority.
“Our memorandum of understanding with the province marks the launch of a process to explore expanding the park’s boundaries and ensures sustainable economic tourism opportunities for our community.”
The new 4,810-hectare park is located on Hwy. 6 about 450 kilometres north of Winnipeg and 65 km north of Grand Rapids.
The province has put photos, maps and information on the new park at www.manitobaparks.com.