Welcome to Matawatchan Provincial Park

Operating Dates Legend

On Monday May 11, 520 provincial parks (non-operating) and conservation reserves across the province will open, and the remaining 115 (operating parks) will open on the following Friday, May 15 for limited day-use activities. For lists and locations of operating, non-operating parks and conservation reserves visit the park locator.

Facilities and Activities summary

Before you visit: check what facilities/activities are available and pack what you need (e.g. water, snacks hand sanitizer).
When you visit: practice social distancing, avoid large groups and help keep our parks pristine by using garbage bins or taking trash home.

Facilities

Activities

Icon Colours

- Blue - available at the park. Check operating dates.

- Grey - unavailable at this park.

- Red - Temporarily Unavailable

- Purple - Available at park, but restrictions apply. Check operating dates. Click icon for details.

What You'll Like :

Matawatchan Provincial Nature Reserve, on the southern portion of the Canadian Shield, features ancient sedimentary rocks that have been changed, or metamorphosed, by pressures from deep within the Earth’s crust. These Precambrian rocks include biotite gneiss, quartzite, marble and granite. The nature reserve lies in a forest region noted for its deciduous-evergreen transition. The reserve is dominated by forests of sugar maple, hemlock, yellow birch and beech. A small valley within the reserve supports large American elm and red maple, and red spruce which approaches its western range limit here. Lowland forests include white cedar and balsam fir, meadows, marshes and thickets. The marble outcrops in the reserve are of special botanical interest as they support walking fern as well as several other calcium-loving plants.

Location: In the Madawaska Valley about 75 kilometres south of Pembroke.

Park Facilities: There are no visitor facilities. The unauthorized collection of rocks, plants or other natural objects is prohibited. Anyone wishing to conduct research here must obtain an approved research application.

General Information

Phone:
613-336-2228 ex. 225
Size: 64.75 ha
Year established: 1968
Park Classification: Nature Reserve

Address:
16151 Hwy. 41
Cloyne
K0H 1K0