Come explore the new trail systems starting at a new trail head and 10 car parking at 1 Thorne Street in Mindemoya, ON. The 42 acre park boasts on 4 distinct trails totaling 3 km! We are constantly updating the park and the website. Check back frequently!
Check out our map:
Wagg's Woods Trails Map
Woodland Accessibility Trail - Very Easy 530 m (1739 ft) one way
Fossil Trail - Easy 520 m (1706 ft)
Alvar Trail - Moderate 1340 m (4396 ft)
Escarpment Trail - Hard 480 m (1575 ft)
Woodland Accessibility Trail Specifications
Length of Two-Way Trip: 970 m (3,182 ft)
Surface: Hardpacked limestone screening
Average Width: 1.83 m (6 ft)
Minimum Width: 1.52 m (5 ft)
Maximum Running Slope: 1:24
Maximum Cross Slope: 1:20 (7.6 cm over 1.5 m/3 in over 5 ft)
Edge Protection: 182 m (600 ft), minimum 5 cm (2 in) high. Primarily on north side of trail with a drop-off of 15 cm (6 in) or greater.
Pull Offs/Turnarounds: Every 97 m (318 ft)
Park Guidelines
Please help to keep our park the way you found it so other can enjoy it:
- Be mindful of trail conditions. If a trail is too wet or muddy, save your hike for another day. Using a muddy trail can be dangerous and damage the trail and surrounding ecosystems.
- Camping or fires are not permitted.
- Leave fossils and other natural assets in place.
- Don’t litter – take your garbage with you.
- Keep dogs on a leash.
- Bicycles are not permitted.
- Motorized vehicles are not permitted except for personal mobility devices.
- Stay on designated trails to protect important habitat and significant plant species.
- Use at your own risk
Report a Problem
Non emergencies Maintenance Department - 705-377-5858
Trail Committee
In 2020, the Municipality created a Trail Committee comprised of 5 residents and 2 council members. For any other questions please contact Central Manitoulin Community Development/Outreach Coordinator Marcus Mohr at 705-377-5726 or email mmohr@centramanitoulin.ca.
Fall Colours
The fall of 2021 shows the park bursting with colour as shown in this drone footage video https://youtu.be/QF02ehjq8PM.
Wagg's Woods Plant Species
Species catologued so far:
Herbaceous & other ground vegetation | |
agrimonia, hooked | Agrimonia gryposepala |
aster, calico | Aster lateriflorus |
aster, flat-topped | Aster umbellatus |
aster, panicled | Aster lanceolatus |
baneberry, red | Actaea rubra |
baneberry, white | Actaea pachypoda |
basil, wild | Clinopodium vulgaris |
beggar-ticks, nodding | Bidens cernua |
bloodroot | Sanguinaria canadensis |
bunchberry | Cornus canadensis |
burdock, common | Arctium minus |
buttercup, hooked | Ranunculus recurvatus |
buttercup, kidney-leaved | Ranunculus abortivus |
buttercup, tall | Ranunculus acris |
cardinal-flower | Lobelia cardinalis |
cohosh, blue | Caulophyllum thalictroides |
coltsfoot | Tussilago farfara |
coral-root, striped | Corallorhiza striata |
dandelion | Taraxacum officinale |
dogbane, spreading | Apocynum androsaemifolium |
Dutchman’s breeches | Dicentra cucullaria |
elderberry, eastern red | Sambucus racemosa ssp. pubens |
fern, bulblet | Cystopteris bulbifera |
fern, intermediate wood (Common or Glandular) | Dryopteris intermedia |
fern, ostrich | Matteuccia struthiopteris |
heal-all (self-heal) | Prunella vulgaris |
helleborine | Epipactus helleborine |
hepatica, sharp-lobed | Anemone acutilobia |
Herb-Robert | Geranium robertianum |
jack-in-the-pulpit | Arisaema triphyllum |
leeks, wild (scapes) | Allium tricoccum |
lettuce, white or wild (white rattlesnake-root) | Nabalus albus |
lily, trout | Erythronium americana |
lopseed, slender-spiked | Phryma leptostachya |
meadow rue, purple (tall) | Thalictrum dasycarpum or T. pubescens |
milkweed, common | Asclepias syriaca |
moonseed vine | Menispermum canadense |
nightshade, enchanter's | Circaea alpina or C. lutetiana |
nipplewort | Lapsana communis |
parsnip, cow | Heracleum lanatum |
polypody, rock | Polypodium virginianum |
Queen Anne's lace (wild carrot) | Daucus carota |
rattlesnake-plantain, menzie’s (large western) | Goodyera oblongifolia |
solomon’s-seal, false | Maianthemum racemosum |
Solomon’s-seal, hairy | Polygonatum pubescens |
speedwell, common | Veronia officinalis |
spring beauty | Claytonia caroliniana |
squirrel corn | Dicentra canadensis |
St. John's-wort, common | Hypericum perforatum |
starflower | Trientalis borealis |
tansy, common | Tanacetum vulgare |
toothwort, broad-leaved | Cardamine diphylla |
toothwort, cut-leaved | Cardamine concatenate |
trillium, nodding | Trillium cernuum |
trillium, white | Trillium grandiflorum |
violet, Canada | Viola canadensis |
violet, dog | Viola conspera |
violet, wooly blue | Viola sororia |
violet, yellow forest | Viola pubescens |
virgin's bowers | Clematis virginiana |
water-horehound, cut-leaved | Lycopus americanus |
water-horehound, tuberous (Northern Bugleweed) | Lycopus uniflorus |
woodsorrel, common yellow | Oxalis stricta |
Trees & Tall Shrubs | |
ash, black | Fraxinus nigra |
ash, red | Fraxinus pennsylvanica |
ash, white | Fraxinus americana |
aspen, largetooth | Populus grandidentata |
aspen, trembling | Populus tremuloides |
basswood | Tilia americana |
birch, white | Betula papyrifera |
birch, yellow | Betula alleghaniensis |
cedar, eastern white | Thuja occidentalis |
cherry, black | Prunus serotina |
cherry, choke | Prunus virginiana |
currant, black bristly | Ribes lacustre |
dogwood, alternateleaf | Cornus alternifolia |
elderberry, eastern red | Sambucas pubens |
elm, white | Ulmus americana |
fir, balsam | Abies balsamifera |
hazel, beaked | Corylus cornuta |
honeysuckle, fly | Lonicera canadensis |
ironwood | Ostrya virginiana |
leatherwood | Dirca palustris |
maple, Manitoba | Acer negundo |
maple, mountain | Acer spicatum |
maple, sugar (hard) | Acer saccharum |
oak, bur | Quercus macrocarpa |
oak, red | Quercus rubra |
serviceberry species | Amelanchier spp. |
spruce, white | Picea glauca |