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 |
