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Porphyry Island Provincial Park
Porphyry Island
Provincial Park
is a remote, non-operating
protected area
in
Unorganized Thunder Bay District
in
northwestern
Ontario, Canada
. It is located on Porphyry Island off the tip of the
Black Bay Peninsula
on the
North Shore of Lake Superior
. The park features
boreal forest
, wetlands, and
rocky shores
with
arctic
species
like
encrusted saxifrage
,
insectivorous
butterwort
and the sedge.
The island
is also
one of the few
locations of
devil's club
east of the
Rocky Mountains
.