Why was the Crown Land Use Policy Atlas Developed?
The Crown Land Use Policy Atlas (the Atlas) was developed to bring together land use policies that existed in a variety of planning documents into one central location. The Atlas was launched in 2002 and initially covered central and mid-northern Ontario; this area is known as the ‘Area of the Undertaking’ in provincial resource management. Manitoulin Island and several islands in the north channel of Georgian Bay were also included. With the redevelopment of the Atlas during 2006 and 2007, the coverage did not change. In 2009 some enhancements were made to the Crown Land Use Policy Atlas and theWhitefeather Forest and adjancent areas in the far north were added to the Atlas coverage. The next phase of Atlas development will be to include southern Ontario and then the remainder of northern Ontario.
