Classified as a Natural Park, Nopiming’s purpose is to preserve areas that are representative of the Lac Seul Upland portion of the Precambrian Boreal Forest Natural Region. The 550 square mile park offers fantastic lake and river paddling and–combined with its sister, Woodland Caribou Provincial Park to the east in Ontario–offers a large wilderness to explore and admire. Nopiming, in fact, means "entrance to the wilderness," in the Anishinabe language. It’s an apt name for a park that mingles wild land and road accessibility. There are no backcountry fees in the park, camping fees are only charged for car-camping sites.
> Manitoba Conservation: Nopiming

Travelers in the park can find up-to-the-minute information on wildfires via the Manitoba Conservation Fire Program web-page. 
> Manitoba Conservation: Fire Program

There’s no guidebook for the area, so plan on guiding yourself via topographical maps, maps available via the Manitoba government maps store, or with advice from local outfitters or park officials. The park offers a map suitable for trip planning online.
> Maptown: Canadian Topographical Maps
> Manitoba Maps Web Store

Archaeological research around Nopiming shows evidence that various groups of native people lived in the area for at least 8,000 years. One location produced evidence of a workshop where tools were fashioned from native copper 4,000 years ago. Fragments of pottery made about 1,500 years ago, show that early inhabitants mined local clay for their work.

Mining of another sort precipitated a short boom-time in the area. From the teens of the 1900s through the 1930s, gold and silver was arduously mined from the Precambrian rock of the region. Ruins of the large Central Manitoba Mine can be found north of Long Lake on the Nopiming Trail.

Nopiming contains some of Canada's oldest rock, formed about three billion years ago. The last Ice Age, however, and the resulting glacial Lake Agassiz, put the finishing touches on Nopiming’s landscape. As the glacier melted, it deposited clay, gravel and small boulders on the bare rock. Additional deposits of clay and sand were left by the once great lake.

Fishing for northern and walleye pike and lake trout is a popular pursuit in Nopiming. Anglers must possess a valid Manitoba fishing license and observe provincial laws and limits.
> Manitoba Anglers' Guide [PDF]