Ivanhoe Lake Provincial Park

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Ivanhoe Lake Provincial Park
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Location in Ontario (Canada)
Ivanhoe Lake Provincial Park
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Location Sudbury District, Northeastern Ontario, Canada
Nearest town Foleyet
Coordinates 48°08′57″N82°30′43″W / 48.1492°N 82.5119°W / 48.1492; -82.5119
Area7,705.00 ha (29.7492 sq mi) [2]
Elevation354 m (1,161 ft)
Established1957
Visitors29,796(in 2022) [3]
Governing body Ontario Parks
Website www.ontarioparks.com/park/ivanhoelake

Ivanhoe Lake Provincial Park is an operating natural environment class park and protected area in the Unorganized North Part of Sudbury District in Northeastern Ontario, Canada. [4] It is in the James Bay drainage basin, encompasses almost all of Ivanhoe Lake on the Ivanhoe River, and is located 8 kilometres (5 mi) southwest of the community of Foleyet on Ontario Highway 101. [5]

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Facilities

The park has play areas adjacent to a sandy wading and swimming beach. It also has 120 camp sites of which 64 have electrical hookup, and offers showers, flush toilets, a store, canoe rental, and a boat launch. [6]

Natural history

Ivanhoe Lake Provincial Park has a number of glacial features including eskers, kettle lakes and a kettle lake that has become a quaking bog. It is in the Boreal forest biome and has plant species such as wild rice and six species of orchids. [2]

References

  1. ↑ UNEP-WCMC. "Protected Area Profile for Ivanhoe Lake Provincial Park". World Database on Protected Areas. Retrieved 2024-11-08.
  2. 1 2 "Natural features". Ivanhoe Lake. Ontario Parks. 2002-11-18. Retrieved 2011-09-10.
  3. ↑ Parks, Ontario. "Ontario_Parks-Visitation-Statistics 2022 - Ministries". data.ontario.ca. Retrieved 2024-11-08.
  4. ↑ "Ivanhoe Lake Provincial Park". Geographical Names Data Base . Natural Resources Canada . Retrieved 2011-09-10.
  5. ↑ Map 12 (PDF) (Map). 1 : 1,600,000. Official road map of Ontario. Ministry of Transportation of Ontario. 2010-01-01. Retrieved 2011-09-09.
  6. ↑ "Facilities & Services". Ivanhoe Lake. Ontario Parks. 2002-11-18. Retrieved 2011-09-10.
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