Marten River Provincial Park

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Marten River Provincial Park
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Location in Ontario (Canada)
Location Nipissing District, Ontario, Canada
Nearest city Marten River, Ontario
Coordinates 46°43′24.84″N79°48′52.23″W / 46.7235667°N 79.8145083°W / 46.7235667; -79.8145083
Area400 ha (990 acres)
Established1960
Visitors44,647(in 2022 [2] )
Governing body Ontario Parks
Website www.ontarioparks.ca/park/martenriver
Marten River Provincial Park

Marten River Provincial Park is a 400-hectare (990-acre) provincial park in Northeastern Ontario, Canada. [3] It is located by the hamlet of Marten River in the municipality of Temagami.

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Background

Marten River Provincial Park features 193 campsites (105 of which have electrical hookups) in two campgrounds, Chicot (Sites 1–114) and Assinika (Sites 115–216). The park's feature attraction is a replica of a turn of the century logging camp, complete with a museum, camp buildings and outdoor displays of period logging equipment. [4]

References

  1. UNEP-WCMC. "Protected Area Profile for Marten River Provincial Park". World Database on Protected Areas. Retrieved 2024-11-08.
  2. Parks, Ontario. "Ontario_Parks-Visitation-Statistics 2022 - Ministries". data.ontario.ca. Retrieved 2024-11-08.
  3. "Marten River Provincial Park". Protected Planet. Archived from the original on 28 May 2024.
  4. Steer, Bill (11 February 2017). "Take a hike". North Bay Nugget. Archived from the original on 11 February 2017.