Sharbot Lake Provincial Park

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Sharbot Lake Provincial Park
Sharbot Lake camp site 121 (The Point) as seen from Black Lake.jpg
Sharbot Lake camp site 121 (The Point) as seen from Black Lake
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Location in Eastern Ontario
Location Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada
Nearest city Sharbot Lake, Ontario
Coordinates 44°46′17″N76°43′31″W / 44.77139°N 76.72528°W / 44.77139; -76.72528 [2]
Area80 ha (198 acres)
Established1958 (1958)
Visitors50,910(in 2022 [3] )
Governing body Ontario Parks
Website https://www.ontarioparks.ca/park/sharbotlake
Sharbot Lake Provincial Park

Sharbot Lake Provincial Park is a park under the auspices of Ontario Parks in the municipality of Central Frontenac, Frontenac County in Eastern Ontario, Canada. The park has an area of 80 hectares (198 acres) and was established in 1958. [4]

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This recreation class campground has 194 camp sites, 178 of which are treed. [5] In 2010 the campground hosted more than twenty-nine thousand visitors, of which more than twenty-six thousand were overnight campers. [6] Although the park is on the northwest shore of Sharbot Lake, it is mostly along the shore line of the neighbouring Black Lake, having two sandy beaches on this latter lake.

Ontario Highway 7 parallels much of the park.

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References

  1. UNEP-WCMC. "Protected Area Profile for Sharbot Lake Provincial Park". World Database on Protected Areas. Retrieved 2024-11-03.
  2. "Sharbot Lake Provincial Park". Geographical Names Data Base . Natural Resources Canada . Retrieved 2014-08-08.
  3. Parks, Ontario. "Ontario_Parks-Visitation-Statistics 2022 - Ministries". data.ontario.ca. Retrieved 2024-11-03.
  4. "Sharbot Lake - Introduction". Ontario Parks. Retrieved 2017-05-22.
  5. "Sharbot Lake- Facilities and services". Ontario Parks. 2003-06-04. Archived from the original on 2011-10-22. Retrieved 2012-01-16.
  6. "SOUTHEAST ZONE 2010". Park Statistics/Statistiques Parcs 2010 (PDF). Queen's Printer for Ontario. 2011. p. 65. ISBN   978-1-4435-5802-0 . Retrieved 16 January 2012.