Ivanhoe Lake Provincial Park | |
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IUCN category II (
national park) | |
Location | Sudbury, Northeastern Ontario, Ontario, Canada |
Coordinates | 48°08′57″N 82°30′43″W / 48.1492°N 82.5119°W |
Area | 7,705.00 ha (29.7492 sq mi) [1] |
Elevation | 354 m (1,161 ft) |
Established | 1957 |
Governing body | Ontario Parks |
Website |
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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. [2] 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. [3]
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. [4]
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. [1]