Halfway Lake Provincial Park Explained

Halfway Lake Provincial Park
Iucn Category:II
Iucn Ref:[1]
Map:Canada Ontario
Location:Sudbury, Northeastern Ontario, Ontario, Canada
Nearest Town:Cartier, Ontario
Coordinates:46.9108°N -81.6531°W
Area Km2:47.30
Elevation:441m (1,447feet)
Established:1985[2]
Visitation Num:81,379
Visitation Year:2022
Visitation Ref:[3]
Operator:Ontario Parks
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Wikidata:yes
Zoom:10
Coord:46.9108°N -81.6531°W

Halfway Lake Provincial Park is a provincial park astride Ontario Highway 144 in Sudbury District in northeastern Ontario, Canada. It is operated by Ontario Parks and is named for Halfway Lake, which is entirely within the park grounds. The nearest settlement on Highway 144 is Cartier, about 25km (16miles) to the south. The park contains more than a dozen lakes, including Antrim Lake, Bailey Lake, Benny Lake, Bittern Lake, Burnt Ridge Lake, Halfway Lake, Lodge Lake, Moosemuck Lake, Otter Lake, Raven Lake, Three Island Lake, Trapper Lake, and Two Narrows Lake. There are a mix of 221 electrical and non-electrical sites in the two campgrounds (namely Hawksnest Campground and Wild Rose Campground), 10 interior canoe-access sites located on Antrim Lake, Bailey Lake, and Trapper Lake, plus an additional five interior hike-access sites located along the Hawk Ridge Trail.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: UNEP-WCMC. World Conservation Monitoring Centre. Protected Area Profile for Halfway Lake Provincial Park. World Database on Protected Areas. 2024-11-08.
  2. Web site: Halfway Lake Provincial Park - Natural Environment. Protected Planet. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304061116/http://protectedplanet.net/sites/Halfway_Lake_Provincial_Park_Natural_Environment. dead. 4 March 2016.
  3. Web site: Parks . Ontario . Ontario_Parks-Visitation-Statistics 2022 - Ministries . 2024-11-08 . data.ontario.ca.