Ivanhoe Lake Provincial Park | |||||||
Iucn Category: | II | ||||||
Iucn Ref: | [1] | ||||||
Map: | Canada Ontario | ||||||
Relief: | yes | ||||||
Location: | Sudbury District, Northeastern Ontario, Canada | ||||||
Nearest Town: | Foleyet | ||||||
Area Ha: | 7705.00 | ||||||
Elevation: | 354m (1,161feet) | ||||||
Established: | 1957 | ||||||
Visitation Num: | 29,796 | ||||||
Visitation Year: | 2022 | ||||||
Visitation Ref: | [2] | ||||||
Governing Body: | Ontario Parks | ||||||
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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.[3] It is in the James Bay drainage basin, encompasses almost all of Ivanhoe Lake on the Ivanhoe River, and is located 8km (05miles) southwest of the community of Foleyet on Ontario Highway 101.[4]
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.[5]
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.[6]