Ivanhoe Lake Provincial Park | |
Iucn Category: | II |
Map: | Canada Ontario |
Location: | Sudbury, Northeastern Ontario, Ontario, Canada |
Area Ha: | 7705.00 |
Elevation: | 354m (1,161feet) |
Established: | 1957 |
Governing Body: | Ontario Parks |
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.[1] 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.[2]
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.[3]
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.[4]