| Solace Provincial Park | |||||||
| Iucn Category: | ii | ||||||
| Iucn Ref: | [1] | ||||||
| Map: | Ontario | ||||||
| Relief: | yes | ||||||
| Location: | Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada | ||||||
| Coords Ref: | [2] | ||||||
| Area Ha: | 5943.00 | ||||||
| Area Ref: | [3] | ||||||
| Designation: | Waterway | ||||||
| Established: | 1989 | ||||||
| Named For: | Solace Lake | ||||||
| Governing Body: | Ontario Parks | ||||||
| Url: | https://www.ontarioparks.com/park/solace | ||||||
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Solace Provincial Park is a remote provincial park in Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada. It was established in 1985 and protects a series of lakes that provide backcountry canoeing opportunities. It is characterized by boreal forest, mostly jack pine conifer forest with mixed forest including white birch.[3] [4] The roadless park, with topography and scenery similar to the adjacent Lady Evelyn-Smoothwater Provincial Park, is considered as "one of the most isolated, wild places in Ontario."[5] [6]
The park contains a chain of narrow north–south oriented lakes such as Selkirk, Solace, Maggie, Pilgrim, and Bluesucker Lakes, that are separated by steep forest-covered ridges. Canoeists can travel between these lakes with rugged portages over the ridges.[4] Although scenic and for those seeking quietude, the canoe routes through the park are considered by Hap Wilson as "challenging" with "hefty" portages. The routes form part of the 2400adj=midNaNadj=mid network of portages and waterways in the Temagami area.[7] [8]
It is an operating park, requiring permits for wilderness camping. Facilities include 10 backcountry campsites. The park can be used for recreational activities such as boating, backcountry camping, canoeing, fishing, swimming, and hunting.[3] It is only accessible via canoe or floatplane.[6]
The park is part of a chain of provincial parks and conservation reserves in the Temagami area. It forms a natural corridor between the Sturgeon River (in the adjacent Sturgeon River Provincial Park) to the west and Florence Lake (in Lady Evelyn-Smoothwater Provincial Park) to the east.[4] Furthermore, it borders on North Yorston Conservation Reserve to the north, which protects old-growth white pine stands and part of the headwaters of the Sturgeon, Lady Evelyn, Yorston, and Pilgrim Rivers.[9]