Ivanhoe Lake Provincial Park | |
Protected Area | |
Country | Canada |
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Province | Ontario |
Region | Northeastern Ontario |
District | Sudbury |
Part | Sudbury, Unorganized, North |
Lake | Ivanhoe Lake |
River | Ivanhoe River |
Elevation | 354 m (1,161 ft) |
Coordinates | 48°08′57″N 82°30′43″W / 48.14917°N 82.51194°WCoordinates: 48°08′57″N 82°30′43″W / 48.14917°N 82.51194°W |
Area | 1,589 ha (3,927 acres) |
Biome | Boreal forest |
Plants | Wild rice, orchids |
Owner | Ontario Parks |
Easiest access | Ivanhoe Lake Road from Ontario Highway 101 |
IUCN category | II - National Park |
Website: www |
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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. 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.
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.
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.