Ivanhoe Lake Provincial Park

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.^[4] 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.^[5]

Ivanhoe Lake Provincial Park
IUCN category II (national park)[1]
Storm over Ivanhoe Lake PP
Location in Ontario (Canada)
Location	Sudbury District, Northeastern Ontario, Canada
Nearest town	Foleyet
Coordinates	48°08′57″N 82°30′43″W
Area	7,705.00 ha (29.7492 sq mi)[2]
Elevation	354 m (1,161 ft)
Established	1957
Visitors	29,796 (in 2022)[3]
Governing body	Ontario Parks
Website	www.ontarioparks.com/park/ivanhoelake

Facilities

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.^[6]

Natural history

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.^[2]