Foy Provincial Park is a
provincial park
Ischigualasto Provincial Park
A provincial park (or territorial park) is a park administered by one of the provinces of a country, as opposed to a national park. They are similar to state parks in other countries. They are typically open to t ...
on
Round Lake in
Ontario
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,
Canada
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. Since it is non-operational, camping is prohibited, but day-use activities such as swimming and hiking are permitted. The park property includes facilities used by the
Ontario Ranger program of the
Ministry of Natural Resources
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.
History
Purchased in 1968, the Foy property was originally an addition to
Bonnechere Provincial Park, which is also located on Round Lake. As day use at Bonnechere Park became heavy in the early 1980s, the idea of creating another park on Round Lake was introduced. In 1985, it was put into regulation as Foy Provincial Park and designated as "recreation"-class. The stated goal of the park was to "maintain quality summer-oriented day use facilities."
Citing declining attendance, the Ministry of Natural Resources closed the day use facilities at Foy in 1994, along with seven other Ontario provincial parks.
For many years the Round Lake Ontario Ranger Program operated out of Foy park. The Ontario Ranger Program was suddenly cancelled completely by the Liberal Government in 2012.
Ecology
The 1986
management
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Management includ ...
plan called for two nature reserve zones, one on the west side of the park's point to protect a "wave cut terrace that is the evidence of a glacial lake's existence." On the east side of the point, exposed
clay
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made up the other reserve zone.
Gallery
Image:FoyProvincialPark-Gate.JPG, The main gate of the park.
Image:FoyProvincialPark-Sign.JPG, Signs displaying the park rules.
Image:Round_Lake_sign.jpg, Ontario Ranger Camp sign.
Image:Trillium.jpg, Great White Trillium (''Trillium grandiflorum
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''), Ontario's flower.
See also
*
List of Ontario parks
This is a list of protected areas of Ontario that are administered by Government of Ontario. Ontario Parks and the Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks are the provincial bodies responsible for managing these protected areas.
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Notes
External links
*{{official website, https://www.ontarioparks.com/park/foyproperty
Parks in Renfrew County
Provincial parks of Ontario
Protected areas established in 1985
1985 establishments in Ontario