Sharbot Lake Provincial Park is a
park
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under the auspices of
Ontario Parks
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in the municipality of
Central Frontenac
Central Frontenac is a township in eastern Ontario, Canada in the County of Frontenac.
Central Frontenac was created in 1998 through an amalgamation of the Townships of Hinchinbrooke, Kennebec, Olden and Oso.
Communities
There are 28 communiti ...
,
Frontenac County
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in
Eastern
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Ontario
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,
Canada
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. The park has an area of and was established in 1958.
This recreation class
campground
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has 194 camp sites, 178 of which are treed. In 2010 the campground hosted more than twenty-nine thousand visitors, of which more than twenty-six thousand were overnight campers.
Although the park is on the northwest shore of
Sharbot Lake
Sharbot Lake is a suburban community and unincorporated area in the municipality of Central Frontenac, Frontenac County in Eastern Ontario, Canada. Named after the Sharbot family, who were local residents, it appeared in Lovell's Gazetteer in 187 ...
, it is mostly along the shore line of the neighbouring
Black Lake, having two sandy beaches on this latter lake.
Ontario Highway 7
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parallels much of the park.
See also
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List of Canadian provincial parks
This is a list of all provincial/territorial parks and other provincial/territorial protected areas in Canada.
Alberta
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- for parks in other Canadian provinces.
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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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References
External links
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Provincial parks of Ontario
Protected areas of Frontenac County
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