Summit Lake Provincial Park is a
Class C provincial park
Ischigualasto Provincial Park
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located southeast of the
community
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of
Summit Lake in the
Central Kootenay region of
British Columbia
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,
Canada
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.
Geography
The park sits atop a small peninsula located on the western shore of
Summit Lake. The lake is surrounded by the
Nakusp Range of the
Selkirk Mountains
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, which rises 500 metres above the lake.
Recreation
Park visitors can enjoy fishing for rainbow and cutthroat trout or swimming in the lake's clear, refreshing mountain water. Mountain Goats can often be viewed on rocky outcroppings and each fall a natural spectacle occurs as thousands of toads emerge from the lake and migrate to the nearby forest to hibernate for the winter.
[This is an unofficial version of Government of British Columbia legal materials.]
References
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Provincial parks of British Columbia
Regional District of Central Kootenay
Arrow Lakes
Protected areas established in 1964
1964 establishments in British Columbia