Caliper Lake Provincial Park
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Caliper Lake Provincial Park is a small provincial park
in northwestern Ontario
, near the township of Nestor Falls
. The park occupies 147 hectares (363.2 acre) alongside a lake of the same name as the park. Camping is available at the park, with 83 campsites.
Fish
found in the lake include northern pike, walleye
and smallmouth bass
. Pelicans
are also found in the lake occasionally.
Provincial park
A provincial park is a park under the management of a provincial or territorial government in Canada.While provincial parks are not the same as national parks, their workings are very similar...
in northwestern Ontario
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
, near the township of Nestor Falls
Sioux Narrows-Nestor Falls, Ontario
Population trend:* Population in 2006: 672* Population in 2001: 577* Population total in 1996: 794** Sioux Narrows : 430* Population in 1991:** Sioux Narrows : 390-External links:*...
. The park occupies 147 hectares (363.2 acre) alongside a lake of the same name as the park. Camping is available at the park, with 83 campsites.
Fish
Fish
Fish are a paraphyletic group of organisms that consist of all gill-bearing aquatic vertebrate animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish, as well as various extinct related groups...
found in the lake include northern pike, walleye
Walleye
Walleye is a freshwater perciform fish native to most of Canada and to the northern United States. It is a North American close relative of the European pikeperch...
and smallmouth bass
Smallmouth bass
The smallmouth bass is a species of freshwater fish in the sunfish family of the order Perciformes. It is the type species of its genus...
. Pelicans
Pelican
A pelican, derived from the Greek word πελεκυς pelekys is a large water bird with a large throat pouch, belonging to the bird family Pelecanidae....
are also found in the lake occasionally.