Lake St. Peter Provincial Park
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Lake St. Peter Provincial Park is recreation-class provincial park
, in the province of Ontario
operated by the Ontario Parks
branch of the Ministry of Natural Resources
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The park is located on Lake St. Peter
near the community of the same name, 2 km (1.2 mi) off Highway 127. It is 478 hectares (1,181.2 acre) with 65 campsite
s, two beach
s and two hiking trails
. The main access gatehouse also contains a small store supplying minimal camping equipment, firewood, ice and rental canoe
s.
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 the province of 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....
operated by the Ontario Parks
Ontario Parks
Ontario Parks is the branch of the Ministry of Natural Resources that administers the provincial parks in Ontario, Canada. The Ontario Parks system covers over 78,000 square kilometres , about 10 percent of the province's surface area or the equivalent of an area approximately equal to Nova Scotia...
branch of the Ministry of Natural Resources
Ministry of Natural Resources (Ontario)
The Ministry of Natural Resources is a government ministry of the Canadian province of Ontario that responsible for Ontario’s provincial parks, forests, fisheries, wildlife, mineral aggregates and the Crown lands and waters that make up 87 per cent of the province...
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The park is located on Lake St. Peter
Lake St. Peter (Ontario)
Lake St. Peter is a small lake in Ontario in Hastings Highlands, near the village of the same name.Lake St. Peter Provincial Park is located on Lake St. Peter, off Highway 127....
near the community of the same name, 2 km (1.2 mi) off Highway 127. It is 478 hectares (1,181.2 acre) with 65 campsite
Campsite
A campsite or camping pitch is a place used for overnight stay in the outdoors. In British English a campsite is an area, usually divided into a number of pitches, where people can camp overnight using tents or camper vans or caravans; this British English use of the word is synonymous with the...
s, two beach
Beach
A beach is a geological landform along the shoreline of an ocean, sea, lake or river. It usually consists of loose particles which are often composed of rock, such as sand, gravel, shingle, pebbles or cobblestones...
s and two hiking trails
Trail
A trail is a path with a rough beaten or dirt/stone surface used for travel. Trails may be for use only by walkers and in some places are the main access route to remote settlements...
. The main access gatehouse also contains a small store supplying minimal camping equipment, firewood, ice and rental canoe
Canoe
A canoe or Canadian canoe is a small narrow boat, typically human-powered, though it may also be powered by sails or small electric or gas motors. Canoes are usually pointed at both bow and stern and are normally open on top, but can be decked over A canoe (North American English) or Canadian...
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