Sugarloaf Provincial Park
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Sugarloaf Provincial Park is a 1100 hectares (2,718.2 acre) all-season park located in Campbellton, New Brunswick
. It is situated on the north side of Sugarloaf Mountain
, part of the Northern Appalachian Mountains
and an extinct late Devonian volcano
. The park is accessible by two roads, one which goes up the mountain and the other for sightseeing. The park features snowboarding and cross country and alpine skiing in winter and mountain bike riding in summer. The chair lift operates all year. There are 32 kilometres of groomed snowmobile trail through this park which experiences, on average, 300 to 400 mm of snow each year. The park was opened in 1972.
Campbellton, New Brunswick
Campbellton is a Canadian city in Restigouche County, New Brunswick.Situated on the south bank of the Restigouche River opposite Pointe-à-la-Croix, Quebec, Campbellton was officially incorporated in 1889 and achieved city status in 1958.Forestry and tourism are major industries in the regional...
. It is situated on the north side of Sugarloaf Mountain
Sugarloaf Mountain (New Brunswick)
Sugarloaf Mountain is a mountain in the northern Appalachian Mountains in Campbellton, New Brunswick, Canada. The mountain is within Sugarloaf Provincial Park and lies within city limits, just south of the urban area...
, part of the Northern Appalachian Mountains
Appalachian Mountains
The Appalachian Mountains #Whether the stressed vowel is or ,#Whether the "ch" is pronounced as a fricative or an affricate , and#Whether the final vowel is the monophthong or the diphthong .), often called the Appalachians, are a system of mountains in eastern North America. The Appalachians...
and an extinct late Devonian volcano
Volcano
2. Bedrock3. Conduit 4. Base5. Sill6. Dike7. Layers of ash emitted by the volcano8. Flank| 9. Layers of lava emitted by the volcano10. Throat11. Parasitic cone12. Lava flow13. Vent14. Crater15...
. The park is accessible by two roads, one which goes up the mountain and the other for sightseeing. The park features snowboarding and cross country and alpine skiing in winter and mountain bike riding in summer. The chair lift operates all year. There are 32 kilometres of groomed snowmobile trail through this park which experiences, on average, 300 to 400 mm of snow each year. The park was opened in 1972.