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Kawartha Highlands Provincial Park

Provincial park in Ontario, Canada

Field	Value
name	Kawartha Highlands Provincial Park
iucn_category	II
photo	CopperLake.jpg
photo_caption	Copper Lake in Kawartha Highlands Provincial Park
location	Ontario, Canada
nearest_city	Peterborough, Ontario
map	Canada Southern Ontario##Ontario
relief	yes
coordinates
area_km2	375.87
area_ref
established	1989, expanded in 2003
visitation_num	26,127
visitation_year	2022
governing_body	Ontario Parks
website
mapframe	yes
mapframe-zoom	9
mapframe-wikidata	yes

| mapframe-zoom = 9 | mapframe-wikidata = yes Kawartha Highlands Provincial Park (officially Kawartha Highlands Signature Site) is a 375 km2 area of preserved wilderness and recreational areas in south-central Ontario, Canada. It is located to the north and east of the main belt of the Kawartha Lakes, primarily in the township of North Kawartha. It is the largest single area of preserved land in the southern part of the province (excluding Algonquin Park, parts of which are in northern and southern Ontario).

Geography

The park was expanded from its original size of 18.6 km2 to its current size in June 2003. It was previously a mostly wilderness tract enclosing Bottle Lake and Sucker Lake, and accessible primarily by canoe, many by portage routes only. It now encloses many more small lakes as well as all of Anstruther Lake, and has many cottages and access roads.

Municipally, the park is completely within Peterborough County: about two-thirds of its area is in the township of North Kawartha, and the remaining western portion is in the township of Trent Lakes. The park office is located offsite in Bancroft, Ontario, and co-located with the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources.

Recreation

The park officially became operational in May 2011 and ministry permits for camping and parking are now required. Campsites are designated and provided with picnic tables, fire rings and thunder boxes. Official Ontario Parks maps indicate the park boundaries and exclude small tracts of land which contain pre-existing cottages. Additionally, some cottages on Serpentine and Copper Lakes remain without owning land and continue to use motor boats.

References

"Kawartha Highlands Provincial Park Introduction". Ontario Parks.
Parks, Ontario. "Ontario_Parks-Visitation-Statistics 2022 - Ministries".

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