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 Silent Lake Provincial Park - Ontario
N 44° 55.477 W 078° 04.349
17T E 731035 N 4978746
Silent Lake is located on Highway 28 in the beuatiful Haliburton Highlands, twenty kilometres south of the town of Bancroft.
Waymark Code: WM6R33
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 07/11/2009
Views: 10
Silent Lake has 167 campsites scattered throughout the developed area of the park. Most sites are suitable for small recreational vehicles and trailers as well as tents.
Walk-in sites, away from the roads, offer tenting campers easy access to secluded camping.
All campsites have fireplace grills and picnic tables and are close to vault toilets and water taps. There are also two fully equipped washrooms with showers, laundry facilities and vending machines.
Picnics and Day Use
A sandy beach offers excellent swimming for day visitors.
Barrier Free Access - Showers, flush toilets
Park Store - There is a store 1 km north of the park on Highway 28.
Showers
Yes, in comfort stations in Pincer Bay and Granite Ridge campgrounds.
Flush Toilets
Yes, in comfort stations in Pincer Bay and Granite Ridge campgrounds, at the beach and walk-in campground
Laundromat
Yes, in comfort stations in Pincer Bay and Granite Ridge campgrounds.
Rentals
Canoes, kayaks, tents and paddleboat.
Off Season
Open for cross-country skiing, winter camping, snowshoeing and ice fishing
Fees: Day Use from $10, Overnight from $30.
Park Type: Day Use/ Overnight
Activities:
Camping, fishing, canoeing, wildlife viewing, boating, cycling, and hunting in season.
Cross-country skiing on groomed trails, ice fishing, snowshoeing and winter camping are popular winter activities.
Background:
Silent Lake offers a perfect setting for enjoying the natural beauty and tranquility of the lower Canadian Shield. The forest is a mix of deciduous and evergreen trees, with birch, maple, hemlock and white pine the most common species. The trees are mostly second growth as the area was opened up by loggers in the 1800s. Visitors can see reminders of the logging period in the remains of logging camps scattered throughout the area, and huge, blackened stumps of trees consumed by fire long ago.
A wide variety of wildflowers grows throughout the park, including the rare rose pogonia, rattlesnake fern and toothwort. Otter, mink and beaver live in the marshy areas near the shoreline of the lake and deer can often be seen on higher ground.
Link to Park: [Web Link]
Park Fees: Not listed
Date Established?: Not listed
Additional Entrance Points: Not Listed
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