Marten River Provincial Park Explained

Marten River Provincial Park
Iucn Category:II
Iucn Ref:[1]
Location:Nipissing District, Ontario, Canada
Nearest City:Marten River, Ontario
Coords:46.7236°N -79.8145°W
Map:Ontario
Relief:yes
Area:400ha
Established:1960
Visitation Num:44,647
Visitation Year:2022[2]
Governing Body:Ontario Parks
Embedded:
Wikidata:yes
Zoom:12
Coord:46.7236°N -79.8145°W

Marten River Provincial Park is a 400hectare provincial park in Northeastern Ontario, Canada.[3] It is located by the hamlet of Marten River in the municipality of Temagami.

Background

Marten River Provincial Park features 193 campsites (105 of which have electrical hookups) in two campgrounds, Chicot (Sites 1–114) and Assinika (Sites 115–216). The park's feature attraction is a replica of a turn of the century logging camp, complete with a museum, camp buildings and outdoor displays of period logging equipment.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: UNEP-WCMC. World Conservation Monitoring Centre. Protected Area Profile for Marten River Provincial Park. World Database on Protected Areas. 2024-11-08.
  2. Web site: Parks . Ontario . Ontario_Parks-Visitation-Statistics 2022 - Ministries . 2024-11-08 . data.ontario.ca.
  3. Web site: Marten River Provincial Park. Protected Planet. https://archive.today/20240528041823/https://www.webcitation.org/6qjNP4spL?url=https://www.protectedplanet.net/marten-river-provincial-park-provincial-park. dead. 28 May 2024.
  4. Web site: Take a hike. Steer. Bill. 11 February 2017. North Bay Nugget. https://web.archive.org/web/20170211233414/http://www.nugget.ca/2017/02/11/four-great-snowshoeing-adventures-at-our-doorstep. dead. 11 February 2017.