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Foy Provincial Park

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Location
  
Round Lake, Ontario

Governing body
  
Ontario Parks

Province
  
Ontario

Management
  
Ontario Parks

Nearest city
  
Pembroke, Ontario

Area
  
48 ha

Established
  
1985

Foy Provincial Park

Address
  
Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards, ON, Canada

Hours
  
Open today ยท Open 24 hoursWednesdayOpen 24 hoursThursdayOpen 24 hoursFridayOpen 24 hoursSaturdayOpen 24 hoursSundayOpen 24 hoursMondayOpen 24 hoursTuesdayOpen 24 hours

Similar
  
Bonnechere Provincial Park, Ontario Parks, Manitou Islands, Lake St Peter Provincial, Halfway Lake Provincial

Foy Provincial Park is a provincial park on Round Lake, Ontario. Since it is non-operational, camping is prohibited, but day use activities such as swimming and hiking are permitted. The park property includes facilities used by the Ontario Ranger program of the Ministry of Natural Resources.

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History

Purchased in 1968, the Foy property was originally an addition to Bonnechere Provincial Park, which is also located on Round Lake. As day use at Bonnechere Park became heavy in the early 1980s, the idea of creating another park on Round Lake was introduced. In 1985, it was put into regulation as Foy Provincial Park and designated as "recreation"-class. The stated goal of the park was to "maintain quality summer-oriented day use facilities."

Citing declining attendance, the Ministry of Natural Resources closed the day use facilities at Foy in 1994, along with seven other Ontario provincial parks.

For many years the Round Lake Ontario Ranger Program operated out of Foy park. The Ontario Ranger Program was suddenly cancelled completely by the Liberal Government in 2012.

Ecology

The 1986 management plan called for two nature reserve zones, one on the west side of the park's point to protect a "wave cut terrace that is the evidence of a glacial lake's existence." On the east side of the point, exposed clay made up the other reserve zone.

References

Foy Provincial Park Wikipedia