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Country
  
Canada

Postal Code
  
K0H 2P0

Elevation
  
195 m

Municipality
  
Central Frontenac

County
  
Frontenac

Area code(s)
  
613, 343

Local time
  
Friday 1:47 PM

Province
  
Ontario

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Time zone
  
Eastern Time Zone (UTC-5)

Weather
  
1°C, Wind E at 19 km/h, 92% Humidity

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Sharbot Lake is a Suburban Community and unincorporated area in the municipality of Central Frontenac, Frontenac County in Eastern Ontario, Canada. It is part of the Land O'Lakes Tourist Region and is located on the eponymous Sharbot Lake.

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Map of Sharbot Lake, ON, Canada

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Recreation

The community is surrounded by many lakes that are used for outdoor recreation. The nearby Sharbot Lake Provincial Park has hiking trails, camp sites, and a boat launch into Sharbot Lake.

Local services

Sharbot Lake has tourist-oriented shops and accommodations. Also in the village are a public beach and park, a pharmacy, grocery, bank, medical clinic, law office, real estate services, and public library (part of the Kingston Frontenac Public Library system). The local post office services the village with lock boxes, and rural routes (RR2 Sharbot Lake, RR1 Clarendon Station and RR1 Ompah).

Transportation

Sharbot Lake is accessible via Ontario Highway 38 and Ontario Highway 7 (the latter part of the Trans-Canada Highway in the area). It was once an important stop on the Kingston and Pembroke Railway, the rail bed of which has become the multi-use K&P Rail Trail and part of the Trans Canada Trail.

Annual events

Sharbot Lake hosts:

  • an annual triathlon, with a 1.5 km swim, 40 km cycle and a 10 km run.
  • the Arts by The Lake art festival in August
  • an annual Heritage Festival in February
  • annual Snowmobile races
  • Olympic gold medalist Simon Whitfield got his start in the triathlon by participating in Sharbot Lake's annual "Kids Of Steel" event for youth.

    References

    Sharbot Lake Wikipedia