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Halfway Lake Provincial Park is a provincial park astride Ontario Highway 144 in Sudbury District in northeastern Ontario, Canada.It is operated by Ontario Parks and is named for Halfway Lake, which is entirely within the park grounds.
It now resides at the park. Martello towers were built in the area to defend the British from American invasion. Inside the park, Cedar Island, a small island visible from downtown Kingston, Ontario, is the site of a Martello tower named Cathcart Tower. The park was established in 1904, the first Canadian national park east of the Rocky Mountains.
A second, smaller, non-contiguous portion of the park is southwest of the lake in the municipality of Moonbeam. [5] Spruce Creek is entirely within the park, and arrives at Round Bay on the northeast shore of Remi Lake. Other named lakes wholly in the park are Crawfish Lake; Spruce Lake, the source of Spruce Creek; and West Audrey Lake.
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It is administered by Ontario Parks which classifies it as a "recreation park". [4] The park is situated on a sheltered bay that was created in 1950 after the construction of the Des Joachims hydro-electric dam [5] 12 km downstream on the Ottawa River. This new bay became a spot where driftwood being carried downstream washes ashore.
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The park contains 6 public campgrounds with approximately 330 sites available and 3 group camping sites. [10] The park includes 5 beaches. [9] Kettle Lake. The park also has over 30 kilometres (19 mi) of hiking trails, with a variety of shorter and longer trails. [9] These include the: