Inverhuron Provincial Park

Inverhuron Provincial Park
IUCN category II (national park)
Shoreline and beach area, Lake Huron
Location	Lake Huron
Nearest city	Tiverton, Ontario
Coordinates	44°17′59″N 81°35′17″W / 44.29972°N 81.58806°W / 44.29972; -81.58806Coordinates: 44°17′59″N 81°35′17″W / 44.29972°N 81.58806°W / 44.29972; -81.58806
Area	288 ha
Established	1956
Governing body	Ontario Parks

Inverhuron Provincial Park is a provincial park located on the shores of Lake Huron beside the small village of Inverhuron, Ontario, near Tiverton, Ontario, Canada. When the park opened in 1956 with 351 campsites,^[1] it quickly became one of the most popular provincial parks featuring nature trails and beautiful beaches.^{[citation needed]}

Pioneer cemetery inside park

With the construction of a Heavy Water "Deuterium Oxide" plant at the Bruce Nuclear Power Development, Ontario Hydro purchased the park from the Ministry of Natural Resources in 1973 for issues of safety and security.^[1] Ontario Hydro also signed a 999 year lease with the Ministry which allowed the park to operate as a day-use park only—overnight camping was completely phased out by 1976. When Bruce Nuclear closed and decommissioned its Heavy Water plant in 1998, safety concerns were minimized and the process of opening up the park again for overnight camping began.

On 8 July 2005, the park re-opened as an overnight camping destination featuring 125 private campsites with electrical service, convenient comfort stations, and an improved network of trails.

See also

• Inverhuron, Ontario
• Bruce County, Ontario
• List of Ontario Parks

References

External links

• Official Park Website

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