Arrowhead Provincial Park

Arrowhead Provincial Park
IUCN category II (national park)


Location	Ontario, Canada
Nearest city	Huntsville, Ontario
Coordinates	45°23′30″N 79°11′55″W / 45.39167°N 79.19861°W / 45.39167; -79.19861Coordinates: 45°23′30″N 79°11′55″W / 45.39167°N 79.19861°W / 45.39167; -79.19861^[1]
Area	1,237 ha (3,060 acres)
Established	1971^[2]
Governing body	Ontario Parks

Arrowhead Provincial Park is located north of Huntsville, Ontario, Canada, and is part of the Ontario Parks system. A portion of the shoreline of Glacial Lake Algonquin is visible in the park.^[3]

During the winter, a 1.3-kilometre (0.81 mi) man-made skating trail winds through the forest.^[4]

References

↑ "Arrowhead Provincial Park". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2010-06-22.
↑ "Arrowhead Provincial Park - Natural Environment". Protected Planet. Archived from the original on 28 August 2014.
↑ Cairns Wake, Winifred (1997). A Nature Guide to Ontario. John Cartwright, Anne Champagne, Federation of Ontario Naturalists, Federation of Ontario Naturalists (COR), Kathy Parker, Martin Parker. University of Toronto Press. p. 307. ISBN 978-0-8020-2755-9. Retrieved 2009-04-07.
↑ "Skating trail one of best kept secrets in Ontario for winter fun". CTV Barrie News. 4 January 2014. Archived from the original on 3 September 2014.

"Toporama - Topographic Map Sheet 31E6". Atlas of Canada. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2010-06-22.

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Continental glaciations

General

Landforms

Erosional

Depositional

Glacifluvial	Diluvium Esker Giant current ripples Kame Kame delta Kettle hole Outwash fan Sandur

North American
places

Canadian	Arrowhead Provincial Park, Ontario Big Rock (glacial erratic), Alberta Cypress Hills (Canada), Saskatchewan Eramosa River, Ontario Eskers Provincial Park, British Columbia Foothills Erratics Train, Alberta Lion's Head Provincial Park, Ontario Origin of the Oak Ridges Moraine, Ontario Ovayok Territorial Park, Nunavut

United States	Chippewa Moraine State Recreation Area, Wisconsin Coteau des Prairies, South Dakota Devil's Lake State Park, Wisconsin Glacial Lake Wisconsin, Wisconsin Glacial Lakes State Park, Minnesota Horicon Marsh State Wildlife Area, Wisconsin Ice Age Floods National Geologic Trail, Idaho, Oregon & Washington Ice Age National Scientific Reserve, Wisconsin Ice Age Trail, Wisconsin Interstate State Park, Minnesota & Wisconsin Kelleys Island, Ohio Kettle Moraine State Forest, Wisconsin Lake Bonneville, Utah Lake Lahontan, Nevada Lake Missoula, Montana Mill Bluff State Park, Wisconsin Oneida Lake, New York Two Creeks Buried Forest State Natural Area, Wisconsin Withrow Moraine and Jameson Lake Drumlin Field, Washington Yosemite National Park, California

Eurasian and
Antarctic places

Time periods

Category

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