Solace Provincial Park

Solace Provincial Park
IUCN category II (national park)[1]
Location of the park in Ontario
Location	Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada
Coordinates	47°11′20″N 80°41′25″W / 47.18889°N 80.69028°W / 47.18889; -80.69028[2]
Area	5,943.00 ha (22.9461 sq mi)[3]
Designation	Waterway
Established	1989
Named for	Solace Lake
Governing body	Ontario Parks
www.ontarioparks.com/park/solace

Solace Provincial Park is a remote provincial park in Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada. It was established in 1985 and protects a series of lakes that provide backcountry canoeing opportunities. It is characterized by boreal forest, mostly jack pine conifer forest with mixed forest including white birch.^[3][4] The roadless park, with topography and scenery similar to the adjacent Lady Evelyn-Smoothwater Provincial Park, is considered as "one of the most isolated, wild places in Ontario."^[5][6]

The park contains a chain of narrow north–south oriented lakes such as Selkirk, Solace, Maggie, Pilgrim, and Bluesucker Lakes, that are separated by steep forest-covered ridges. Canoeists can travel between these lakes with rugged portages over the ridges.^[4] Although scenic and for those seeking quietude, the canoe routes through the park are considered by Hap Wilson as "challenging" with "hefty" portages. The routes form part of the 2,400-kilometre long (1,500 mi) network of portages and waterways in the Temagami area.^[7][8]

It is an operating park, requiring permits for wilderness camping. Facilities include 10 backcountry campsites. The park can be used for recreational activities such as boating, backcountry camping, canoeing, fishing, swimming, and hunting.^[3] It is only accessible via canoe or floatplane.^[6]

The park is part of a chain of provincial parks and conservation reserves in the Temagami area. It forms a natural corridor between the Sturgeon River (in the adjacent Sturgeon River Provincial Park) to the west and Florence Lake (in Lady Evelyn-Smoothwater Provincial Park) to the east.^[4] Furthermore, it borders on North Yorston Conservation Reserve to the north, which protects old-growth white pine stands and part of the headwaters of the Sturgeon, Lady Evelyn, Yorston, and Pilgrim Rivers.^[9]