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STURGEON BAY STURGEON BAY 2025 Information Guide
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2025 Information Guide
Welcome to Sturgeon Bay Provincial Park Welcome to Sturgeon Bay Provincial Park Provincial Park Park Naturalists will be visiting every Thursday in
The Park Park Staff Staff would would like like to to welcome welcome you you to to The The Park Staff Staffwould wouldlike liketotowelcome welcome you to The Park you to another season season at at Sturgeon Sturgeon Bay Bay Provincial Provincial Park! Park! another another seasonatatSturgeon SturgeonBay Bay Provincial another season Provincial Whether you are a Sturgeon Bay veteran orPark! Whether you areyou a Sturgeon Bay veteran Park! Whether are a Sturgeon Bay or veteran Whether a Sturgeon Bay veteran or visiting foryou theare first time,time, the park park always has has visiting for the first time, the always has or visiting for the first the park always visiting for the first time, the park always has something exciting exciting totooffer. offer. With our beautiful something excitingto offer.With Withour our beautiful something beautiful something exciting to offer. With our beautiful beach, quiet quiet campground, and our fantastic beach, quietcampground, campground,and and our fantastic beach, our fantastic beach, quiet campground, and our fantastic boating andfishing fishingopportunities, opportunities, there boating and and fishing opportunities, there areare lots boating there are lots boating and fishing opportunities, there are lots lots of ways to enjoy yourat at Sturgeon of ways ways to enjoy enjoy your stay stay atstay Sturgeon Bay. Bay. of to your Sturgeon Bay. of enjoy your staywatercraft at Sturgeon Bay. We now have even more watercraft rentals Weways nowto have even more rentals We now have even more watercraft rentals We now have even more watercraft rentals available forpark park visitors! With the addition available for visitors! With the addition of available for park visitors! With the addition of of two single kayaks and With morethe canoes, there available for park visitors! addition of two single single kayaks kayaks and and more more canoes, canoes, there there are are two are more chances formore visitors to get outare on two single kayaks and canoes, there more chances chances for for visitors visitors to to get get out out on on the the water. water. more the water. Forfor more information regarding our wat more chances visitors to get out on the water. For more more information information regarding regarding our our watercraft watercrafter. For watercraft rentals please see page 2. For more information regarding our watercraft
rentals please please see see page page 22 or or speak speak to to Park Park Staff Staff rentals Once Sturgeon Baypage closed its gates for the 2024 rentals please see 2 or speak to Park Staff Once Sturgeon Bay closed its gates for the directly. directly. season, we continued to work on alleviating 2024 season, we continued to work on directly. Once Sturgeon Bay closed its gates for the thewithin 2024 Once Sturgeon Bay closed its gates for 2024 the flooding and improving site privacy alleviating the flooding andits improving site Once Sturgeon Bay closed gates for the 2024 season, our staff staff got to work workiscompleting completing season, our to the pull-through sites. This an ongoing privacy within thegot pull-through sites. This is an season, our staff got to work completing campground improvement projects. This project and itimprovement will take time fortime thefor trees ongoing project and it will take theto fill campground projects. This campground improvement projects. This included sanding, staining andwith sealing the trees toplease fillsanding, out,bear so staining please us!the out, so with bear us! included and sealing included sanding, staining and sealing the Georgian Bay notably low Georgian Bayisisexperiencing experiencing notably lowthe counters within within all bathrooms bathrooms throughout the counters all throughout counters within all bathrooms throughout the water levels due to water levels due tonatural natural seasonal variations. park. We We also replaced theseasonal posts andvariations. ropes park. also replaced the posts and ropes These conditions can more shoreline park. We thecontinued posts and ropes These conditions canexpose expose more shoreline leading toalso ourreplaced docks. We to work on on leading to our docks. We continued to work and underwater hazards, which may affect leading to our docks. We continued to work on and underwater hazards, which may affect alleviating the the flooding flooding and and improving improving site site our alleviating beach size and boating navigation. Visitors beach size the andflooding boatingand navigation. Visitors are alleviating improving site isare privacy within the pull-through sites. This an privacy within sites. This isout an encouraged to the planpull-through ahead before heading encouraged tothe plan ahead before heading out privacy within pull-through Thisthe is an ongoing project and it will will take take sites. time for for on the water. ongoing project and it time the on the water. ongoing project andplease it willbear take with time us! for the trees to to fill fill out, so so trees out, please bear with us! trees to fill out, so please bear with us!
EMERGENCY NUMBERS EMERGENCY NUMBERS IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY CALL 911 IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY CALL 911
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POLICE (non-emergency) ................................................................. ................................................................. 1-888-310-1122 1-888-310-1122 POLICE (non-emergency) POLICE (non-emergency) ................................................................. POLICE (non-emergency) ................................................................. 1-888-310-1122 1-888-310-1122 AMBULANCE ((non-emergency)........................................................ non-emergency)........................................................ 1-877-351-2345 1-877-351-2345 AMBULANCE AMBULANCE ( non-emergency)........................................................ non-emergency)........................................................ 1-877-351-2345 1-877-351-2345 SUDBURY HOSPITAL ......................................................................... ....................................................................... 1-705-523-7100 1-705-523-7100 SUDBURY HOSPITAL SUDBURY HOSPITAL ........................................................................ .......................................................................1-705-523-7100 1-705-523-7100 PARRY SOUND HOSPITAL ................................................................ 1-705-746-6338 PARRY SOUND HOSPITAL ................................................................ 1-705-746-6338 PARRY SOUND HOSPITAL ................................................................ PARRY SOUND HOSPITAL ................................................................ 1-705-746-6338 1-705-746-6338 MNR FOREST FIRE REPORTING ...................................................... .................................................... 1-888-863-3473 1-888-863-3473 MNR FOREST FIRE REPORTING MNR FOREST FIRE REPORTING ..................................................... ....................................................1-888-863-3473 1-888-863-3473 PARK STORE............................................................................. STORE............................................................................. 1-705-366-2521 PARK 1-705-366-2521 PARK STORE STORE............................................................................. ............................................................................. 1-705-366-2521 PARK WARDEN WARDEN ......................................................................... .........................................................................1-705-366-2521 1-705-746-0179 PARK 1-705-746-0179 PARK WARDEN ......................................................................... ......................................................................... 1-705-746-0179 1-705-746-0179
PARK ADDRESS PARK 203 HWY 529, PointeADDRESS au Baril ON, P0G 1K0 203 HWY 529, Pointe au Baril ON, P0G 1K0
Sturgeon Bay Bay 2025 2025 Information Information Guide Guide Sturgeon ISBN 978-1-4868-8720-0 Print ISSN Sturgeon Bay 2025 Information Guide ISBN 978-1-4868-8720-0 Print ISSN 1711-5833 ISBN 978-1-4868-8720-0 Print ISSN 1711-5833 1711-5833
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Store all all animal animalattractants (e.g., attractants (e.g.,food, food,garbage, garbage,toiletries, toiletries,coolers, coolers, •• Store •• Store all animal att r actants (e.g., food, garbage, toiletries, coolers, Store all animal attractants (e.g., food, garbage, toiletries, coolers, pet food) in a hard-sided vehicle food) in a hard-sided vehicle or trailer when not in use or trailer when not in use day or pet day or pet food) in a hard-sided vehicle or trailer when not in use day or pet food) in a hard-sided vehicle or trailer when not in use day or night, even when you are on your campsite. even when you are on your campsite. night, night, night, even when you are on your campsite. Do noteven when you are on your campsite. leavegarbage garbageon onyour yourcampsite, campsite,deposit deposityour yourwaste wasteat atthe the •• Do not leave •• Do not leave garbage on your campsite, deposit your waste at the Do not leave garbage on your campsite, deposit your waste at the garbage and recycling depot as soon as possible. and recycling depot as soon as possible. garbage garbage and recycling depot as soon as possible. garbage and recycling depot as soon as possible. Do not not leave leave any food food source source on on your your campsite campsitewhile whileititisisunattended. unattended. •• Do any ••• Do Do not notleave leaveany anyfood foodsource sourceon onyour yourcampsite campsitewhile whileititisisunattended. unattended. If you encounter a bear, prioritize your safety and then immediately • If you encounter a bear, prioritize your safety and then immediately •• If you encounter a bear, prioritize your safety and then immediately If you encounter a bear, prioritize your safety and then immediately contact a Park Warden Warden at at (705) (705) 746-0179. 746-0179. contact a Park contact a Park contact a ParkWarden Wardenat at(705) (705)746-0179. 746-0179.
FAILURE TO TO LAWFULLY LAWFULLY STORE STORE WILDLIFE WILDLIFE FAILURE TO LAWFULLY STORE WILDLIFE FAILURE TO LAWFULLY STORE ATTRACTANTS CAN CAN RESULT RESULT IN IN AAWILDLIFE $155 FINE FINE ATTRACTANTS $155 ATTRACTANTS ATTRACTANTS CAN CAN RESULT RESULT IN IN AA $155 $155 FINE FINE