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Big Hawk Lake Dam Boat Ramp

The Big Hawk Lake Dam Boat Ramp is a standard concrete boat launch situated on Big Hawk Lake in Algonquin Highlands, Haliburton County, Ontario. The ramp provides access to a lake roughly 4. 7 kilometres long and 3.

7 kilometres wide, lying at an elevation of 355 metres and located about 3 kilometres northeast of Ontario Highway 35.

The lake sits within the Trent River and Lake Ontario drainage basins, with its primary outflow — the Kennisis River — controlled by the Big Hawk Lake Dam at the southwest end.

The launch area includes picnic tables, a picnic shelter, campsites, and wheelchair-accessible facilities.


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