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Samuel de Champlain Provincial Park is a provincial park
Provincial park

A provincial park is a park under the management of a Provinces and territories of Canada government in Canada.While provincial parks are not the same as National Parks of Canada, their workings are very similar....
 spanning both sides of the Mattawa River
Mattawa River

The Mattawa River is a river in central Ontario, Canada. It flows east from Trout Lake east of North Bay, Ontario and enters the Ottawa River at the town of Mattawa, Ontario....
. It has an area of 25.5 kmē and is about 14 km west of Mattawa, Ontario
Mattawa, Ontario

Mattawa is a town in northeastern Ontario, Canada at the confluence of the Mattawa River and Ottawa Rivers in Nipissing District, Ontario. Mattawa means "Meeting of the Waters" in Ojibwa....
, Canada
Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
. It is administered by Ontario Parks
Ontario Parks

Ontario Parks is the branch of the Ministry of Natural Resources that administers the provincial parks in Ontario, Canada. The Ontario Parks system covers over 78,000 square kilometres , about 10 percent of the province's surface area or the equivalent of an area approximately equal to Nova Scotia....
 which classifies it as a natural environment park.

This park is popular in the summer with campers
Camping

Camping is an outdoor recreational activity.The participants, known as campers, get away from urban areas, their home region or civilization and enjoy nature while spending one or more nights, usually at a campsite....
, providing many recreational activities such as canoeing
Canoeing

Canoeing is the activity of Watercraft paddling a canoe for the purpose of recreation , sport, or Human-powered transport. It usually refers exclusively to using a paddle to propel a canoe with only human muscle power....
, swimming, hiking
Hiking

Hiking is an outdoor activity which consists of walking in natural environments, often on trail. It is such a popular activity that there are numerous :Category:Hiking organizations worldwide....
, wildlife viewing, and other family activities. The visitors centre houses the Voyageur Heritage Centre which highlights the historic importance of the Mattawa River to the fur trade
Fur trade

The fur trade is a worldwide industry dealing in the acquisition and sale of animal fur....
 through interactive exhibits.






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Samuel de Champlain Provincial Park is a provincial park
Provincial park

A provincial park is a park under the management of a Provinces and territories of Canada government in Canada.While provincial parks are not the same as National Parks of Canada, their workings are very similar....
 spanning both sides of the Mattawa River
Mattawa River

The Mattawa River is a river in central Ontario, Canada. It flows east from Trout Lake east of North Bay, Ontario and enters the Ottawa River at the town of Mattawa, Ontario....
. It has an area of 25.5 kmē and is about 14 km west of Mattawa, Ontario
Mattawa, Ontario

Mattawa is a town in northeastern Ontario, Canada at the confluence of the Mattawa River and Ottawa Rivers in Nipissing District, Ontario. Mattawa means "Meeting of the Waters" in Ojibwa....
, Canada
Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
. It is administered by Ontario Parks
Ontario Parks

Ontario Parks is the branch of the Ministry of Natural Resources that administers the provincial parks in Ontario, Canada. The Ontario Parks system covers over 78,000 square kilometres , about 10 percent of the province's surface area or the equivalent of an area approximately equal to Nova Scotia....
 which classifies it as a natural environment park.

This park is popular in the summer with campers
Camping

Camping is an outdoor recreational activity.The participants, known as campers, get away from urban areas, their home region or civilization and enjoy nature while spending one or more nights, usually at a campsite....
, providing many recreational activities such as canoeing
Canoeing

Canoeing is the activity of Watercraft paddling a canoe for the purpose of recreation , sport, or Human-powered transport. It usually refers exclusively to using a paddle to propel a canoe with only human muscle power....
, swimming, hiking
Hiking

Hiking is an outdoor activity which consists of walking in natural environments, often on trail. It is such a popular activity that there are numerous :Category:Hiking organizations worldwide....
, wildlife viewing, and other family activities. The visitors centre houses the Voyageur Heritage Centre which highlights the historic importance of the Mattawa River to the fur trade
Fur trade

The fur trade is a worldwide industry dealing in the acquisition and sale of animal fur....
 through interactive exhibits. The park is also home to the Canadian Ecology Centre
Canadian Ecology Centre

The Canadian Ecology Centre is an outdoor education complex located within Samuel de Champlain Provincial Park, near the town of Mattawa, Ontario....
, an outdoor education
Outdoor education

Outdoor education usually refers to organized learning that takes place in the environment . Outdoor education programs sometimes involve residential or quest-based experiences in which students participate in a variety of adventurous challenges in the form of outdoor activity such as hiking, climbing, canoeing, ropes courses, and group-dynam...
 centre which provides educational programs on sustainable forestry.

The park is named after Samuel de Champlain
Samuel de Champlain

Samuel de Champlain, , , "The Father of New France", was a French navigator, geographer, cartographer, draughtsman, soldier, explorer, ethnologist, diplomat, chronicler, and the founder of Quebec City on July 3, 1608, of which he was the administrator for the rest of his life....
, one of the first French explorers of Canada of the 17th century.

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