Bon Echo Provincial Park
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IUCN category II (national park)
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Some of the pictographs on Mazinaw Rock
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| Location | Cloyne, Canada |
| Nearest city | Kaladar, Ontario |
| Coordinates | 44°54′14″N 77°15′18″W / 44.90389°N 77.25500°WCoordinates: 44°54′14″N 77°15′18″W / 44.90389°N 77.25500°W |
| Area | 66.43 km2 (25.65 sq mi) |
| Established | 1965 |
| Governing body | Ontario Parks |
Bon Echo Provincial Park is a provincial park in South Eastern Ontario north of Kaladar, Ontario, approximately 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) north of Cloyne.
Bon Echo features several lakes, including part of Mazinaw Lake, the second-deepest lake in Ontario. The southeastern shore of Mazinaw Lake features the massive 100 m (330 ft) high Mazinaw Rock, an escarpment rising out of the water, adorned with many native pictographs. The unofficial mascot of Bon Echo Park is the Ojibwe trickster figure and culture hero, Nanabush, who is among the 260 plus pictographs found in the area. Pictographs are often confused with petroglyphs, which are rock carvings rather than the rock paintings found on Mazinaw.
The site of the Mazinaw pictographs was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1982.
The Bon Echo region – after enterprising lumbering companies came and went, along with the farming communities that accompanied them – was purchased in 1889 by Weston A. Price and his wife, who were inspired by Mazinaw Rock and the surrounding area. They named the area "Bon Echo" because of the acoustical properties of the Rock, which bounced sound across Mazinaw Lake. The Prices built a large hotel at the narrows, the Bon Echo Inn, which catered to the wealthy who were looking for a healthful retreat. Price banned alcohol on the premises due to strong religious beliefs and the Inn attracted primarily people who shared the Prices' beliefs. The hotel was also populated by a contingent of Methodist pastors, and attendance at Sunday church was required of those who stayed there.
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