Lady Evelyn-Smoothwater Provincial Park encompasses
Smoothwater Lake,
Makobe Lake, the
Ishpatina Ridge (highest point in Ontario),
Maple Mountain (highest vertical rise in Ontario), and most of the
Lady Evelyn River. The park also includes many
waterfalls, such as
Helen Falls, the highest waterfall on the Lady Evelyn River.
Lady Evelyn Lake is just outside the park to the east. Lady Evelyn-Smoothwater lies within the
Eastern forest-boreal transition ecoregion. It offers protection to some of the last remaining stands of
old growth forest in Ontario, and is home to the endangered
Aurora trout. The park is at the heart of a network of provincial parks and conservation reserves in the
Temagami area. It borders on the
Makobe-Grays River Provincial Park to the north,
Sturgeon River Provincial Park to the southwest,
Solace Provincial Park to the south, and
Obabika River Provincial Park to the south and east. Furthermore, Smith Lake (to the west), North Yorston (to the south), and Jim Edwards Lake (to the south) Conservation Reserves are adjacent to Lady Evelyn-Smoothwater, while another 5 conservation reserves are within a few kilometres from the park. == History ==