Jerry Lawrence Provincial Park, Provincial park in Upper Tantallon, Canada
Jerry Lawrence Provincial Park is a small picnic park on Route 3 in Upper Tantallon, about 25 kilometres west of Halifax. It has picnic tables, a picnic shelter, a wheelchair-accessible fishing wharf, a barrier-free vault toilet, and a trail linking to a rails-to-trails network. Round Lake is stocked each season with brook and rainbow trout.
The area was originally called Lewis Lake Provincial Park but received its current name in 2007 to honor Jerry Lawrence, a radio broadcaster and cabinet minister. The renaming acknowledged his contribution to the region.
The park represents Nova Scotia's commitment to inclusive outdoor recreation, featuring specially designed facilities for visitors with varying mobility requirements.
The park is open from sunrise to sunset between mid-May and mid-October with no admission charge for visitors. Parking and facilities are free to use and designed to accommodate different visitor needs.
The park's accessible fishing wharf on Round Lake lets wheelchair users cast directly over the water, a feature tied to Jerry Lawrence's push for barrier-free recreation. Round Lake is stocked each season with brook and rainbow trout, and salmon were added in 2018.
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