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Butter Pot Provincial Park is a Provincial Park on the Avalon Peninsula of the island of Newfoundland, Canada. The park covers an area of approximately 28 km2 and is located on the Trans-Canada Highway about 35 km southwest of St. John's. The park is named for a prominent rounded hill (Butter Pot Hill, 303 m) inside the park boundary. Butter Pot incorporates both day-use and overnight camping facilities, and in winter months provides groomed cross-country ski trails.[1]
Butter Pot Provincial Park is the most-visited park in the Newfoundland provincial park system. In September 2012, the park closed early for the season, as a result of extensive damage to the park roads, trails and facilities caused by Hurricane Leslie.[2]
See also
[edit]- List of Newfoundland and Labrador parks
- List of Canadian provincial parks
- List of National Parks of Canada
References
[edit]- ^ "Butter Pot Provincial Park". Newfoundland and Labrador Department of Environment and Conservation. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
- ^ "Leslie shuts down Butter Pot park for the year". CBC News. 13 September 2012. Retrieved 5 October 2012.
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