Dalem Lake Provincial Park is a provincial park located in the Canadian

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 province of Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada. The name of the province is Latin for "New Scotland," but "Nova Scotia" is the recognized, English-language name of the province. The provincial capital is Halifax. Nova Scotia is the...

 on Boularderie Island

Boularderie Island

Boularderie Island is an island separating the Cabot Strait from Bras d'Or Lake on the eastern coast of Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada. It takes its name from Louis-Simon le Poupet de la Boularderie, who was granted the area as a concession from the King of France.At 40 km long and...

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Straddling the county line between Victoria

Victoria County, Nova Scotia

Victoria County is a county in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia.The shire town and largest municipality is the village of Baddeck.-History:Named after Queen Victoria, it was established by statute in 1851...

 and Cape Breton

Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia

Cape Breton County, officially, County Cape Breton, is a county in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, on Cape Breton Island.Taking its name from Cape Breton, the most easterly point of the island which was called after the Bretons of Brittany, this municipality has what is probably the oldest...

 counties, the park is located in the communities of Dalem Lake

Dalem Lake, Nova Scotia

Dalem Lake is a community in the Cape Breton Regional Municipality.It is located on Boularderie Island and is the location of Dalem Lake Provincial Park....

 and New Dominion

New Dominion, Nova Scotia

New Dominion is a community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in the Cape Breton Regional Municipality on Cape Breton Island.-References:*...

 and is adjacent to the communities of Big Bras d'Or

Big Bras d'Or, Nova Scotia

Big Bras d'Or is a small community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in Victoria County on Cape Breton Island. An important early shipbuilding location, Big Bras d'Or's ships included the ship Inconstant built in 1848, one of the largest ships built in Cape Breton and an important...

, Millville Boularderie

Millville Boularderie, Nova Scotia

Millville Boularderie is a community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in the Cape Breton Regional Municipality on Boularderie Island.-References:*...

 and Black Brook

Black Brook, Nova Scotia

Big Ridge is a community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in the Cape Breton Regional Municipality on Cape Breton Island.-References:*...

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The 74 hectare picnic park is managed by the provincial Department of Natural Resources and completely surrounds Dalem Lake, a small lake that is almost perfectly circular - it sometimes also referred to by locals as "Round Lake". The lake has a small sand beach

Beach

A beach is a geological landform along the shoreline of an ocean, sea, lake or river. It usually consists of loose particles which are often composed of rock, such as sand, gravel, shingle, pebbles or cobblestones...

 suitable for swimming and is popular for paddling such as canoeing

Canoe

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 and kayaking

Kayak

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. The park also permits licensed trout

Trout

Trout is the name for a number of species of freshwater and saltwater fish belonging to the Salmoninae subfamily of the family Salmonidae. Salmon belong to the same family as trout. Most salmon species spend almost all their lives in salt water...

fishing. There is a 1 kilometre hiking trail encircling the lake.

Sources

• http://novascotia.com/en/home/whattodo/outdooractivities/coastalandbeaches/BrasdOrLakes.aspx
• http://valhalla.unep-wcmc.org/wdbpa/sitedetails.cfm?siteid=65662&level=nat
• http://trails.visitvictoriacounty.com/dalemlake.html
• http://local.google.ca/local?q=%22dalem%20lake%22%20map&hl=en&lr=&sa=N&tab=wl