Ontario Provincial Parks
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Aaron Provincial Park - 23 km east of Dryden. Lake ringed with boreal forest. Swimming on natural sand beach, hiking, camping. Natural features, facilities, location.
Abitibi-De-Troyes Provincial Park - 50 km east of Timmins. Access by air and water. Waterway park of the Abitibi and Black rivers. Runs through coniferous forest, swamps, eskers, kettle basins, and waterfowl nesting areas. Backcountry canoeing, camping, fishing. Natural features, facilities, location.
Adam Creek Provincial Park - 90 km north of Kapuskasing. Glaical Wisconsin Kipling till. Canoeing, fishing. Natural features, facilities, location.
Agassiz Peatlands Provincial Park - 110 km northwest of Fort Frances. Black spruce muskeg, string bogs, richly forested swamps, peatland, and wildflower-filled fens. The area closely resembles a prairie. Nature reserve; no facilities. Natural features, facilities, location.
Albany River Provincial Park - 165 km of Sioux Lookout. Waterway park passes through moraines, drumlins, and a variety of water-shaped landforms. Backcountry canoeing and camping. Natural features, facilities, location.
Albert Lake Mesa Provincial Park - 48 km northwest of Nipigon. Moraine, mesa, and cuesta. Many species of liverwort plants and lichens. Nature reserve; no facilities. Natural features, facilities, location.
Arrowhead Peninsula Provincial Park - 100 km southwest of Thunder Bay. Mixed boreal forest, including some mature red and white pine stands. Nature reserve; no facilities. Natural features, facilities, location.
Arrowhead Provincial Park - North of Huntsville. Canadian Shield lands. Shores of the glacial Lake Algonquin. Swimming, canoeing, fishing, cross-country skiing, ski rental, skating. Natural features, facilities, location.
Aubrey Falls Provincial Park - 80 km north of Blind River. Canadian Shield land with glacial outwash plain and "mega ripples". Hiking trail, scenic outlook. Facilities limited to parking and toilets. Natural features, facilities, location.
Awenda Provincial Park - Georgian Bay, 11 km northwest of Penetanguishene. Bluff, boulder fields, cobble beaches, kettle lakes, and sand dunes. Camping, canoeing, swimming, fishing, hiking, snorkeling, and cross-country skiing. Natural features, facilities, location.
Balsam Lake Provincial Park - Between Kirkfield and Coboconk. Canadian Shield lands. Chain of lakes linked to the Trent-Severn Waterway. Boating, boat rental, fishing, swimming, hiking, staffed programs, camping, walk-in campsites. Natural features, facilities, location.
Bass Lake Provincial Park - 5 km west of Orillia. Open fields, southern forests, and wetlands. Swimming, fishing, winter activities, camping. Natural features, facilities, location.
Bayview Escarpment Provincial Park - 25 km east of Owen Sound on the Niagara Escarpment. Crevice caves, exposed Silurian and Ordovician bedrock strata, escarpment, and a swamp. No camping. Nature reserve; no facilities. Natural features, facilities, location.
Bell Bay Provincial Park - 14 km west of Barry's Bay. Rare encrusted saxifrage growing on the large cliff. Canoeing, fishing, hiking, and nature viewing. No facilities. Natural features, facilities, location.
Bigwind Lake Provincial Park - East of Bracebridge. Canadian Shield land with layered gneiss rock, and a moraine. Day-use park. No facilities. Natural features, facilities, location.
Biscotasi Lake Provincial Park - Halfway between Sudbury and Chapleau. Water access only. Canadian Shield and boreal forest. Backcountry camping, canoeing, and fishing. No facilities. Natural features, facilities, location.
Black Creek Provincial Park - 55 km northwest of Owen Sound on the Bruce Peninsula. Lake Huron shore with a beaver swamp and a beach. Swimming. Facilities limited to parking and toilets. Natural features, facilities, location.
Blue Lake Provincial Park - 48 km northwest of Dryden. Glacial lake of super-clear water. Hiking, fishing, staffed programs, camping. Natural features, facilities, location.
Bon Echo Provincial Park - Between Belleville and Renfrew. Mazinaw Rock, a sheer 100 m cliff, is painted with Native pictographs. Swimming, boating, fishing, canoe rental, hiking, camping, canoe- and walk-in campsites. Natural features, facilities, location, QuickTime VR tour.
Bonheur River Kame Provincial Park - 35 km east of Ignace. Access by air only. Glacial moulin kame rising more than 80 m above a peat-covered plain. Nature reserve; no facilities. Natural features, facilities, location.
Bonnechere Provincial Park - 37 km southwest of Pembroke. Bonnechere River was a timber route. Beaver pond and marsh. Boating, fishing, hiking, lodges, camping. Natural features, facilities, location.
Bonnechere River Provincial Park - 40 km southwest of Pembroke. Waterway park. River runs through mixed forests. Canoeing, fishing, swimming. Nearby to Bonnechere Provincial Park. No facilities. Natural features, facilities, location.
Boyne Valley Provincial Park - 4 km east of Shelbourne. Stream runs through glacial moraines. Forests, open fields, wetlands. Bruce Trail hiking. Facilities limited to hiking trails. Natural features, facilities, location.
Brightsand River Provincial Park - 75 km northeast of Ignace. Waterway park. Precambrian rock, mixed forest, glacial esker, outwash plain, and moraine. Backcountry canoeing, camping, and fishing. No facilities. Natural features, facilities, location.
Bronte Creek Provincial Park - Between Burlington and Oakville. Stream, forests, and operating 1900 farm. Hiking, biking, cross-country skiing, staffed programs, camping. Natural features, facilities, location.
Butler Lake Provincial Park - 10 km southeast of Dryden. Access by water. 8 m of varved clays. Nature reserve; no facilities. Natural features, facilities, location.
Cabot Head Provincial Park - Northern tip of the Bruce Peninsula. Karst pavement limestone. Cliffs. Part of the park is within Bruce Peninsula National Park. No camping. Nature reserve; no facilities. Natural features, facilities, location.
Caliper Lake Provincial Park - East shore of Lake of the Woods. Home to northern pike, walleye, smallmouth bass. loons, grouse, eagles, ospreys, and barred owls. Hiking, boating, fishing, camping. Natural features, facilities, location.
Carson Lake Provincial Park - 4 km west of Barry's Bay. Algonquin Highlands land. Swimming, canoeing, fishing, camping. Natural features, facilities, location.
Castle Creek Provincial Park - 70 km southwest of Thunder Bay. Proterozoic bedrock with broken shallow sandy till and lacustrine clays. White cedar forests and wetlands. Nature reserve; no facilities. Natural features, facilities, location.
Cavern Lake Provincial Park - 40 km east of Thunder Bay. Rocky canyon outcrop covered in rare arctic-alpine plants. Bat cave. Nature reserve; no facilities. Natural features, facilities, location.
Centennial Lake Provincial Park - 75 km south of Pembroke. Geological features and rare plant species, including the purple cliffbrake. Nature reserve; no facilities. Natural features, facilities, location.
Chapleau-Nemegosenda River Provincial Park - 100 km west of Timmins. Waterway park with two rivers cut through Precambrian rock. Boreal forests and wetlands are home to moose. Backcountry canoeing, camping, and fishing. No facilities. Natural features, facilities, location.
Charleston Lake Provincial Park - North of Gananoque. Lowland forests, hemlock ridges, and wetlands. Camping, hiking, swimming, fishing, canoeing, staffed programs. Natural features, facilities, location.
Chutes Provincial Park - East of Espanola. Waterfalls on the Aux Sables River. Hiking, fishing, golfing, camping. Natural features, facilities, location.
Coral Rapids Provincial Park - James Bay lowlands, 140 km north of Cochrane. Devonian bedrock exposure. Nature reserve; no facilities. Natural features, facilities, location.
Craigleith Provincial Park - Georgian Bay near Collingwood. Fossilized remains of tribolites. Fishing, boating, boardsailing, diving, camping. Natural features, facilities, location.
Cranberry Lake Provincial Park - 15 km north of Sleeman. Bogs, swamps, and peatland. Nature reserve; no facilities. Natural features, facilities, location.
Dana-Jowsey Lakes Provincial Park - 30 km west of Timmins. Mature stands of red and white pine. Fishing, swimming, boating, and hiking. No facilities. Natural features, facilities, location.
Darlington Provincial Park - East of Oshawa. Former pioneer farmland. Log home dating from the 1830s. Hiking, birding, boating, fishing, camping. Natural features, facilities, location.
Devils Glen Provincial Park - South of Collingwood. Playground and hiking trails. Bruce Trail hiking. No camping. No facilities. Natural features, facilities, location.
Devon Road Mesa Provincial Park - 60 km southwest of Thunder Bay. Mesa of intruded Precambrian rock. Forest includes alder thickets, balsam fir, spruce, white spruce, and white pine. Nature reserve; no facilities. Natural features, facilities, location.
Divide Ridge Provincial Park - 60 km southwest of Thunder Bay. Proterozoic rock above an escarpment. White pine and lichen barrens. Nature reserve; no facilities. Natural features, facilities, location.
Driftwood Provincial Park - 40 km north of Deep River. Glacial esker and evidence of 1975 forest fire. Hiking, canoeing, fishing, camping. Natural features, facilities, location.
Duclos Point Provincial Park - Southeast shore of Lake Simcoe. Swampland is home to rare plants and birds such as the marsh wren, osprey, and caspian tern. Offshore sandbar. Nature reserve; no facilities. Natural features, facilities, location.
Duncan Escarpment Provincial Park - Southeast of Owen Sound. Crevice caves. Nature reserve; no facilities. Natural features, facilities, location.
Earl Rowe Provincial Park - North of Orangeville near Alliston. Meandering Boyne River. Home to over 100 species of bird. Boating, biking, pool, staffed programs, cross-country skiing, camping. Natural features, facilities, location.
East Sister Island Provincial Park - 9 km west of Pelee Island. Access by water. Kentucky coffee trees shelter a major breeding colony of great blue herons, black-crowned night herons, and great egrets. Nature reserve; no facilities. Natural features, facilities, location.
Edward Island Provincial Park - Lake Superior, 42 km east of Thunder Bay. Access by boat. Low lying island with boreal forest and Paleohelikian, Southern Province, volcanic, and sedimentary rocks. Nature reserve; no facilities. Natural features, facilities, location.
Egan Chutes Provincial Park - 15 km east of Bancroft. Wetland and sand flat with poplar, white birch, ash, buffaloberry, and purple flowering raspberry. Three waterfalls. Nature reserve; no facilities. Natural features, facilities, location.
Emily Provincial Park - Northwest of Peterborough. Open meadows, forests, marshes, wet cedar forests. Swimming, camping, lodges, hiking, boating, fishing, staffed programs. Natural features, facilities, location.
Esker Lakes Provincial Park - 37 km northeast of Kirkland Lake. 29 kettle lakes with one of the largest eskers in Ontario. Sand dunes and other post-glacial formations. Swimming, canoeing, canoe rental, camping. Natural features, facilities, location.
Fairbank Provincial Park - 55 km west of Sudbury. Sudbury Nickel Irruptive and Fairbank fault. Swimming, hiking, boating, fishing, diving, cross-country skiing, camping. Natural features, facilities, location.
Fawn River Provincial Park - 450 km north of Sioux Lookout. Waterway park. Transition zone between the boreal and sub-arctic forest. Backcountry camping and canoeing. Natural features, facilities, location.
Ferris Provincial Park - 30 km east of Peterborough. Glacial drumlins, limestone bedrock, bluff. Hiking, boating on the Trent River, camping. Natural features, facilities, location.
Finlayson Point Provincial Park - 1 km south of Temagami. Steep cliffs and stands of pine. Hiking, swimming, diving, boating, camping. Natural features, facilities, location.
Fish Point Provincial Park - Southwest spit of Pelee Island. Shallow-sand, limestone plain. Sand spit and dune system with deciduous forest. Birding. Nature reserve; no facilities. Natural features, facilities, location.
Fitzroy Provincial Park - Located on the Ottawa River, 8 km north of Arnprior. Cathedral forest of century-old white pine and 300-year-old bur oak. Hiking, boating, fishing, swimming, camping. Natural features, facilities, location.
Five Mile Lake Provincial Park - 140 km northeast of Sault Ste. Marie. Silt deposits from a glacial lake and a braided esker complex. No facilities. Natural features, facilities, location.
Forks of the Credit Provincial Park - 24 km northwest of Brampton. Gorge and waterfall. Glacial features such as kame hills and kettle lakes. Bruce Trail hiking. Natural features, facilities, location.
Fraleigh Lake Provincial Park - 65 km southwest of Thunder Bay. Examples of natural succession. Steep cliffs, marshes, bogs, and swamps. Nature reserve; no facilities. Natural features, facilities, location.
Frederick House Lake Provincial Park - 30 km northeast of Timmins. Access by water. Connaught varved clays. Nature reserve; no facilities. Natural features, facilities, location.
French River Provincial Park - River flows from Lake Nipissing to Georgian Bay. Waterway park. Canadian Shield land. Voyageur route. Backcountry canoeing. Natural features, facilities, location.
French River Stewardship Council - Volunteer group has joined with Ontario Lake Partners to monitor phosphate levels which have an impact on human activity and are an important indicator of water quality.
Friends of Lake Superior Park - Discusses camping, hiking trails, canoeing, fishing and other park activities. Also, park news and updates, publications, summer interpretive programs, friends information and visitor centre information.
Friends of Quetico Park - Established in 1984, the Friends is a charitable organization whose primary goal is the preservation of Quetico Provincial Park as a unique wilderness area. Publications, photo gallery, events, history.
Frontenac Provincial Park - 12 km northeast of Sydenham. Canadian Shield land. Home to many unusual species of birds. Swimming, fishing, backcountry hiking and canoeing. Natural features, facilities, location.
Fushimi Lake Provincial Park - 41 km northwest of Hearst. White cedar forest surrounded by boreal forest. Boating, fishing, camping. Natural features, facilities, location.
Georgian Bay South Channel - Describes a unique and beautiful natural environment in the Parry Sound area with a wide range of wildlife, recreational opportunities, and cottage areas. Provides historical, environmental, and local resources information.
Gibson River Provincial Park - North of Port Severn. Stunted forest, exposed bedrock, and wetlands. Hiking and cross-country skiing. Nature reserve; no facilities. Natural features, facilities, location.
Gravel River Provincial Park - Southeast of Nipigon. River runs through deltaic sands. Bird's-foot delta. Hiking. Nature reserve; no facilities. Natural features, facilities, location.
Greenwater Provincial Park - 32 km northwest of Cochrane. Eskers and kettle lakes. Home to moose, bear, and wolf. Swimming, boating, fishing, hiking, camping. Natural features, facilities, location.
Grundy Lake Provincial Park - 80 km north of Parry Sound. Red and white pine, maple, and yellow birch forests. Swimming, fishing, hiking, canoe routes. Natural features, facilities, location.
Halfway Lake Provincial Park - 90 km northwest of Sudbury. Glacial eskers, kames, and moraines. Swimming, boating, canoe routes, hiking, camping. Natural features, facilities, location.
Hardy Lake Provincial Park - 19 km west of Gravenhurst. Atlantic coastal plain vegetation. Hiking, canoeing. No facilities. Natural features, facilities, location.
Hockley Valley Provincial Park - 6 km northeast of Orangeville. Gorge, forested moraines, and open meadows. Bruce Trail hiking. No facilities. Natural features, facilities, location.
Hope Bay Forest Provincial Park - Bruce Peninsula, 65 km north of Owen Sound. Niagara Escarpment land with subsurface karst pavement. Wild flowers and ferns. Bruce trail hiking. No facilities. Natural features, facilities, location.
Indian Point Provincial Park - 38 km north of Lindsay. Access by water. Limestone escarpment and eastern wetland. No facilities. Natural features, facilities, location.
Inverhuron Provincial Park - Lake Huron west of Tiverton. Limestone bedrock and sand dunes. Swimming, boating, fishing. Day-use park. Natural features, facilities, location.
Ipperwash Provincial Park - Lake Huron west of Parkhill. Sand dunes, forests, and wet meadows. Boating, swimming, fishing, birding, camping. Natural features, facilities, location. Park is temporarily closed.
Ira Lake Provincial Park - North of Wiarton on the Bruce Peninsula. The features demonstrate the natural progression from the shallow waters of Ira Lake to deciduous forest. Nature reserve; no facilities. Natural features, facilities, location.
Ivanhoe Lake Provincial Park - South of Foleyet. Galcial eskers and kettle lakes in boreal forest. Hiking, swimming, fishing, boating, access to Wakami Lake canoe route, staffed programs. Natural features, facilities, location.
J. Albert Bauer Provincial Park - 16 km northeast of Huntsville. Mature forest of maple, hemlock, yellow birch, beech, basswood. Hiking, swimming, canoeing. No facilities. Natural features, facilities, location.
James N. Allan Provincial Park - Lake Erie, 7 km southwest of Dunnville. Fine sand beach and forest. Swimming, boating, walking, bird-watching. No facilities. Natural features, facilities, location.
John E. Pearce Provincial Park - 25 km southwest of St. Thomas. 33 m bluffs rise above Lake Erie. Carolinian forest. Nature walks, picnics. Day-use park. Natural features, facilities, location.
Johnston Harbour - Pine Tree Point Provincial Park - 70 km northwest of Owen Sound inside Bruce Peninsula National Park. Jack pine forest is winter home to deer. Nature reserve; no facilities. Natural features, facilities, location.
Kabitotikwia River Provincial Park - 90 km northwest of Nipigon. Wetlands such as fluvial marsh, treed fen, low shrub fen, and a "graminoid" fen.Nature reserve; no facilities. Natural features, facilities, location.
Kaiashk Provincial Park - 120 km north of Thunder Bay. Glacial moraine with kame knoll, outwash plain, and troughs. Nature reserve; no facilities. Natural features, facilities, location.
Kakabeka Falls Provincial Park - 32 km west of Thunder Bay. 39 m waterfall into a Precambrian Shield gorge. Camping, hiking, swimming, staffed programs. Natural features, facilities, location.
Kama Hill Provincial Park - 30 km east of Nipigon. Red-purple rock called mudstone. Nature reserve; no facilities. Natural features, facilities, location.
Kap-Kig-Iwan Provincial Park - North of New Liskeard. Mixed forests, Englehart River with waterfalls, fossils. Fishing, hiking, camping, cross-country skiing. Natural features, facilities, location.
Kashabowie Provincial Park - 85 km west of Thunder Bay. Access by water. Glcial features including an esker complex, outwash apron, and a glaciated lake spillway. No facilities. Natural features, facilities, location.
Kawartha Highlands Provincial Park - 50 km north of Peterborough. Rolling uplands broken by granite exposures. Backcountry camping. No facilities. Natural features, facilities, location.
Kesagami Provincial Park - 72 km southeast of Moosonee. Access by water or air. 80 km of riving running through James Bay lowlands. Backcountry Canoeing, camping, and fishing. Natural features, facilities, location.
Kettle Lakes - 40 km east of Timmins. 20 glacial kettle lakes. Boreal forest and sub-arctic tundra. Hiking, boating, fishing, swimming, camping. Natural features, facilities, location.
Killarney Provincial Park - North shore of Georgian Bay. Wilderness park with white quartzite ridges, pine and hardwood forests, and boggy lowlands. Backcountry hiking, canoeing, and camping. Campground, staffed programs. Natural features, facilities, location.
Killbear Provincial Park - West of Parry Sound. Canadian Shield land, steep Georgian Bay coastline, forests, and bogs. Swimming, boating, diving, staffed programs, camping. Natural features, facilities, location.
Komoka Provincial Park - 5 km west of London. Meadows and forests. No facilities. Natural features, facilities, location.
Kopka River Provincial Park - 200 km north of Thunder Bay. Waterway park running through wilderness of northern boreal forest. Backcountry canoeing and camping, swimming, fishing. No facilities. Natural features, facilities, location.
La Motte Lake Provincial Park - 140 km northwest of Sudbury. Second growth mixed forest. Fishing, canoeing, wildlife viewing. No facilities. Natural features, facilities, location.
La Verendrye Provincial Park - 80 km southwest of Thunder Bay. Waterway park. Historic fur trade route. Backcountry camping and canoeing. No facilities. Natural features, facilities, location.
Lady Evelyn-Smoothwater Provincial Park - West of New Liskeard. Canadian Shield land, old-growth pine forests, 25 m waterfall. Backcountry white-water canoeing. No facilities. Natural features, facilities, location.
Lake Nipigon Provincial Park - North of Nipigon. Cliffs and green-black sand beaches. Swimming, canoeing, camping. No facilities. Natural features, facilities, location.
Lake of the Woods Provincial Park - 43 km north of Rainy River. Northern and Southern forests, and prairie. Many species of bird. No facilities. Natural features, location.
Lake on the Mountain Provincial Park - Southeast of Belleville. Collapsed doline lake. Non-motorized boating, swimming. Day-use park. Natural features, facilities, location.
Lake St. Peter Provincial Park - 45 km north of Bancroft. Canadian Shield land. Boating, boat rental, fishing, camping, rockhounding. Natural features, facilities, location.
Lake Superior Provincial Park - Eastern shore of Lake Superior, south of Wawa. Steep walled valleys of ancient mountains. Hiking, canoe routes, camping. Natural features, facilities, location.
Le Pate Provincial Park - 19 km southeast of Thunder Bay. Circular mesa over shale. Nature reserve; no facilities. Natural features, facilities, location.
Limestone Islands Provincial Park - West of Parry Sound in Georgian Bay. Fossil deposits and home to many birds. Nature reserve; no facilities, no camping. Natural features, facilities, location.
Lion's Head Provincial Park - Bruce Peninsula about 80 km north of Owen Sound. Niagara Escarpment lands overlooking Georgian Bay. Bruce Trail hiking. Nature reserve; no facilities. Natural features, facilities, location.
Little Abitibi Provincial Park - 66 km north of Cochrane. Glaical features such as eskers, kames, kettles, and moraines. 26 m waterfall and stand of 300 year-old pine. Backcountry canoeing, camping, and fishing. Natural features, facilities, location.
Little Cove Provincial Park - Northern tip of the Bruce Peninsula within Bruce Peninsula National Park. Barrens, scrub cliffs, palisade forests, and karst pavements. No camping. Nature reserve; no facilities. Natural features, facilities, location.
Little Current River Provincial Park - 100 km north of Geraldton. Waterway park with boreal forests. Backcountry canoeing and camping. No facilities. Natural features, facilities, location.
Little Greenwater Lake Provincial Park - 90 km west of Thunder Bay. Moraine and a small delta. Nature reserve; no facilities. Natural features, facilities, location.
Livingstone Point Provincial Park - Shore of Lake Nipigon. Rare arctic and alpine plants. Nature reserve; no facilities. Natural features, facilities, location.
Lola Lake Provincial Park - 20 km northeast of Dryden. Prairie lands. Nature reserve; no facilities. Natural features, facilities, location.
Long Point Provincial Park - Peninsula in Lake Erie, 45 km southwest of Simcoe. 40 km peninsula is home to many migratory birds. Birding, hiking, boating, fishing, camping. Natural features, facilities, location.
Lower Madawaska River Provincial Park - Northeast of Bancroft. Eskers, kames, outwash plains, kettle lakes, and sandbars. Hiking, canoeing, fishing, camping at canoe-in sites. Natural features, facilities, location.
MacGregor Point Provincial Park - Shores of Lake Huron, south of Port Elgin. Woodlands, silver maple swamps, cattail marshes, ponds, fens, and bogs. Hiking, swimming, bird watching, cycling, wind-surfing, camping, lodges.
MacLeod Provincial Park - 8 km east of Geraldton, Ontario. Gravel-filled esker. Boating, fishing, camping.
Makobe-Grays River Provincial Park - 28 kilometres south of Elk Lake. Access by air and water only. Numerous rivers, small waterfalls, and ravines. Backcountry canoeing.
Manitou Islands Provincial Park - Nature reserve is 20 km southwest of North Bay in Lake Nipissing. Accessible by water only. Swimming, boating and nature viewing. Day-use park. No facilities.
Mara Provincial Park - Between lakes Simcoe and Couchiching. Open fields, forest, and wetlands. Swimming, boating, fishing, camping, including electrical sites.
Mark S. Burnham Provincial Park - "Quiet spot for a walk in the woods" is east of Peterborough. Beech, maple, elm and hemlock forests, drumlins. Day-use park. Hiking.
Marten River Provincial Park - 56 km north of North Bay. Old growth pine forests. Reconstructed 19th Centuring logging camp. Canoe route, canoe rental, hiking, biking, camping.
Massasauga Provincial Park - 35 km south of Parry Sound. Access by water only. 21 km of Georgian Bay shoreline. Home to many animals including the Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnake. Non-motorized boating, fishing, hiking, camping. Natural features, facilities, location.
Matawatchan Provincial Park - 75 km south of Pembroke. Canadian Shield land with biotite gneiss, quartzite, marble, and granite. Nature reserve; no facilities.
Matawin River Provincial Park - 70 km west of Thunder Bay. Forested outwash plain, forested dunes, and wetlands. Nature reserve; no facilities.
Mattawa River Provincial Park - West of the Ottawa River along the Mattawa River. Waterway park. Route for voyageurs and natives. White-water rafting and canoeing, canoe tripping. Marked portages.
Maynard Lake Provincial Park - 72 km northwest of Vermilion Bay. Old growth white pine forests. Nature reserve; no facilities.
McRae Point Provincial Park - 18 km from Orillia on northeast shore of Lake Simcoe. Glacial drumlin. Hiking, swimming, boating, access to the Trent-Severn Waterway, fishing, camping, including electrical sites.
Menzel Centennial Provincial Park - 17 km northwest of Napanee. Open and treed fen. Birdwatching, wildlife viewing, nature photography, hiking. Nature reserve; no facilities.
Michipicoten Post Provincial Park - 8 km southwest of Wawa. Ruins of a French trading post. Hiking and nature viewing. No facilities.
Mikisew Provincial Park - West of South River, between Huntsville and North Bay. Site of ancient glacial lake. Boreal forests. Hiking, boating, fishing, camping.
Minnitaki Kames Provincial Park - 20 km south of Sioux Lookout. Glacial features including kames and wave-cut terraces. Nature reserve; no facilities.
Misery Bay Provincial Park - South shore of Manitoulin Island. Limestone bedrock and wetlands. Nature reserve; no facilities.
Missinaibi River Provincial Park - Describes the park's natural features, facilities including camp sites and activities, classification and restrictions, directions with map to a location, a distance of 88 km by gravel road from Chapleu.
Mississagi Delta Provincial Park - Park is southwest of Blind River, Ontario on the North Channel of Georgian Bay. Birdsfoot delta with sandy beach and sand bars. Nature reserve; no facilities.
Mississagi Provincial Park - 25 km north of Elliott Lake, Ontario. Glacial evidence and fossils. Hiking, swimming, boating, fishing, staffed programs, cross-country skiing, camping.
Mono Cliffs Provincial Park - 14 km northeast of Orangeville. Niagara Escarpment lands with crevice caves, an upland limestone plain, and talus slopes. Hiking. Facilities limited to parking, trails, and toilets.
Montreal River Provincial Park - Between Sault Ste. Marie and Montreal River Harbour. Access by water only. Outcrops of granite and diabase. Lichen barrens. Nature reserve; no facilities.
Morris Tract Provincial Park - East of Goderich. Forested area home to provincially rare plant and bird communities. Nature reserve; no facilities.
Murphys Point Provincial Park - 19 km south of Perth. Restored turn of the century mine, a ruined sawmill, pioneer homesteads. Swimming, boating, boat rental, hiking, children's programs, lodges, camping, including electrical sites.
Nagagamisis Provincial Park - 30 km north of Hornepayne. Sandy beach, moraines, kames, and other glacial features. Hiking, boating, fishing, swimming, camping.
Nakina Moraine Provincial Park - Near Nipigon. Esker complexes and associated outwash fan marked by drainage channels, eskers, kettles holes, and lacustrine clay and silt deposits. No facilities.
Neys Provincial Park - 26 km west of Marathon. Canadian Shield land. Home to woodland caribou. Swimming, boating, hiking, staff-led programs, camping, including electrical sites.
Noisy River Provincial Park - 20 km north of Shelburne on the Niagara Escarpment. Escarpment lands, forests, and meadows. Bruce Trail hiking. No facilities.
North Beach Provincial Park - South of Belleville. Baymouth sandbars. Swimming, boating, fishing, cycling, sailboarding.
Oastler Lake Provincial Park - 10 km southeast of Parry Sound. Beach, forest, Muskoka-like terrain. Hiking, camping, including electrical and walk-in sites.
Obabika River Provincial Park - South-west of New Liskeard. Waterway park. Polished bedrock, boulder fields, sandy beaches, and wetlands. Backcountry canoeing. No facilities.
Obatanga Provincial Park - 56 km northwest of Wawa. Boreal forest, jack pines. Swimming, boating, fishing, birding, hiking, camping, including electrical sites.
O'Donnell Point Provincial Park - Georgian Bay, 50 km south of Parry Sound. Adjacent to Georgian Bay Islands National Park. Spotted turtle, hog-nosed snake, fox snake, and massasauga rattlesnake. No facilities.
Ojibway Prairie Provincial Park - In Windsor, Ontario. Native prairie vegetation, savanna, and open woodland. Adjacent to Ojibway Nature Centre. Day-use only.
Ojibway Provincial Park - 25 km southwest of Sioux Lookout. Boreal forest. Campers sometimes hear the baying of wolves. Swimming, boating, fishing, camping, including electrical sites.
Opasquia Provincial Park - 245km north of Red Lake, along the Manitoba border. Access by air only. Opasquia Moraine, home of wolverines. White-water canoeing and wilderness trekking. No facilities.
Opeongo River Provincial Park - Adjacent to Algonquin Provincial Park, 87km northeast of Bancroft. 34 distinct forest communities including white pine, sugar maple, poplar, and white birch. Backcountry hiking and canoeing. No facilities.
Otoskwin/Attawapiskat River Provincial Park - 250 km northeast of Sioux Lookout and 60 km northeast of Pickle Lake. Brackish tidal marshes. Native historical sites. Backcountry canoeing and camping. No facilities.
Ottawa River Provincial Park - Southeast of Pembroke, 20 km east of Beachburg. White water. Wilderness trekking and white-water rafting. No facilities.
Ouimet Canyon Provincial Park - 60 km northeast of Thunder Bay. Steep-sided canyon, arctic-alpine plants. Hiking, fishing, day-use only.
Oxtongue River - Ragged Falls Provincial Park - Western edge of Algonquin Provincial Park. Glacial plunge basin at Gravel Falls. Nine distinct forest communities. Canoeing, hiking. Facilities limited to parking, toilets, and trails.
Pakwash Provincial Park - 200 km north of Dryden. Marshes, bogs, sandy ridges, high cliffs of silt and clay. Swimming, hiking, boating, canoe routes, fishing, camping, including electrical sites.
Pancake Bay Provincial Park - 76 km north of Sault Ste. Marie on Lake Superior. Sandy beach. wild berries. Swimming, boating, fishing, hiking, camping, including electrical sites.
Pinery Provincial Park - 6 km south of Grand Bend on Lake Huron. Sand dunes, meadows, oak savanna. Swimming, boating, canoe rental, fishing, birding, bike trail, bike rental, hiking, cross-country skiing, ski rental, ski chalet, tobaggan run, lodges, camping, including electrical sites.
Pipestone River Provincial Park - 200 km north of Sioux Lookout. Precambrian bedrock and boreal forests. White-water canoeing, wilderness hiking. No facilities.
Point Farms Provincial Park - Lake Huron, north of Goderich. Bluffs, sand-and-pebble beach, orchards, forest. Swimming, boating, staffed programs, annual pig roast, snowshoeing, snowmobiling, camping, including electrical sites.
Polar Bear Provincial Park - Western shore of Hudson Bay, above James Bay. Access by airplane only. Low-lying tundra. Wilderness park; no facilities except airplane landing stripes.
Port Bruce Provincial Park - Southeast of St. Thomas on Lake Erie. Sandy shoreline. Swimming, boating. Day-use only. Camping nearby.
Port Burwell Provincial Park - 26 km south of Tillsonburg on Lake Erie. Woodlands, beach savannas, dune system. Swimming, boating, fishing, hiking, children's programs, camping, including electrical sites.
Potholes Provincial Park - 35 km east of Wawa. Glacial potholes and troughs. Hiking. Facilities limited to parking, toilets, and a trail.
Prairie River Mouth Provincial Park - Lake Superior's north shore 40km west of Marathon. Ridge-dune complex with swales. Hiking. No facilities.
Pretty River Valley Provincial Park - Niagara Escarpment, 83 km southeast of Owen Sound. Glacier features including meltwater channels, moraine, outwash, and till. Fishing, snowmobiling, cross-country skiing, hiking, Bruce Trail access. No camping. No facilities.
Puff Island Provincial Park - In Lake Superior, 40 km south of Nipigon. Canadian Shield island with a 10-metre-thick wedge of metasedimentary rock, called "Puff Island conglomerate". No camping. No facilities.
Pushkin Hills Provincial Park - 40 km north and northeast of Kirkland Lake. Cooled lava, pumice rocks. No camping. No facilities.
Quetico Provincial Park - 160 km west of Thunder Bay. Primeval wilderness featuring lakes, bogs, and northern forest with black spruce, jack pine, trembling aspen, and white birch. Wilderness canoeing, camping, including electrical sites.
Rainbow Falls Provincial Park - Between Schreiber and Rossport on Lake Superior's north shore. Falls tumble over multi-ledged granite bedrock. Mixed forest. Hiking, swimming, boating, fishing, camping, including electrical sites.
Red Sucker Point Provincial Park - 10 km northwest of Marathon. Raised cobble beaches, ancient lichen communities, excavated prehistoric rock structures. Nature study and fishing. No camping. No facilities.
Rene Brunelle Provincial Park - 32 km east of Kapuskasing. Great Clay Belt land. Swimming, boating, boat rental, children's programs, hiking, winter day-use, camping, including electrical sites.
Restoule Provincial Park - Restoule Lake, below Lake Nipissing. Sheer rock walls and jagged peaks, mixed forests, home to over 90 species of bird. Hiking, mountain biking, bike rental, canoe route to the French River, camping, including electrical sites and backcountry sites.
Rideau River Provincial Park - 48 km south of Ottawa; 5 km north of Kemptville. Silver maples and pines. On the Rideay Canal. Swimming, boating, camping, including electrical sites.
Rock Point Provincial Park - 11 km south of Dunnville. Carolinian forests, wetlands, sand dunes, and beaches. Boating, fishing, hiking, swimming, camping, including electrical sites.
Rondeau Provincial Park - Rondeau, southeast of Chatham. Carolinian forest. Swimming, boating, staffed programs, camping, including electrical sites.
Round Lake Provincial Park - 40 km north of Parry Sound. Virginia meadow. Canoeing, hiking. No facilities.
Rushing River Provincial Park - 20 km southeast of Kenora. Glacial features. Swimming, boating, boat rental, fishing, hiking, including electrical sites.
Sable Islands Provincial Park - South shore of Lake of the Woods in Ontario. Nearshore barrier sandbar, featuring marshes and rounded sand dunes. Peat bogs. No facilities.
Samuel de Champlain Provincial Park - Mattawa River, 50 km east of North Bay. Heritage river. Towering groves of hemlock and yellow birch. Voyageur Heritage Centre, swimming, non-motorized boating, fishing, camping, including electrical sites. Children's programs.
Sandbanks Provincial Park - South of Belleville. Baymouth sandbars and dunes. Swimming, boating, fishing, hiking, lodges, camping, including electrical sites.
Sandbar Lake Provincial Park - 12 km northeast of Ignace. Fine sandy beach. Canoe routes, canoe rental, camping, including electrical sites.
Sauble Falls Provincial Park - Between Sauble Beach and Oliphant. Sauble Falls descends in tiers over rough and jagged dolomite, a type of limestone. Boating, camping, including electrical sites. Near Sauble Beach.
Save Ontario Parks - Opposes planned staff cuts at Ontario provincial parks, including educational and interpretive staff, wardens and store staff.
Schreiber Channel Provincial Park - Southwest of Schreiber. Internationally known collection of micro-fossils within Precambrian rock. No facilities.
Sedgman Lake Provincial Park - 175 km northeast of Nipigon. Glacial landforms. Low rock knolls and wetlands. Fishing, canoeing, camping. No facilities.
Selkirk Provincial Park - 20 km east of Port Dover. North shore of Lake Erie. Woods are dominated by red and white oaks, with maple, cherry, ash and beech trees mixed in. Boating, camping, including electrical sites.
Severn River Provincial Park - 450 km north of Sioux Lookout. Accessible by float plane only. Sub-arctic and boreal forest. Backcountry camping and canoeing. No facilities.
Sextant Rapids Provincial Park - Abitibi River, about 130 km north of Cochrane. Lamprophyre sills - slabs of volcanic rock that have been injected into Palaeozoic rock. Nature reserve; no facilities.
Shallow River Provincial Park - 55 km southeast of Cochrane. Dual sequence of varved clay. Nature reserve; no facilities.
Sharbot Lake Provincial Park - 30 km west of Perth. Canadian Shield lands. Mixed forest of maple, oak, birch, butternut, and hickory. Swimming, snorkelling, boating, boat rental, hiking, children's programs, camping, including electrical sites.
Short Hills Provincial Park - 4 km southwest of St. Catharines. Pawpaw and sweet chestnut trees. Home to white-tailed deer, coyote, and meadow vole. Hiking, horseback riding, fishing, mountain biking. Trails and parking are only facilities.
Sibbald Point Provincial Park - South shore of Lake Simcoe. Forests and sandy beaches. Swimming, boating, hiking, fishing, children's programs, camping, including electrical sites.
Silent Lake Provincial Park - 24 km south of Bancroft. Canadian Shield land. Hiking, non-motorized boating, children's programs, camping, including walk-in sites, lodges.
Silver Falls Provincial Park - 35 km northwest of Thunder Bay. Moraine, kettle terraces, spillways, and outwash deposits. Swimming, boating. Toilets, a parking lot, and a boat ramp are only facilities.
Silver Lake Provincial Park - 10 km east of Sharbot Lake. Canadian Shield lands. Boating, canoe rental, swamp boardwalk trail, camping.
Sioux Narrows Provincial Park - Eastern channel of the Lake of the Woods. Canadian Shield land and mixed forest. Boating, fishing, camping, including electrical sites.
Six Mile Lake Provincial Park - Southeastern shores of Georgian Bay. Canadian Shield land and mixed forest. Swimming, canoe rental, access to the Gibson-McDonald canoe route, boating, fishing, camping, including electrical sites.
Slate Islands Provincial Park - In Lake Superior, 12 km south of Terrace Bay. Southern boreal forest with some arctic-alpine flora. Home to woodland caribou. No facilities.
Sleeping Giant Provincial Park - Peninsula in Lake Superior, east of Thunder Bay. Forests, lakes, high granite cliffs. Hiking, boating, cross-country skiing, nature and kids' programs, camping, including backcountry camping.
Smokey Head-White Bluff Provincial Park - Bruce Peninsula 100 km north of Owen Sound. Niagara Escarpment land. Dolomite and sea caves. Hiking on the Bruce Trail. No facilities.
Solace Provincial Park - 80 km northeast of Sudbury. Access by water only. Chain of lakes lying between a series of parallel ridges. Backcountry canoeing. No facilities.
South Bay Provincial Park - 25 km south of North Bay. Canadian Shield land including examples of neohelikiam muscovite. Swimming, fishing, boating, and hiking. No facilities.
Springwater Provincial Park - 10 km northwest of Barrie. Red and white pine forest, tulip trees. Hiking trails, access to the Ganaraska Trail. Day use only.
Spruce Islands Provincial Park - 70 km northwest of Fort Frances. Sedimentary plain, swamps, string bogs, patterned fens, isles of coniferous forest, surrounded by peat marsh. No facilities.
Steel River Provincial Park - 24 km east of Terrace Bay. Narrow lakes, cliffs, ravines, swamps, ponds, and a 20-metre waterfall. Great blue herons nest on the islands of Cairngorm Lake. Backcountry camping and canoeing. No facilities.
Sturgeon Bay Provincial Park - Northwest of Perry Sound. Granite outcroppings and white pine forest. Boating, fishing, swimming.
Thackeray Provincial Park - 30 km north of Kirkland Lake. Archean metavolcanic rocks. Canadian Shield lands. No facilities.
Thompson Island Provincial Park - Lake Superior south of Thunder Bay. Paleohelikian gabbro dikes and sills, cobble beaches, and Arctic-alpine vegetation. Facilities are limited to toilets and hiking trails.
Tidewater Provincial Park - Moosonee. Access by water taxi only. Four islands in the Moose River near James Bay. Northern boreal forest. Camping, fishing.
Timber Island Provincial Park - South of Picton, in eastern Lake Ontario. Access by boat only. Permission required. Biannual landing site for migratory birds. Meadows, shrub thickets, and oak-hickory forests. No facilities.
Trillium Woods Provincial Park - Oxford Township, 4 km southwest of Sweaburg. Glacial moraine and Carolinian forest. 1 km hiking trail. No other facilities.
Trout Lake Provincial Park - 5 km northeast of Red Lake. Access via air only. Glacial moraine. No facilities.
Turkey Point Provincial Park - East of Long Point. Carolinian forest, high bluff with pine-oak forest, including oak savannah. Hiking, swimming, golf, boat rental, fishing, camping, including electrical sites.
Turtle River Provincial Park - 240 km northwest of Thunder Bay. Access by water only. Moraine and Native pictographs. Canoeing, fishing. Waterway Park, no services. Natural features, facilities, location.
Voyageur Provincial Park - Hawkesbury. Shores of the Ottawa River at meeting point of St. Lawrence Lowlands and the Canadian Shield. Beaver ponds, fern swamps, and mixed forest. Swimming, boating, fishing, hiking, horseback riding, cross-country skiing. Guided horseback trips. Boat rental. Camping, including electrical sites.
Wabakimi Provincial Park - Armstrong, 250 km north of Thunder Bay. Canadian Shield lands, boreal forest, woodland caribou habitat. Wilderness canoeing, fly fishing.
Wakami Lake Provincial Park - 145 km northeast of Sault Ste. Marie. Canadian Shield lands and boreal forest. Swimming, fishing, boating, nature programs, logging exhibit, camping, including interior sites.
Wanapitei Provincial Park - 35 km northeast of Sudbury. Sandy plains and gently rolling rockland. Backcountry hiking, swimming, fishing, wildlife viewing. No services.
Wasaga Beach Provincial Park - Town of Wasaga Beach. Beeches; home to many birds and animals, including white-tailed dear. Swimming, hiking, fishing, picnicking, canoeing.
Waubaushene Beaches Provincial Park - 19 km west of Midland. Bluff, sucessional woodlands, thickets, and meadows. Nature reserve; no services. Approved research application required for access.
Winnange Lake Provincial Park - Park is 60 km west of Dryden, Ontario. Bedrock knolls and ridges, sedimentary deposits, wave-washed bedrock, ponds and swamps, sand beach. No services.
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