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Canada Provincial Parks |
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Ontario Provincial Parks -
Search engine finds parks by location and features. Information about
trip planning, fees, equipment rentals, cabin rentals.
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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.
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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.
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Adam
Creek Provincial Park - 90 km north of
Kapuskasing. Glaical Wisconsin Kipling till. Canoeing, fishing. Natural
features, facilities, location.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Armstrong Resources Development Corporation:
Wabakimi Provincial Park - Park is
a canoeing and recreational area in Northwestern Ontario
with high-quality fly-in fishing and hunting, one of the
world's largest boreal forest reserves, and wilderness
canoeing areas.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Bass Lake Provincial Park
- 5 km west of Orillia. Open fields, southern forests, and
wetlands. Swimming, fishing, winter activities, camping.
Natural features, facilities, location.
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Batchawana Bay Provincial Park
- Boating, picnicking, playground. Day-use park. Facilities,
location.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Blue Lake Provincial Park
- 48 km northwest of Dryden. Glacial lake of super-clear
water. Hiking, fishing, staffed programs, camping. Natural
features, facilities, location.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Carson Lake Provincial Park
- 4 km west of Barry's Bay. Algonquin Highlands land.
Swimming, canoeing, fishing, camping. Natural features,
facilities, location.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Charleston Lake Provincial Park
- North of Gananoque. Lowland forests, hemlock ridges, and
wetlands. Camping, hiking, swimming, fishing, canoeing,
staffed programs. Natural features, facilities, location.
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Chutes Provincial Park
- East of Espanola. Waterfalls on the Aux Sables River.
Hiking, fishing, golfing, camping. Natural features,
facilities, location.
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Coral Rapids Provincial Park
- James Bay lowlands, 140 km north of Cochrane. Devonian
bedrock exposure. Nature reserve; no facilities. Natural
features, facilities, location.
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Craigleith Provincial Park
- Georgian Bay near Collingwood. Fossilized remains of
tribolites. Fishing, boating, boardsailing, diving, camping.
Natural features, facilities, location.
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Cranberry Lake Provincial Park
- 15 km north of Sleeman. Bogs, swamps, and peatland. Nature
reserve; no facilities. Natural features, facilities,
location.
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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.
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Darlington Provincial Park
- East of Oshawa. Former pioneer farmland. Log home dating
from the 1830s. Hiking, birding, boating, fishing, camping.
Natural features, facilities, location.
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Devils Glen Provincial Park
- South of Collingwood. Playground and hiking trails. Bruce
Trail hiking. No camping. No facilities. Natural features,
facilities, location.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Duncan Escarpment Provincial Park
- Southeast of Owen Sound. Crevice caves. Nature reserve; no
facilities. Natural features, facilities, location.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Ferris Provincial Park
- 30 km east of Peterborough. Glacial drumlins, limestone
bedrock, bluff. Hiking, boating on the Trent River, camping.
Natural features, facilities, location.
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Finlayson Point Provincial Park
- 1 km south of Temagami. Steep cliffs and stands of pine.
Hiking, swimming, diving, boating, camping. Natural
features, facilities, location.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Frederick House Lake Provincial Park
- 30 km northeast of Timmins. Access by water. Connaught
varved clays. Nature reserve; no facilities. Natural
features, facilities, location.
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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.
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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.
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Friends of Bonnechere Park - Park
information, fees, guided trips, information about the
Friends.
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Friends of Killarney Park -
Photos, publications, links to outfitters and other related
sites.
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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.
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Friends of MacGregor Point Park -
Birding reports, history of the Friends, local
opportunities, events.
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Friends of Pinery Park - News and
information on camping, trails, and flora and fauna.
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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.
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Friends of Rondeau Provincial Park
- Park information, programs and events, bird sightings,
deer count.
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Friends of Short Hills Park
- Park information, maps, photos, newsletter.
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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.
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Fushimi Lake Provincial Park
- 41 km northwest of Hearst. White cedar forest surrounded
by boreal forest. Boating, fishing, camping. Natural
features, facilities, location.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Halfway Lake Provincial Park
- 90 km northwest of Sudbury. Glacial eskers, kames, and
moraines. Swimming, boating, canoe routes, hiking, camping.
Natural features, facilities, location.
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Hardy Lake Provincial Park
- 19 km west of Gravenhurst. Atlantic coastal plain
vegetation. Hiking, canoeing. No facilities. Natural
features, facilities, location.
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Hockley Valley Provincial Park
- 6 km northeast of Orangeville. Gorge, forested moraines,
and open meadows. Bruce Trail hiking. No facilities. Natural
features, facilities, location.
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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.
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Indian Point Provincial Park
- 38 km north of Lindsay. Access by water. Limestone
escarpment and eastern wetland. No facilities. Natural
features, facilities, location.
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Inverhuron Provincial Park
- Lake Huron west of Tiverton. Limestone bedrock and sand
dunes. Swimming, boating, fishing. Day-use park. Natural
features, facilities, location.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Kama Hill Provincial Park
- 30 km east of Nipigon. Red-purple rock called mudstone.
Nature reserve; no facilities. Natural features, facilities,
location.
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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.
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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.
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Kawartha Highlands Provincial Park
- 50 km north of Peterborough. Rolling uplands broken by
granite exposures. Backcountry camping. No facilities.
Natural features, facilities, location.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Komoka Provincial Park
- 5 km west of London. Meadows and forests. No facilities.
Natural features, facilities, location.
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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.
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La Motte Lake Provincial Park
- 140 km northwest of Sudbury. Second growth mixed forest.
Fishing, canoeing, wildlife viewing. No facilities. Natural
features, facilities, location.
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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.
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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.
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Lake Nipigon Provincial Park
- North of Nipigon. Cliffs and green-black sand beaches.
Swimming, canoeing, camping. No facilities. Natural
features, facilities, location.
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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.
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Lake on the Mountain Provincial Park
- Southeast of Belleville. Collapsed doline lake.
Non-motorized boating, swimming. Day-use park. Natural
features, facilities, location.
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Lake St. Peter Provincial Park
- 45 km north of Bancroft. Canadian Shield land. Boating,
boat rental, fishing, camping, rockhounding. Natural
features, facilities, location.
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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.
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Le Pate Provincial Park
- 19 km southeast of Thunder Bay. Circular mesa over shale.
Nature reserve; no facilities. Natural features, facilities,
location.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Little Greenwater Lake Provincial Park
- 90 km west of Thunder Bay. Moraine and a small delta.
Nature reserve; no facilities. Natural features, facilities,
location.
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Livingstone Point Provincial Park
- Shore of Lake Nipigon. Rare arctic and alpine plants.
Nature reserve; no facilities. Natural features, facilities,
location.
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Lola Lake Provincial Park
- 20 km northeast of Dryden. Prairie lands. Nature reserve;
no facilities. Natural features, facilities, location.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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MacLeod Provincial Park
- 8 km east of Geraldton, Ontario. Gravel-filled esker.
Boating, fishing, camping.
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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.
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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.
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Mara Provincial Park
- Between lakes Simcoe and Couchiching. Open fields, forest,
and wetlands. Swimming, boating, fishing, camping, including
electrical sites.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Matawatchan Provincial Park
- 75 km south of Pembroke. Canadian Shield land with biotite
gneiss, quartzite, marble, and granite. Nature reserve; no
facilities.
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Matawin River Provincial Park
- 70 km west of Thunder Bay. Forested outwash plain,
forested dunes, and wetlands. Nature reserve; no facilities.
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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.
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Maynard Lake Provincial Park
- 72 km northwest of Vermilion Bay. Old growth white pine
forests. Nature reserve; no facilities.
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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.
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Menzel Centennial Provincial Park
- 17 km northwest of Napanee. Open and treed fen.
Birdwatching, wildlife viewing, nature photography, hiking.
Nature reserve; no facilities.
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Michipicoten Post Provincial Park
- 8 km southwest of Wawa. Ruins of a French trading post.
Hiking and nature viewing. No facilities.
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Mikisew Provincial Park
- West of South River, between Huntsville and North Bay.
Site of ancient glacial lake. Boreal forests. Hiking,
boating, fishing, camping.
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Minnitaki Kames Provincial Park
- 20 km south of Sioux Lookout. Glacial features including
kames and wave-cut terraces. Nature reserve; no facilities.
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Misery Bay Provincial Park
- South shore of Manitoulin Island. Limestone bedrock and
wetlands. Nature reserve; no facilities.
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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.
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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.
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Mississagi Provincial Park
- 25 km north of Elliott Lake, Ontario. Glacial evidence and
fossils. Hiking, swimming, boating, fishing, staffed
programs, cross-country skiing, camping.
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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.
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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.
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Morris Tract Provincial Park
- East of Goderich. Forested area home to provincially rare
plant and bird communities. Nature reserve; no facilities.
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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.
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Nagagami Lake Provincial Park
- West of Hearst. Nature reserve; no facilities.
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Nagagamisis Provincial Park
- 30 km north of Hornepayne. Sandy beach, moraines, kames,
and other glacial features. Hiking, boating, fishing,
swimming, camping.
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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.
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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.
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Noisy River Provincial Park
- 20 km north of Shelburne on the Niagara Escarpment.
Escarpment lands, forests, and meadows. Bruce Trail hiking.
No facilities.
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North Beach Provincial Park
- South of Belleville. Baymouth sandbars. Swimming, boating,
fishing, cycling, sailboarding.
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North Driftwood River Provincial Park
- 35 km northwest of Cochrane. Access by water only. Nature
reserve; no facilities.
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Nottawasaga Lookout Provincial Park
- South-west of Wasaga Beach. Nature reserve; no facilities.
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Oastler Lake Provincial Park
- 10 km southeast of Parry Sound. Beach, forest,
Muskoka-like terrain. Hiking, camping, including electrical
and walk-in sites.
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Obabika River Provincial Park
- South-west of New Liskeard. Waterway park. Polished
bedrock, boulder fields, sandy beaches, and wetlands.
Backcountry canoeing. No facilities.
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Obatanga Provincial Park
- 56 km northwest of Wawa. Boreal forest, jack pines.
Swimming, boating, fishing, birding, hiking, camping,
including electrical sites.
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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.
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Ojibway Prairie Provincial Park
- In Windsor, Ontario. Native prairie vegetation, savanna,
and open woodland. Adjacent to Ojibway Nature Centre.
Day-use only.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Ottawa River Provincial Park
- Southeast of Pembroke, 20 km east of Beachburg. White
water. Wilderness trekking and white-water rafting. No
facilities.
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Ouimet Canyon Provincial Park
- 60 km northeast of Thunder Bay. Steep-sided canyon,
arctic-alpine plants. Hiking, fishing, day-use only.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Pantagruel Creek Provincial Park
- 170 km north of Thunder Bay. Accessible by water only.
Moraine and eskers. No facilities.
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Peter's Woods Provincial Park
- 20 km northeast of Cobourg. Oak Ridges Moraine land.
Hiking, Facilities limited to parking, toilets, and trails.
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Petroglyphs Provincial Park
- 55 km northeast of Peterborough. Native rock carvings,
called petroglyphs. Hiking, staffed programs, day-use only.
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Pigeon River Provincial Park
- 68 km west of Thunder Bay. River gorge with water falls.
Hiking, camping.
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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, toboggan run,
lodges, camping, including electrical sites.
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Pipestone River Provincial Park
- 200 km north of Sioux Lookout. Precambrian bedrock and
boreal forests. White-water canoeing, wilderness hiking. No
facilities.
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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.
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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.
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Porphyry Island Provincial Park
- Black Bay Peninsula in Lake Superior. Lava flows,
grey-green basalt. No facilities.
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Port Bruce Provincial Park
- Southeast of St. Thomas on Lake Erie. Sandy shoreline.
Swimming, boating. Day-use only. Camping nearby.
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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.
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Potholes Provincial Park
- 35 km east of Wawa. Glacial potholes and troughs. Hiking.
Facilities limited to parking, toilets, and a trail.
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Prairie River Mouth Provincial Park
- Lake Superior's north shore 40km west of Marathon.
Ridge-dune complex with swales. Hiking. No facilities.
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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.
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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.
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Pushkin Hills Provincial Park
- 40 km north and northeast of Kirkland Lake. Cooled lava,
pumice rocks. No camping. No facilities.
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Quackenbush Provincial Park
- 40 km northeast of Peterborough. Buried Iroquois village.
No facilities.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Rock Point Provincial Park
- 11 km south of Dunnville. Carolinian forests, wetlands,
sand dunes, and beaches. Boating, fishing, hiking, swimming,
camping, including electrical sites.
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Rondeau Park Cottagers' Association
- Events, contacts, and general information about the
association.
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Rondeau Provincial Park
- Rondeau, southeast of Chatham. Carolinian forest.
Swimming, boating, staffed programs, camping, including
electrical sites.
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Round Lake Provincial Park
- 40 km north of Parry Sound. Virginia meadow. Canoeing,
hiking. No facilities.
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Rushing River Provincial Park
- 20 km southeast of Kenora. Glacial features. Swimming,
boating, boat rental, fishing, hiking, including electrical
sites.
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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.
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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.
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Sandbanks Provincial Park
- South of Belleville. Baymouth sandbars and dunes.
Swimming, boating, fishing, hiking, lodges, camping,
including electrical sites.
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Sandbar Lake Provincial Park
- 12 km northeast of Ignace. Fine sandy beach. Canoe routes,
canoe rental, camping, including electrical sites.
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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.
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Save Ontario Parks - Opposes
planned staff cuts at Ontario provincial parks, including
educational and interpretive staff, wardens and store staff.
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Schreiber Channel Provincial Park
- Southwest of Schreiber. Internationally known collection
of micro-fossils within Precambrian rock. No facilities.
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Sedgman Lake Provincial Park
- 175 km northeast of Nipigon. Glacial landforms. Low rock
knolls and wetlands. Fishing, canoeing, camping. No
facilities.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Shallow River Provincial Park
- 55 km southeast of Cochrane. Dual sequence of varved clay.
Nature reserve; no facilities.
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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.
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Shesheeb Bay Provincial Park
- 40 km south of Nipigon. Cooled-lava flows. No facilities
besides hiking trails.
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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.
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Sibbald Point Provincial Park
- South shore of Lake Simcoe. Forests and sandy beaches.
Swimming, boating, hiking, fishing, children's programs,
camping, including electrical sites.
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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.
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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.
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Silver Lake Provincial Park
- 10 km east of Sharbot Lake. Canadian Shield lands.
Boating, canoe rental, swamp boardwalk trail, camping.
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Sioux Narrows Provincial Park
- Eastern channel of the Lake of the Woods. Canadian Shield
land and mixed forest. Boating, fishing, camping, including
electrical sites.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Sturgeon Bay Provincial Park
- Northwest of Perry Sound. Granite outcroppings and white
pine forest. Boating, fishing, swimming.
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Sturgeon River Provincial Park
- 60 km northeast of Sudbury. Wilderness canoeing. No
facilities.
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Thackeray Provincial Park
- 30 km north of Kirkland Lake. Archean metavolcanic rocks.
Canadian Shield lands. No facilities.
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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.
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Tidewater Provincial Park
- Moosonee. Access by water taxi only. Four islands in the
Moose River near James Bay. Northern boreal forest. Camping,
fishing.
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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.
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Trillium Woods Provincial Park
- Oxford Township, 4 km southwest of Sweaburg. Glacial
moraine and Carolinian forest. 1 km hiking trail. No other
facilities.
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Trout Lake Provincial Park
- 5 km northeast of Red Lake. Access via air only. Glacial
moraine. No facilities.
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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.
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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.
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Upper Madawaska River Provincial Park
- Near Whitney, Ontario. Canoeing, hiking, fishing. No
services.
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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.
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Wabakimi Provincial Park
- Armstrong, 250 km north of Thunder Bay. Canadian Shield
lands, boreal forest, woodland caribou habitat. Wilderness
canoeing, fly fishing.
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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.
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Wanapitei Provincial Park
- 35 km northeast of Sudbury. Sandy plains and gently
rolling rockland. Backcountry hiking, swimming, fishing,
wildlife viewing. No services.
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Wasaga Beach Provincial Park
- Town of Wasaga Beach. Beeches; home to many birds and
animals, including white-tailed dear. Swimming, hiking,
fishing, picnicking, canoeing.
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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.
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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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