Campground Category: Ontario Provincial Parks

Just east of Dryden on Thunder Lake, Aaron Provincial Park offers nearly 100 campsites (about one-third with electricity), plus a group site, sandy beaches, and a boat launch. Visitors can enjoy hiking trails through boreal forest, canoe rentals, fishing for walleye, lake trout, and pike, picnic shelters, playgrounds, comfort stations, and a small park store.

Accessible only by water or air, Abitibi-de-Troyes Provincial Park is a remote wilderness area of about 4,300 hectares in northern Ontario. Expect mixed woods, eskers, kettle basins, marshes, and the shores of Lake Abitibi and the Abitibi & Black rivers. There are no developed facilities—just backcountry canoeing, fishing, camping, wildlife viewing, and truly wild solitude.

Adam Creek Provincial Park, located about 90 km north of Kapuskasing in Ontario, protects a Nature Reserve where Adam Creek meets the Matagami River. The park showcases classic glacial till — clay, sand, rocks and gravel deposited during the Wisconsin era. It has no developed facilities; great for fishing, canoeing, and quiet appreciation of nature.

Located approximately 110 km northwest of Fort Frances, Ontario, Agassiz Peatlands Provincial Park is a non-operating nature reserve encompassing 5,387 hectares of pristine boreal landscape. Visitors can explore black spruce muskeg, string bogs, and wildflower-filled fens, ideal for nature walks and wildlife viewing. Please note that the park lacks facilities; visitors should be prepared for self-sufficient outdoor experiences.

Albany River Provincial Park is a remote waterway park in northern Ontario, stretching along the wild Albany River and covering over 95,000 hectares. Accessible only by canoe or floatplane, it offers 69 backcountry campsites with no developed facilities. Expect wilderness paddling, fishing, wildlife, and solitude for skilled outdoors travellers.

Albert Lake Mesa Provincial Park is a remote nature reserve in northwestern Ontario, about 48 km northwest of Nipigon. It protects rare geological features—mesas, cuestas and moraines—and sensitive boreal habitats. The park is non-operating, with no visitor facilities and limited low-impact access only.

Located approximately 20 km north of Mattawa, Ontario, Alexander Lake Forest Provincial Park is a non-operating nature reserve encompassing 5,387 hectares of pristine boreal landscape. Visitors can explore black spruce muskeg, string bogs, and wildflower-filled fens, ideal for nature walks and wildlife viewing. Please note that the park lacks facilities; visitors should be prepared for self-sufficient outdoor experiences.

Located near Burnstown, Ontario, Alexander Stewart Provincial Park is a 30-hectare nature reserve established in 2003. The park features an early successional hardwood forest with species such as maple, American beech, basswood, blue beech, and bur oak. It offers opportunities for hiking, snowshoeing, and cross-country skiing.

Algoma Headwaters Provincial Park protects thousands of hectares in Ontario’s rugged Shield country, preserving the headwaters of several rivers. It’s a non-operating park—no developed facilities or services—but ideal for skilled adventurers wanting solitude. Canoeing, wilderness hiking, fishing, and nature immersion are the primary draws in this pristine backcountry.

Located in central Ontario, Algonquin Provincial Park spans over 7,600 km² of forest, lakes & rolling terrain—about a 3-hour drive from Toronto. Choose from developed campgrounds along the Highway 60 Corridor (e.g. Lake of Two Rivers, Pog Lake) or rugged backcountry via canoe or hiking. Amenities range from yurts & powered sites to remote tent pads & portages.

Amable du Fond River Provincial Park is a non-operating waterway park protecting stretches of the Amable du Fond River and its banks. It supports backcountry canoe routes between Algonquin and Samuel-de-Champlain parks and offers wilderness access for paddling, fishing, nature viewing, and interpretive trails like the Eau Claire Gorge walkway.

Rustic and quiet, Arrow Lake Provincial Park offers 40 tent and car campsites (30 seasonal, 10 reservable), with no electricity or running water. Swim at the campground beach, paddle or launch a boat to explore the shoreline, and fish for lake trout, northern pike, smallmouth bass, walleye, whitefish, and perch. Vault privies are provided.