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Ouimet Canyon Provincial Park

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Ouimet Canyon Provincial Park · Ontario

what to expect

Ouimet Canyon Provincial Park is a day use only park offering 2-hour, 4-hour, full-day or bus Advance Daily Vehicle Permits online (open May long weekend to October). This park is located approximately 12 km west off of the Trans-Canada Highway 11/17 and is well worth the short side trip to view this scenic natural wonder. A small parking lot is located at the bottom of the park road for visitors to view Gulch Lake's wetland with its birding opportunities. At the top of the road (steep hill) is a larger parking lot with a bus turning circle, privies, a picnic shelter, picnic tables, and the trailhead. The park's 1.7 km barrier-free hiking trail takes visitors to two scenic overlooks atop the 150-metre-wide gorge providing spectacular views of the canyon and its cliffs that drop 100 metr…

Description: Ontario Parks

The campsites

Longest site
32 ft

Things to do nearby

Within 5 km — trails, viewpoints, beaches, boat launches you can reach without packing up camp.

Plus 3 user-tagged viewpoints on OpenStreetMap — visible as pins on the map below.

What's around

Ouimet Canyon Provincial Park plus 2 named places to see and do nearby — trails, beaches, viewpoints, water, and services.

Water + services

what to bring

This list adapts to Ouimet Canyon Provincial Park. no showers means a travel towel;

If Ouimet Canyon Provincial Park is full

Other places to stay within 25 km.

Plus 3 user-tagged dispersed sites on OpenStreetMap — often genuine wild-pitches; check access rights before relying on one.

Data refreshed 2026-06-13. Sources: Camis reservation system. Neighbourhood joins 6 named anchors.