Norseman Park

Noordyn Norseman

The Norseman Park is home to an authentic Noordyn Norseman aircraft located in a scenic outlook looking over Red Lake's historic Howey Bay. Take the time to read the story of the Norseman plane on the intepretive panel found in the park. It is a place where people can sit along the waterfront and watch planes come in and out. There are benches for sitting as well as a grass area to have a small picnic. You are still able to watch floatplanes land and takeoff from this lookout. Better yet, book a scenic flight on a float plane.

North Frontenac Dark Sky Preserve

Night sky North Frontenac Dark Sky Preserve

 North Frontenac has the darkest skies in southern Ontario and it is the perfect place for star gazing. Many of us have taken for granted that the dark sky is a natural beauty and forgot, or never realized, that many people have no idea what can be seen in the heavens above at night. In 2013, the Township of North Frontenac became the first municipality in Canada to receive Dark Sky Preserve status from the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada.

Bon Echo Provincial Park

Bon Echo Provincial Park

Bon Echo Provincial Park is home to the 100-metre-high Mazinaw Rock, featuring over 260 Indigenous pictographs. Explore the park's RV, car camping, backcountry, and roofed accommodations, beaches and great hiking trails from 1 km in length to 17 km in length. Interpretive boat tours are offered on Mazinaw Lake and over to Mazinaw Rock.

Silent Lake Provincial Park

Silent Lake Provincial Park

Silent Lake Provincial Park offers 19 km of hiking trails and 17 km of mountain biking trails, two sandy beaches, campsites as well as heated, four-season roofed accommodations (yurts & camp cabins), and more than 34 km of groomed winter cross-country ski trails.

Ear Falls Waterfront Park

Waterfront Park

Stop at the waterfront park for a picturesque pit-stop. The site is a perfect place to stop to have lunch, spend the day, or just take in the scenery.

 

There is a large beach, a playing field, a covered picnic area, and a large restroom facility with a change room and showers. "The Patricia" a freight boat that was built in the 1930s and has been fully restored and is on display in Ear Fall's waterfront park.

Point Park

Point Park

Point Park is located on the shores of Rainy Lake in east Fort Frances on Highway 11. Enjoy hours of relaxation, recreation, fishing, swimming and sunbathing. Campsites are also available. Don't forget to have a rest at the Big Chair! There is a huge grassy area as well as as many play structures for the kids. 

Docking facilities are within one mile of the park at the Sorting Gap Marina. There are a number of stores nearby where you can purchase gas, ice and any other supplies that you may need.

Gooseberry Falls State Park

Gooseberry Falls State Park

Gooseberry Falls State Park is located near Two Harbors and is known for the gorgeous Gooseberry Falls. Gooseberry Falls features upper, middle, and lower falls for viewing. Some of the main things to do include viewing the scenic waterfalls and Lake Superior shoreline, visiting places such as the Visitor Center, nature store, historic CCC Log, and stone structures. 

Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park

Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park

Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park is the largest state park within Michigan. With 60,000 acres located along the southern shores of Lake Superior and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. It has many beautiful landscapes, waterfalls, vistas, and hemlock-hardwood stands. Being such a large park there is plenty to do.

Fort Wilkins State Park

Fort Wilkins State Park - cannon

Fort Wilkins Park features camping, day-use facilities, a restored 1844 military outpost and Copper Harbor Lighthouse, one of the first lighthouses on Lake Superior. Some of the main things to do in Fort Wilkins State Park include camping, hiking, fishing, hunting, biking, paddling and cross-country skiing. You can also go through a historical interpretation, visit the history center, or participate in the living history program.

Group Of Seven (Interpretive Panel) - Rossport Wardrop Park

 Interpretive Panel in Rossport Wardrop Park

The scenic harbour and inland islands of Rossport provided inspiration to Lawren Harris and many contemporary painters to the Group of Seven. You’ll find an interpretive installation in Wardrop Park as well as the start of the Rossport Coastal Trail, which winds its way for 1.5 km along Lake Superior to the Roadside Park Rest Area. After visiting the park, stop by the government dock for a view of Quarry Island from a vantage point close to where Harris painted Rossport, Lake Superior in 1921.

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