Brightsand River Provincial Park
49.8579° N, 90.2743° W
Brightsand River Provincial Park, Ontario. 49.8579° N, 90.2743° W
Provincial park, 413 km². Scale bar on the map.
borealbound.ca/parks/on/brightsand-river-provincial-park/, compiled October 9, 2026
- Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database, Environment and Climate Change Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.
- Provincial Park and Conservation Reserve Regulated, Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.
- HydroLAKES v1.0, Messager et al. 2016 / WWF HydroSHEDS. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Canadian Geographical Names Database, Natural Resources Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.
- Census boundaries and population, 2021, Statistics Canada. Adapted from Statistics Canada. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada.
- City page weather forecasts and alerts, Environment and Climate Change Canada. Contains data from Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC Data Servers End-use Licence).
Brightsand River Provincial Park is a 413 km² provincial park beside Allanwater Bridge, in Ontario. It was established in 1989.
21 named lakes lie in or along the park; the largest is Seseganaga Lake (106 km²).
- Area
- 413 km²
- Established
- 1989
- Named lakes
- 21
Conditions today
-0.9 °C
Observed at Savant Lake, as of 3:00 a.m. CDT
Tonight: Mainly cloudy. 30 percent chance of showers early this evening. Clearing near midnight. Wind northwest 20 km/h gusting to 40 becoming light this evening. Low minus 1.
Weather: Savant Lake (local forecast), as of 3:01 a.m. CDT
Sun and moon
- Civil dawn
- 6:41 a.m.
- Sunrise
- 7:13 a.m.
- Sunset
- 6:22 p.m.
- Civil dusk
- 6:54 p.m.
- Moonrise
- 6:06 a.m.
- Moonset
- 5:41 p.m.
- Moon
- Waning crescent, 1% lit
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In the park
The 12 largest of 21 named lakes, ranked by area.
| Rank | Feature | Area | Max depth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Seseganaga Lake | 106 km² | |
| 2 | Kawaweogama Lake | 35.8 km² | 12 m |
| 3 | Wapikaimaski Lake | 33.5 km² | |
| 4 | Harmon Lake | 28.5 km² | |
| 5 | Metionga Lake | 20.1 km² | |
| 6 | Brightsand Lake | 10.7 km² | |
| 7 | Little Metionga Lake | 6.84 km² | |
| 8 | Twining Lake | 5.2 km² | 24 m |
| 9 | Rude Lake | 5.08 km² | |
| 10 | McEwen Lake | 4.9 km² | |
| 11 | Moberley Lake | 3.99 km² | |
| 12 | Antler Lake | 3.29 km² |
Official names from the Canadian Geographical Names Database; each name opens its location on OpenStreetMap.
Official record
- Designation
- Provincial park
- Park class
- Waterway
- IUCN category
- II, National parkInternational IUCN class, not a legal designation
- Status
- Non-operating park (no staff or visitor facilities)
- Regulated
- 1989
- Managed by
- Ontario Parks
- Official website
- ontarioparks.ca
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