French River Provincial Park
45.9753° N, 80.8917° W
Park boundary and water from open government data.
Download the map (SVG)French River Provincial Park, Ontario. 45.9753° N, 80.8917° W
Provincial park, 735 km². Scale bar on the map.
borealbound.ca/parks/on/french-river-provincial-park/, compiled October 9, 2026
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- Canadian Geographical Names Database, Natural Resources Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.
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French River Provincial Park is a 735 km² provincial park 3 km southwest of Wolseley Bay, in Ontario. It was established in 1989.
23 named lakes lie in or along the park; the largest is Lake Nipissing (856 km²).
- Area
- 735 km²
- Established
- 1989
- Named lakes
- 23
- Trails
- 24 km
- Visits 2025
- 26,109
Conditions today
Tonight: Partly cloudy with 30 percent chance of showers. Wind west 40 km/h gusting to 60 becoming northwest 20 gusting to 40 early this evening. Low 7.
Weather: Killarney (local forecast), as of 2:05 a.m. EDT
Sun and moon
- Civil dawn
- 7:02 a.m.
- Sunrise
- 7:32 a.m.
- Sunset
- 6:48 p.m.
- Civil dusk
- 7:18 p.m.
- Moonrise
- 6:24 a.m.
- Moonset
- 6:06 p.m.
- Moon
- Waning crescent, 1% lit
Air Quality Health Index
1 low risk
Sudbury, as of 1:00 a.m. EDT
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In the park
The 12 largest of 23 named lakes, ranked by area.
| Rank | Feature | Area | Max depth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lake Nipissing | 856 km² | 70 m |
| 2 | Bass Lake | 20.6 km² | 24 m |
| 3 | East Bouchard Lake | 8.97 km² | 30 m |
| 4 | Cantin Lake | 4.03 km² | |
| 5 | Marshall Lake | 1.43 km² | |
| 6 | Byrne Lake | 1.2 km² | |
| 7 | Fox Lake | 0.96 km² | |
| 8 | Tower Lake | 0.68 km² | |
| 9 | Island Lake | 0.68 km² | |
| 10 | Redpine Lake | 0.56 km² | |
| 11 | Ethier Lake | 0.51 km² | |
| 12 | Badger Lake | 0.47 km² |
Waterfalls
Rivers
Official names from the Canadian Geographical Names Database; each name opens its location on OpenStreetMap.
Trails
2 named trails and routes, with 4 km of trail not counting canoe routes.
| Trail | Length |
|---|---|
| French River Canoe RoutePaddling, Portage | 72.9 km |
| Recollet Falls TrailHiking or Walking | 4 km |
Visitors
26,109 visits were recorded in 2025: 600 day visits and 25,509 camper nights.
Official record
- Designation
- Provincial park
- Park class
- Waterway
- IUCN category
- II, National parkInternational IUCN class, not a legal designation
- Status
- Operating park
- Regulated
- 2025
- Managed by
- Ontario Parks
- Official website
- ontarioparks.ca
Photos
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