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Ouimet Canyon Provincial Park

48.7913° N, 88.6703° W

Ouimet Canyon Provincial Park, Ontario. 48.7913° N, 88.6703° W

Provincial park, 7.77 km². Scale bar on the map.

borealbound.ca/parks/on/ouimet-canyon-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.
  • Census boundaries and population, 2021, Statistics Canada. Adapted from Statistics Canada. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada.
  • Ontario Trail Network – Trail Segment, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.
  • Visitation to Provincial Parks, Ontario Parks (Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks). Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.
  • 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).
  • Photographs, Wikimedia Commons contributors. Each photo carries its own licence (CC0, public domain, CC BY or CC BY-SA), credited where shown.

Ouimet Canyon Provincial Park is a 7.77 km² provincial park 8.7 km west of Dorion, in Ontario. It was established in 1972.

1 named lake lies in or along the park; the largest is Crow Lake (0.19 km²).

Area
7.77 km²
Established
1972
Named lakes
1
Trails
11 km
Visits 2025
14,861

Conditions today

1 °C

Partly CloudyWind WNW 9 km/h, gusts 30

Observed at Dorion, as of 2:00 a.m. EDT

Tonight: Partly cloudy. 40 percent chance of showers early this evening. Clearing near midnight. Wind northwest 20 km/h becoming light this evening. Low minus 1.

Weather: Dorion (local forecast), as of 2:02 a.m. EDT

Sun and moon

Civil dawn
7:34 a.m.
Sunrise
8:06 a.m.
Sunset
7:16 p.m.
Civil dusk
7:48 p.m.
Moonrise
6:58 a.m.
Moonset
6:35 p.m.
Moon
Waning crescent, 1% lit

In the park

FeatureArea
1Crow Lake0.19 km²

Trails

1 named trail or route, with 1 km of trail.

TrailLength
Ouimet Canyon TrailHiking or Walking1 km

Visitors

14,861 visits were recorded in 2025.

Visits per year

Official record

Designation
Provincial park
Park class
Nature Reserve
IUCN category
Ia, Strict nature reserveInternational IUCN class, not a legal designation
Status
Operating park
Regulated
1972
Managed by
Ontario Parks
Official website
ontarioparks.ca

Photos

Bridge over the Ouimet Canyon
Photo: Graham M Fawcett, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Ouimet Canyon is a glacial spillway (8042405862)
Photo: Mike Beauregard from Canada, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons