Pancake Bay Provincial Park

46.9649° N, 84.635° W

Pancake Bay Provincial Park is a 16.6 km² provincial park 2.1 km northwest of Batchawana Bay, in Ontario. It was established in 1968.

Area
16.6 km²
Established
1968
Trails
324.8 km
Visits 2025
113K

Conditions today

5.5 °C

Mostly CloudyWind NNE 3 km/h, gusts 34

Observed at Montreal River Harbour, as of 2:00 a.m. EDT

Tonight: Mainly cloudy with 60 percent chance of showers. Risk of a thunderstorm after midnight. Wind northwest 20 km/h gusting to 40 becoming light after midnight. Low plus 5.

Weather: Montreal River Harbour (local forecast), as of 2:02 a.m. EDT

Sun and moon

Civil dawn
7:17 a.m.
Sunrise
7:48 a.m.
Sunset
7:02 p.m.
Civil dusk
7:32 p.m.
Moonrise
6:40 a.m.
Moonset
6:21 p.m.
Moon
Waning crescent, 1% lit

Air Quality Health Index

1 low risk

Sault Ste. Marie, as of 1:00 a.m. EDT

Trails

3 named trails and routes, with 24.8 km of trail.

TrailLength
Edmund Fitzgerald TrailCycling, Hiking or Walking21.2 km
Nature TrailCycling, Hiking or Walking, Paddling3.5 km
Bruce's TrailHiking or Walking0.1 km

Visitors

112,884 visits were recorded in 2025: 20,301 day visits and 92,583 camper nights. Campsites were 91% occupied in July and August.

Visits per year

Official record

Designation
Provincial park
Park class
Recreational
IUCN category
II, National parkInternational IUCN class, not a legal designation
Status
Operating park
Regulated
2011
Managed by
Ontario Parks
Official website
ontarioparks.ca

Photos

Black Fen boardwalk, Pancake Bay
Photo: Fungus Guy, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Pancake Bay
Photo: MallardTV, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons