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Pigeon River Provincial Park

48.0147° N, 89.5745° W

Pigeon River Provincial Park, Ontario. 48.0147° N, 89.5745° W

Provincial park, 9.43 km². Scale bar on the map.

borealbound.ca/parks/on/pigeon-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.
  • 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.
  • 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).
  • Air Quality Health Index observations and forecasts, 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.

Pigeon River Provincial Park is a 9.43 km² provincial park 6.5 km east of Pigeon River, in Ontario. It was established in 1960.

Area
9.43 km²
Established
1960
Trails
58.8 km
Visits 2021
100

Conditions today

1 °C

Partly CloudyWind WNW 9 km/h, gusts 30

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

Tonight: Partly cloudy with 40 percent chance of showers early this evening. Clearing this evening. Wind west 20 km/h gusting to 40 becoming light this evening. Low minus 1.

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

Sun and moon

Civil dawn
7:37 a.m.
Sunrise
8:09 a.m.
Sunset
7:21 p.m.
Civil dusk
7:52 p.m.
Moonrise
7:02 a.m.
Moonset
6:40 p.m.
Moon
Waning crescent, 1% lit

Air Quality Health Index

1 low risk

Thunder Bay, as of 1:00 a.m. EDT

In the park

Waterfalls

Rivers

Official names from the Canadian Geographical Names Database; each name opens its location on OpenStreetMap.

Trails

5 named trails and routes, with 8.8 km of trail.

TrailLength
Lookout TrailHiking or Walking3.2 km
Finger Point TrailHiking or Walking, Snowshoeing2.5 km
High Falls TrailCross Country Skiing, Hiking or Walking, Snowshoeing2 km
Middle Falls WalkHiking or Walking0.7 km
Boardwalk TrailHiking or Walking0.4 km

Visitors

100 visits were recorded in 2021.

Official record

Designation
Provincial park
Park class
Natural Environment
IUCN category
II, National parkInternational IUCN class, not a legal designation
Status
Operating park
Regulated
2017
Managed by
Ontario Parks
Official website
ontarioparks.ca

Photos

Pigeon River Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada and Lake Superior (23889104022)
Photo: Tony Webster from Portland, Oregon, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Pigeon River Provincial Park (23757799265)
Photo: Tony Webster from Portland, Oregon, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Crossing Pigeon River into United States (43141587175)
Photo: Ken Lund from Reno, Nevada, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons