Quetico Provincial Park
48.3675° N, 91.4665° W
Park boundary and water from open government data.
Download the map (SVG)Quetico Provincial Park, Ontario. 48.3675° N, 91.4665° W
Provincial park, 4,720 km². Scale bar on the map.
borealbound.ca/parks/on/quetico-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.
- Census boundaries and population, 2021, Statistics Canada. Adapted from Statistics Canada. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada.
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Quetico Provincial Park is a 4,720 km² provincial park 7.1 km southwest of Quetico, in Ontario. It was established in 1913.
296 named lakes lie in or along the park; the largest is Basswood Lake (97.4 km²).
- Area
- 4,720 km²
- Established
- 1913
- Named lakes
- 296
- Trails
- 1639.4 km
- Visits 2025
- 73,509
Conditions today
0.8 °C
Observed at Atikokan, as of 1:00 a.m. CDT
Tonight: Partly cloudy with 40 percent chance of showers early this evening then clear. Wind northwest 20 km/h gusting to 40 becoming light this evening. Low minus 2.
Weather: Atikokan (local forecast), as of 1:01 a.m. CDT
Sun and moon
- Civil dawn
- 6:45 a.m.
- Sunrise
- 7:16 a.m.
- Sunset
- 6:28 p.m.
- Civil dusk
- 6:59 p.m.
- Moonrise
- 6:10 a.m.
- Moonset
- 5:47 p.m.
- Moon
- Waning crescent, 1% lit
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In the park
The 12 largest of 296 named lakes, ranked by area.
| Rank | Feature | Area | Max depth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Basswood Lake | 97.4 km² | |
| 2 | Saganaga Lake | 67.9 km² | |
| 3 | Pickerel Lake | 52.3 km² | |
| 4 | Quetico Lake | 43.4 km² | |
| 5 | Kawnipi Lake | 42.9 km² | |
| 6 | Sturgeon Lake | 32.7 km² | |
| 7 | Crooked Lake | 32.1 km² | |
| 8 | Agnes Lake | 30.1 km² | 79.2 m |
| 9 | Saganagons Lake | 25.7 km² | |
| 10 | Cirrus Lake | 22.2 km² | 88 m |
| 11 | Knife Lake | 21.2 km² | |
| 12 | McKenzie Lake | 19.7 km² |
Waterfalls
Beaches
Rivers
Official names from the Canadian Geographical Names Database; each name opens its location on OpenStreetMap.
Trails
16 named trails and routes, with 39.4 km of trail not counting canoe routes. The 15 longest are listed.
| Trail | Length |
|---|---|
| Hunter Island LoopPaddling, Portage | 264.2 km |
| Falls Chain LoopPaddling, Portage | 157.7 km |
| Batchewaung Twin Jean Jesse LoopPaddling, Portage | 122.3 km |
| Cirrus Lake - The Sue Falls LoopPaddling, Portage | 54.7 km |
| Pines Hiking TrailCycling, Hiking or Walking, Paddling, Snowshoeing | 10 km |
| French Portage TrailCycling, Hiking or Walking, Paddling | 5 km |
| Sawmill TrailCross Country Skiing | 4.9 km |
| Camp 111 TrailCross Country Skiing, Hiking or Walking | 4.4 km |
| Cache Lake TrailCross Country Skiing, Hiking or Walking | 3.3 km |
| Teaching TrailCycling, Hiking or Walking, Paddling, Snowshoeing | 3.2 km |
| Whiskey Jack TrailCycling, Hiking or Walking, Paddling, Snowshoeing | 2.5 km |
| French Falls TrailCycling, Hiking or Walking, Paddling, Snowshoeing | 2.4 km |
| Pickerel Point TrailCycling, Hiking or Walking, Paddling | 1.6 km |
| Baptism Creek TrailCross Country Skiing, Hiking or Walking | 1.1 km |
| Pickerel River TrailCycling, Hiking or Walking, Paddling, Snowshoeing | 0.8 km |
Visitors
73,509 visits were recorded in 2025: 3,344 day visits and 70,165 camper nights. Campsites were 65% occupied in July and August.
Official record
- Designation
- Provincial park
- Park class
- Wilderness
- IUCN category
- Ib, Wilderness areaInternational IUCN class, not a legal designation
- Status
- Operating park
- Regulated
- 2014
- Managed by
- Ontario Parks
- Official website
- ontarioparks.ca
Photos
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