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Silver Lake Provincial Park

44.8322° N, 76.5767° W

Silver Lake Provincial Park, Ontario. 44.8322° N, 76.5767° W

Provincial park, 0.43 km². Scale bar on the map.

borealbound.ca/parks/on/silver-lake-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.

Silver Lake Provincial Park is a 0.43 km² provincial park 2.3 km east of Zealand, in Ontario. It was established in 1958.

1 named lake lies in or along the park; the largest is Silver Lake (2.5 km²).

Area
0.43 km²
Established
1958
Named lakes
1
Trails
10.5 km
Visits 2025
52,606

Conditions today

7.9 °C

Wind SW 6 km/h, gusts 29

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

Tonight: Partly cloudy. 60 percent chance of showers this evening. Risk of a thunderstorm early this evening. Wind west 30 km/h gusting to 50 becoming light this evening. Low plus 3.

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

Sun and moon

Civil dawn
6:44 a.m.
Sunrise
7:14 a.m.
Sunset
6:32 p.m.
Civil dusk
7:01 p.m.
Moonrise
6:06 a.m.
Moonset
5:50 p.m.
Moon
Waning crescent, 1% lit

In the park

FeatureAreaMax depth
1Silver Lake2.5 km²21.9 m

Trails

1 named trail or route, with 0.5 km of trail.

TrailLength
Marsh TrailHiking or Walking0.5 km

Visitors

52,606 visits were recorded in 2025: 17,770 day visits and 34,835 camper nights. Campsites were 65% 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
1979
Managed by
Ontario Parks
Official website
ontarioparks.ca

Photos

Marsh Trail. Silver Lake Provincial Park, ON
Photo: OTTCHAMPS2016, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Marsh Trail2. Silver Lake Provincial Park, ON
Photo: OTTCHAMPS2016, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Marsh Trail3. Silver Lake Provincial Park, ON
Photo: OTTCHAMPS2016, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons