Sleeping Giant Provincial Park
48.4358° N, 88.7689° W
Park boundary and water from open government data.
Download the map (SVG)Sleeping Giant Provincial Park, Ontario. 48.4358° N, 88.7689° W
Provincial park, 244 km². Scale bar on the map.
borealbound.ca/parks/on/sleeping-giant-provincial-park/, compiled October 9, 2026
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Sleeping Giant Provincial Park is a 244 km² provincial park beside Pass Lake, in Ontario. It was established in 1944.
19 named lakes lie in or along the park; the largest is Marie Louise Lake (7.75 km²).
- Area
- 244 km²
- Established
- 1944
- Named lakes
- 19
- Trails
- 30153 km
- Visits 2025
- 108K
Conditions today
1 °C
Observed at Thunder Bay, 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 becoming light this evening. Low minus 1.
Weather: Thunder Bay (local forecast), as of 2:02 a.m. EDT
Sun and moon
- Civil dawn
- 7:34 a.m.
- Sunrise
- 8:06 a.m.
- Sunset
- 7:17 p.m.
- Civil dusk
- 7:48 p.m.
- Moonrise
- 6:59 a.m.
- Moonset
- 6:36 p.m.
- Moon
- Waning crescent, 1% lit
Air Quality Health Index
1 low risk
Thunder Bay, as of 1:00 a.m. EDT
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In the park
The 12 largest of 19 named lakes, ranked by area.
| Rank | Feature | Area |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marie Louise Lake | 7.75 km² |
| 2 | Pounsford Lake | 1.26 km² |
| 3 | Lizard Lake | 0.85 km² |
| 4 | Twinpine Lake | 0.7 km² |
| 5 | Joeboy Lake | 0.68 km² |
| 6 | Gardner Lake | 0.49 km² |
| 7 | Pickerel Lake | 0.47 km² |
| 8 | Surprise Lake | 0.29 km² |
| 9 | Ferns Lake | 0.28 km² |
| 10 | Wiswell Lake | 0.27 km² |
| 11 | Addison Lake | 0.26 km² |
| 12 | Sifting Lake | 0.26 km² |
Trails
30 named trails and routes, with 153.4 km of trail. The 15 longest are listed.
| Trail | Length |
|---|---|
| Kabeyun TrailCycling, Hiking or Walking, Snowshoeing | 40 km |
| Marie Louise Lake LoopCross Country Skiing, Cycling | 12 km |
| Pickerel Lake TrailCross Country Skiing, Cycling, Hiking or Walking, Snowshoeing | 11.7 km |
| Bay's End Lookout TrailCross Country Skiing, Hiking or Walking, Snowshoeing | 11.6 km |
| Burma TrailCross Country Skiing, Cycling, Hiking or Walking, Snowshoeing | 11.4 km |
| Ferns Lake TrailCross Country Skiing, Hiking or Walking, Snowshoeing | 9.7 km |
| Thunder Bay Lookout RoadCross Country Skiing, Cycling | 9.2 km |
| Talus Lake TrailHiking or Walking | 6 km |
| Sawyer Bay TrailCycling, Hiking or Walking, Snowshoeing | 5.7 km |
| Middlebrun TrailHiking or Walking, Snowshoeing | 4.9 km |
| Twinpine Lake TrailHiking or Walking | 4.4 km |
| Sifting Lake TrailHiking or Walking, Snowshoeing | 4 km |
| Top of the Giant TrailHiking or Walking | 3.3 km |
| Gardner Lake TrailHiking or Walking | 2.6 km |
| Wildlife Habitat Nature TrailHiking or Walking | 2.1 km |
Visitors
108,005 visits were recorded in 2025: 36,012 day visits and 71,993 camper nights. Campsites were 90% occupied in July and August.
Official record
- Designation
- Provincial park
- Park class
- Natural Environment
- IUCN category
- II, National parkInternational IUCN class, not a legal designation
- Status
- Operating park
- Regulated
- 2026
- Managed by
- Ontario Parks
- Official website
- ontarioparks.ca
Photos
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