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Map of Spanish River Provincial Park and its lakes

Spanish River Provincial Park

46.7265° N, 81.7486° W

Park boundary and water from open government data.

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Spanish River Provincial Park, Ontario. 46.7265° N, 81.7486° W

Provincial park, 354 km². Scale bar on the map.

borealbound.ca/parks/on/spanish-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.
  • HydroLAKES v1.0, Messager et al. 2016 / WWF HydroSHEDS. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
  • 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.
  • 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).

Spanish River Provincial Park is a 354 km² provincial park 9.9 km west of Cartier, in Ontario. It was established in 2001.

31 named lakes lie in or along the park; the largest is Biscotasi Lake (63.3 km²).

Area
354 km²
Established
2001
Named lakes
31
Visits 2025
2,703

Conditions today

4 °C

Mainly ClearWind WSW 10 km/h, gusts 40

Observed at Sudbury (Greater), as of 2:00 a.m. EDT

Tonight: Mainly cloudy with 30 percent chance of showers. Wind west 20 km/h gusting to 40 becoming light this evening. Low plus 4.

Weather: Sudbury (Greater) (local forecast), as of 2:03 a.m. EDT

Sun and moon

Civil dawn
7:06 a.m.
Sunrise
7:36 a.m.
Sunset
6:51 p.m.
Civil dusk
7:21 p.m.
Moonrise
6:28 a.m.
Moonset
6:09 p.m.
Moon
Waning crescent, 1% lit

In the park

The 12 largest of 31 named lakes, ranked by area.

FeatureAreaMax depth
1Biscotasi Lake63.3 km²
2Agnew Lake30.1 km²36.6 m
3Pogamasing Lake15.8 km²33.5 m
4Kennedy Lake2.64 km²
5Duke Lake2.18 km²
6Expanse Lake2.17 km²
7Acheson Lake1.89 km²
8McKeown Lake1.53 km²
9Bluewater Lake1.13 km²
10Franklin Lake1 km²
11First Lake0.85 km²
12Ninth Lake0.84 km²39 m

Rivers

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

Visitors

2,703 visits were recorded in 2025.

Visits per year

Official record

Designation
Provincial park
Park class
Waterway
IUCN category
II, National parkInternational IUCN class, not a legal designation
Status
Operating park
Regulated
2001
Managed by
Ontario Parks
Official website
ontarioparks.ca