The Massasauga Provincial Park
45.2169° N, 80.0479° W
Park boundary and water from open government data.
Download the map (SVG)The Massasauga Provincial Park, Ontario. 45.2169° N, 80.0479° W
Provincial park, 133 km². Scale bar on the map.
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The Massasauga Provincial Park is a 133 km² provincial park beside Woods Bay, in Ontario. It was established in 1989.
18 named lakes lie in or along the park; the largest is Healey Lake (7.3 km²).
- Area
- 133 km²
- Established
- 1989
- Named lakes
- 18
- Trails
- 2413.5 km
- Visits 2025
- 32,184
Conditions today
10.6 °C
Observed at Parry Sound, as of 2:00 a.m. EDT
Tonight: Partly cloudy with 60 percent chance of showers. Risk of a thunderstorm early this evening. Wind west 30 km/h gusting to 50 becoming light this evening. Low plus 5.
Weather: Parry Sound (local forecast), as of 2:02 a.m. EDT
Sun and moon
- Civil dawn
- 6:58 a.m.
- Sunrise
- 7:28 a.m.
- Sunset
- 6:45 p.m.
- Civil dusk
- 7:15 p.m.
- Moonrise
- 6:20 a.m.
- Moonset
- 6:04 p.m.
- Moon
- Waning crescent, 1% lit
Air Quality Health Index
2 low risk
Parry Sound, as of 1:00 a.m. EDT
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In the park
The 12 largest of 18 named lakes, ranked by area.
| Rank | Feature | Area | Max depth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Healey Lake | 7.3 km² | 21.3 m |
| 2 | Spider Lake | 4.93 km² | 30.5 m |
| 3 | Clear Lake | 2.25 km² | |
| 4 | Three Legged Lake | 1.87 km² | 41 m |
| 5 | Conger Lake | 1.37 km² | 7.6 m |
| 6 | McCoy Lake | 0.67 km² | 18.3 m |
| 7 | Kingshott Lake | 0.53 km² | 2 m |
| 8 | Little Blackstone Lake | 0.47 km² | |
| 9 | Vicary Lake | 0.41 km² | |
| 10 | Canoe Lake | 0.29 km² | |
| 11 | Creswicke Lake | 0.29 km² | |
| 12 | Hooton Lake | 0.24 km² |
Rivers
Official names from the Canadian Geographical Names Database; each name opens its location on OpenStreetMap.
Trails
24 named trails and routes, with 13.5 km of trail not counting canoe routes. The 15 longest are listed.
| Trail | Length |
|---|---|
| Baker TrailHiking or Walking | 5.5 km |
| Moon Island TrailHiking or Walking | 4 km |
| Wreck Island TrailHiking or Walking | 4 km |
| Clear Lake to Port Rawson BayPortage | 1.2 km |
| Blackstone Harbour to Little Blackstone LakePortage | 0.9 km |
| Spider Lake to Clear BayPortage | 0.8 km |
| Clear Lake to Spider LakePortage | 0.6 km |
| Two Island Lake to Hillis BayPortage | 0.6 km |
| Canoe Lake to Spider LakePortage | 0.5 km |
| Clear Lake to Vanderdassen BayPortage | 0.5 km |
| Spider Lake to Beaver PondPortage | 0.5 km |
| Conger Lake to Blackstone HarbourPortage | 0.4 km |
| Speyer Lake to Seven Mile NarrowsPortage | 0.4 km |
| Vicary Lake to Creswicke LakePortage | 0.4 km |
| Canoe Lake to Squirrel CovePortage | 0.3 km |
Visitors
32,184 visits were recorded in 2025.
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
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