The Shoals Provincial Park
47.8977° N, 83.8089° W
The Shoals Provincial Park, Ontario. 47.8977° N, 83.8089° W
Provincial park, 106 km². Scale bar on the map.
borealbound.ca/parks/on/the-shoals-provincial-park/, compiled October 9, 2026
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The Shoals Provincial Park is a 106 km² provincial park beside Nicholson, in Ontario. It was established in 1970.
11 named lakes lie in or along the park; the largest is Windermere Lake (38.8 km²).
- Area
- 106 km²
- Established
- 1970
- Named lakes
- 11
- Trails
- 11 km
- Visits 2024
- 196
Conditions today
5.2 °C
Observed at Chapleau, as of 2:00 a.m. EDT
Tonight: Mainly cloudy with 60 percent chance of showers. Wind west 30 km/h gusting to 50 becoming light late this evening. Low plus 2.
Weather: Chapleau (local forecast), as of 2:01 a.m. EDT
Sun and moon
- Civil dawn
- 7:14 a.m.
- Sunrise
- 7:45 a.m.
- Sunset
- 6:58 p.m.
- Civil dusk
- 7:29 p.m.
- Moonrise
- 6:37 a.m.
- Moonset
- 6:16 p.m.
- Moon
- Waning crescent, 1% lit
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In the park
| Rank | Feature | Area | Max depth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Windermere Lake | 38.8 km² | |
| 2 | Prairie Bee Lake | 11.4 km² | 24 m |
| 3 | Lower Prairie Bee Lake | 5.91 km² | 12 m |
| 4 | Little Wawa Lake | 5.31 km² | 9.1 m |
| 5 | Big Pine Lake | 1.6 km² | |
| 6 | Peters Lake | 0.99 km² | |
| 7 | Sissons Lake | 0.4 km² | |
| 8 | Little Pine Lake | 0.2 km² | 12.2 m |
| 9 | Alba Lake | 0.19 km² | |
| 10 | Banana Lake | 0.15 km² | |
| 11 | Ceepee Lake | 0.1 km² |
Rivers
Official names from the Canadian Geographical Names Database; each name opens its location on OpenStreetMap.
Trails
1 named trail or route, with 1 km of trail.
| Trail | Length |
|---|---|
| Lonesome Bog TrailHiking or Walking | 1 km |
Visitors
196 visits were recorded in 2024.
Official record
- Designation
- Provincial park
- Park class
- Natural Environment
- IUCN category
- II, National parkInternational IUCN class, not a legal designation
- Status
- Non-operating park (no staff or visitor facilities)
- Regulated
- 1970
- Managed by
- Ontario Parks
- Official website
- ontarioparks.ca
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