West Bay Provincial Park
49.8996° N, 88.9464° W
West Bay Provincial Park, Ontario. 49.8996° N, 88.9464° W
Provincial park, 11.2 km². Scale bar on the map.
borealbound.ca/parks/on/west-bay-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.
- 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).
West Bay Provincial Park is a 11.2 km² provincial park 44 km south of Armstrong, in Ontario. It was established in 1985.
1 named lake lies in or along the park; the largest is Lake Nipigon (4,460 km²).
- Area
- 11.2 km²
- Established
- 1985
- Named lakes
- 1
Conditions today
-2.3 °C
Observed at Gull Bay, as of 5:00 a.m. EDT
Tonight: Mainly cloudy. 30 percent chance of showers early this evening. Clearing near midnight. Wind north 20 km/h gusting to 40 becoming light this evening. Low plus 2.
Weather: Gull Bay (local forecast), as of 5:02 a.m. EDT
Sun and moon
- Civil dawn
- 7:36 a.m.
- Sunrise
- 8:08 a.m.
- Sunset
- 7:16 p.m.
- Civil dusk
- 7:49 p.m.
- Moonrise
- 7:00 a.m.
- Moonset
- 6:35 p.m.
- Moon
- Waning crescent, 1% lit
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In the park
| Rank | Feature | Area |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lake Nipigon | 4,460 km² |
Official record
- Designation
- Provincial park
- Park class
- Nature Reserve
- IUCN category
- Ia, Strict nature reserveInternational IUCN class, not a legal designation
- Status
- Non-operating park (no staff or visitor facilities)
- Regulated
- 1985
- Managed by
- Ontario Parks
- Official website
- ontarioparks.ca
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