West Montreal River Provincial Park
48.0286° N, 80.7384° W
Park boundary and water from open government data.
Download the map (SVG)West Montreal River Provincial Park, Ontario. 48.0286° N, 80.7384° W
Provincial park, 72.6 km². Scale bar on the map.
borealbound.ca/parks/on/west-montreal-river-provincial-park/, compiled October 9, 2026
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- 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.
- 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 Montreal River Provincial Park is a 72.6 km² provincial park beside Matachewan, in Ontario. It was established in 2002.
23 named lakes lie in or along the park; the largest is Mistinikon Lake (12.4 km²).
- Area
- 72.6 km²
- Established
- 2002
- Named lakes
- 23
Conditions today
3.6 °C
Observed at Kirkland Lake, as of 4:00 a.m. EDT
Tonight: Cloudy with 30 percent chance of showers. Wind west 20 km/h gusting to 40 becoming light late this evening. Low plus 3.
Weather: Kirkland Lake (local forecast), as of 4:02 a.m. EDT
Sun and moon
- Civil dawn
- 7:02 a.m.
- Sunrise
- 7:33 a.m.
- Sunset
- 6:45 p.m.
- Civil dusk
- 7:16 p.m.
- Moonrise
- 6:25 a.m.
- Moonset
- 6:04 p.m.
- Moon
- Waning crescent, 1% lit
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In the park
The 12 largest of 23 named lakes, ranked by area.
| Rank | Feature | Area | Max depth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mistinikon Lake | 12.4 km² | 31 m |
| 2 | Gowganda Lake | 10.1 km² | |
| 3 | Obushkong Lake | 7.23 km² | 9.1 m |
| 4 | Matachewan Lake | 4.25 km² | |
| 5 | Sisseney Lake | 2.75 km² | |
| 6 | Penassi Lake | 2.23 km² | |
| 7 | Lower Matachewan Lake | 0.9 km² | |
| 8 | Metikemedo Lake | 0.81 km² | |
| 9 | Rankin Lake | 0.78 km² | |
| 10 | Dinny Lake | 0.66 km² | 12.2 m |
| 11 | Crotch Lake | 0.49 km² | |
| 12 | Lafricain Lake | 0.37 km² |
Rivers
Official names from the Canadian Geographical Names Database; each name opens its location on OpenStreetMap.
Official record
- Designation
- Provincial park
- Park class
- Waterway
- IUCN category
- II, National parkInternational IUCN class, not a legal designation
- Status
- Non-operating park (no staff or visitor facilities)
- Regulated
- 2002
- Managed by
- Ontario Parks
- Official website
- ontarioparks.ca
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