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Windy Lake Provincial Park

46.6183° N, 81.4485° W

Windy Lake Provincial Park, Ontario. 46.6183° N, 81.4485° W

Provincial park, 1.18 km². Scale bar on the map.

borealbound.ca/parks/on/windy-lake-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.
  • Ontario Trail Network – Trail Segment, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.
  • 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).
  • Air Quality Health Index observations and forecasts, Environment and Climate Change Canada. Contains data from Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC Data Servers End-use Licence).

Windy Lake Provincial Park is a 1.18 km² provincial park 1 km west of Onaping, in Ontario. It was established in 1959.

1 named lake lies in or along the park; the largest is Windy Lake (11.4 km²).

Area
1.18 km²
Established
1959
Named lakes
1
Trails
13 km
Visits 2025
53,764

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
7:05 a.m.
Sunrise
7:35 a.m.
Sunset
6:49 p.m.
Civil dusk
7:20 p.m.
Moonrise
6:27 a.m.
Moonset
6:08 p.m.
Moon
Waning crescent, 1% lit

Air Quality Health Index

1 low risk

Sudbury, as of 1:00 a.m. EDT

In the park

FeatureAreaMax depth
1Windy Lake11.4 km²54.9 m

Trails

1 named trail or route, with 3 km of trail.

TrailLength
Transition Hiking TrailHiking or Walking3 km

Visitors

53,764 visits were recorded in 2025: 20,408 day visits and 33,355 camper nights. Campsites were 85% occupied in July and August.

Visits per year

Official record

Designation
Provincial park
Park class
Recreational
IUCN category
II, National parkInternational IUCN class, not a legal designation
Status
Operating park
Regulated
1976
Managed by
Ontario Parks
Official website
ontarioparks.ca