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Winisk River Provincial Park

53.9695° N, 87.0857° W

Winisk River Provincial Park, Ontario. 53.9695° N, 87.0857° W

Provincial park, 1,410 km². Scale bar on the map.

borealbound.ca/parks/on/winisk-river-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.
  • 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.

Winisk River Provincial Park is a 1,410 km² provincial park 2.1 km southwest of Peawanuck, in Ontario. It was established in 1969.

5 named lakes lie in or along the park; the largest is Winisk Lake (258 km²).

Area
1,410 km²
Established
1969
Named lakes
5

Sun and moon today

Civil dawn
7:29 a.m.
Sunrise
8:05 a.m.
Sunset
7:04 p.m.
Civil dusk
7:40 p.m.
Moonrise
6:55 a.m.
Moonset
6:23 p.m.
Moon
Waning crescent, 1% lit

In the park

FeatureArea
1Winisk Lake258 km²
2Kanuchuan Lake60.6 km²
3Tabasokwia Lake8.93 km²
4Hodge Lake4.86 km²
5Garrioch Lake2.07 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
1998
Managed by
Ontario Parks
Official website
ontarioparks.ca