Education
Park staff offer films, nature walks and lessons in canoe skills and safety. A small interpretive centre operates from July to Labour Day.

Hiking
The Living Edge 1 km (45 minutes) easy
Plants typical of St. Lawrence lowlands grow along this trail, including pond weed, yellow-eyed grass and smart weed. Watch for woodpeckers and others birds.

Fishing
The many bays in Six Mile Lake offer good fishing for walleye, northern pike, small and large mouth bass and other panfish.
More information on fishing.

Canoeing
From Six Mile Lake, paddlers can join the 90-km Gibson-McDonald canoe route and travel through Canadian Shield from the Georgian Bay shore to inland lakes, rivers and creeks. Or they can spend the day exploring the lake's shore.

Rent a canoe at the Park Store.

Wildlife Viewing
Rock barrens, forests and shrub wetlands provide habitat for chipmunk, raccoon, beaver and white-tailed deer. Red fox and black bear also live here.

Birds are abundant in forests and marshes. Ninety-one species have been identified, including the wood thrush, pileated woodpecker, great blue heron, turkey vulture and loon. Rarer species sometimes sighted are the yellow-throated vireo and Swainson's thrush.

The park is also home to various harmless snakes and the rare five-lined skink, a small harmless lizard. The Massasauga rattlesnake, the only poisonous snake in Ontario, inhabits the area, but few campers encounter it.

Boating
The park has a boat launch and several small docks. Boats of all kinds are permitted on the lake.

Swimming
Visitors can enjoy the three sandy beaches with shallow water and buoyed areas for safe family swimming.

Cycling
Cycle to the Big Chute Marine Railway and explore public cottage roads around the lake.

Winter Activities
Although the park is closed to vehicles and camping in winter, you can park outside the entrance and enter the park for snowshoeing, walking and cross-country skiing. An organized Ontario Federation of Snowmobile Clubs snowmobile trail makes use of the main park road in winter and allows snowmobilers fire access for a picnic stopover.