Backcountry

Backcountry Reservations and Interior Permits

Parks with reservations in advance

Types of Bookings

• Lake zone/area - Lake zone/area bookings require campers to book a lake zone/ area. Specific sites are not allocated. As such, specific sites are first-come-first-serve in the lake zone or area campers have booked.
• Specific Campsite - With Specific campsite bookings, campers make a reservation for a specific site.
• Entry quota - With Entry quota booking, campers need to pick up a backcountry permit from one of the many ranger stations surrounding the park. A certain number of permits are permitted at each access point.

Park	Skill Level	Access Type	Booking Type	Reservation Method
Algonquin	All skill levels	Drive to	Lake Zone/Area	Reservation Service
Bon Echo	Beginner	Drive to	Specific Campsite	Reservation Service
Charleston Lake	Beginner	Drive to	Specific Campsite	Reservation Service
Esker Lakes	Beginner	Drive to	Specific Campsite	Call Park - 705-568-7677 (summer) 705-272-7107 (winter)
Frontenac	Intermediate	Drive to	Specific Campsite	Reservation Service
Fushimi Lake	Beginner	Drive to	Specific Campsite	Reservation Service
Grundy Lake	Beginner	Drive to	Specific Campsite	Reservation Service
Halfway Lake			Specific Campsite	Call Park - 705-965-2702
Kawartha Highlands	All skill levels	Drive to	Specific Campsite	Reservation Service
Killarney	All skill levels	Drive to	Lake Zone/Area	Reservation Service
Murphys Point	Beginner	Drive to	Specific Campsite	Reservation Service
Neys	Beginner	Drive to	Specific Campsite	Call Park - Spring/Summer (807) 229-1624 Fall/Winter (807) 825-3403
Quetico	Intermediate	Drive to/ Paddle-In	Entry Quota	Reservation Service
Restoule	Beginner	Drive to	Specific Campsite	Call Park - 705-729-2010
The Massasauga	All skill levels	Drive to	Specific Campsite	Reservation Service

Parks without reservations in advance

Types of Bookings

• First-come-first-served - First-come-first-serve sites don’t require any booking. Register upon arrival at the park or purchase your permit online. If campers arrive at a site that is full, they will have to continue their journey to an available site.

Ontario Parks Interior Registration System

Did you know that there is now an alternate way to obtain your Interior permits online, prior to arriving at some parks? The Interior Registration system allows you to obtain your Interior camping permits up to two weeks in advance of your arrival date for the parks with an online permits option in the table below. Please note: this is not a reservation and does not guarantee you a specific site when you arrive.

• This is an alternate (online) way to obtain your Interior permit and is NOT a reservation.
• Interior permits can still be obtained in person as in past years. Please contact the park you plan to visit for more details on permitting locations.
• All Interior registrations are final. No changes or refunds are allowed through the online permitting system.

Park	Skill Level	Access Type	Booking Type	Reservation Method	Online Permits
Biscotasi Lake	Intermediate	Drive to/ Rail	First-come-first-serve	n/a	n/a
French River	Intermediate	Drive to	First-come-first-serve	n/a	Online Permits
Lady Evelyn-Smoothwater	Advanced	Fly-in/ Paddle-in/ Forest Access Road	First-come-first-serve	n/a	Online Permits
Lake Superior	All skill levels	Drive to/ Rail	First-come-first-serve	n/a	n/a
Makobe-Grays River	Advanced	Paddle-in/ Fly-in	First-come-first-serve	n/a	Online Permits
Missinaibi	Advanced	Fly-in/ Paddle-in/ Forest Access Road	First-come-first-serve	n/a	n/a
Mississagi	Beginner	Drive to	First-come-first-serve	n/a	n/a
Obabika River	Intermediate	Paddle-in/ Fly-in	First-come-first-serve	n/a	Online Permits
Sleeping Giant	Advanced	Drive to	First-come-first-serve	n/a	n/a
Solace	Intermediate	Paddle-in/ Fly-in	First-come-first-serve	n/a	Online Permits
Spanish River	Intermediate	Drive to/ Rail	First-come-first-serve	n/a	Online Permits
Sturgeon River	Advanced	Fly-in/ Paddle-in/ Forest Access Road	First-come-first-serve	n/a	Online Permits
Tidewater	Intermediate	Paddle-in/ Fly-in	First-come-first-serve	n/a	n/a
Wabakimi	Advanced	Fly-in/ Paddle-in/ Forest Access Road/ Rail	First-come-first-serve	n/a	Online Permits
Wakami Lake	Beginner	Drive to	First-come-first-serve	n/a	n/a
Woodland Caribou	Advanced	Paddle-in/ Drive to/ Fly-in	First-come-first-serve	n/a	Online Permits