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Bigwind Lake Provincial Park

Facilities

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Activities

Biking symbol Biking (Mountain Bike) symbol Birding - Festivals symbol Boating symbol Boating - Motorboat Restrictions symbol Camping - Backcountry symbol Camping - Car symbol Camping - Dog Free symbol Camping - Group symbol Camping - Radio Free symbol Camping - Seasonal Campsite Rental symbol Camping - Walk In symbol Camping - Winter (including Roofed) symbol Canoeing symbol Dark Sky Viewing symbol Disc Golf symbol Discovery Program symbol Dogsledding symbol Fishing symbol Hiking symbol Hiking - Overnight Trails symbol Horseback Riding symbol Hunting symbol Ice Skating symbol Kite Boarding symbol Rock Climbing symbol Skiing - Cross Country symbol Snowmobiling symbol Snowshoeing symbol Swimming symbol Tobogganing symbol Whitewater Paddling symbol

Please note: Availability of some facilities and activities may be restricted to specific areas of the park, may be ecologically dependent, or may be seasonally weather dependent.

General Information

Regional Health Unit for this Park: Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit

Size: 1967.00 ha

Year established: 1985

Park Classification: Natural Environment

What You'll Like:

The park’s ecological diversity includes extensive upland forests comprised of Sugar Maple, Hemlock, Yellow Birch, with low-lying swamps, marshes and meadows. Geological features represented within the park include a ground moraine deposited by the last glaciation, and middle to late Precambrian rocks, part of the central gneiss belt.

NOTE: The park is open for day-use only and has no facilities for visitors.

Location: In the Muskoka region and east of Bracebridge, the park can be accessed by traveling Black River Road off of Highway 118, then north along an unmaintained road known locally as Old Wagon Road. NOTE: No publicly maintained access is available.

For more information on the proposal to develop a new operating provincial park at Bigwind Lake Provincial Park, please visit https://www.ontario.ca/page/new-operating-provincial-park-bigwind-lake-provincial-park.