Ontario Parks · Ontario
Pakwash Provincial Park
Ontario Parks · Ontario, Canada
- Sites
- 77
- Hookups
- 30 electric, 47 no hookups
- Season
- May 15 to September 13
- Cost
- Non-electrical $34.25, electrical $38.75 CAD per site per night plus HST
- Group sites
- Yes
- Restrooms
- Yes
- Showers
- Yes
- Dump station
- Yes
- Laundry
- Yes
- Pets
- Yes
- Elevation
- 1,132 ft
- Dark sky
- Bortle class 1
- Phone
- 807-222-3346
- Activities
- Biking, Boating, Canoeing, Fishing, Hiking, Swimming
About
Pakwash Provincial Park is located 128 km north of Trans-Canada Highway 17 from Vermilion Bay offering day use, car camping, one group campsite, and seasonal campsites.
This small, quiet campground is the furthest north road-accessed campground in the Ontario Parks system and a gateway to northern canoe routes.
It features 70 campsites with almost half offering electricity. A few campsites are located away from the main campground and have their own beach front view. Campsites can accommodate equipment ranging from tents to large trailers.
Park amenities include water taps, a comfort station with flush toilets, showers and laundry facilities, park store, playground, boat launch, fish cleaning building, trailer dump/fill station.
Enjoy swimming, boating, hiking and great fishing during your visit.
Includes 41 sites in the seasonal campsite program.
Weather, month by month
| Month | Typical high | Typical low | Coldest night | Hottest day | Years with a night below 32°F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12° | -6° | -30° | 37° | 11 of 11 |
| February | 11° | -5° | -24° | 41° | 11 of 11 |
| March | 29° | 14° | -9° | 45° | 11 of 11 |
| April | 38° | 26° | 8° | 60° | 11 of 11 |
| May | 60° | 39° | 27° | 86° | 5 of 11 |
| June | 69° | 53° | 40° | 87° | 0 of 11 |
| July | 77° | 62° | 51° | 94° | 0 of 11 |
| August | 74° | 60° | 51° | 92° | 0 of 11 |
| September | 65° | 51° | 40° | 83° | 0 of 11 |
| October | 48° | 37° | 22° | 67° | 4 of 10 |
| November | 32° | 24° | -2° | 52° | 10 of 10 |
| December | 17° | 6° | -20° | 40° | 10 of 10 |
Mid-month figures from 2016–2026 of daily weather at this spot (ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo, CC BY 4.0), in °F. Typical is the median; coldest and hottest are the extremes seen.
Nearby campgrounds
- Blue Lake Provincial Park · Ontario Parks · 60 mi · 195 sites
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