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You won’t be able to stay as long at certain Ontario Provincial Parks. Starting next year (2023), the province is reducing the maximum length of stay from 23 nights to either 7 or 14. The changes will be for trips between July 1 and the Saturday of the Labour Day long weekend and will not impact backcountry camping or roofed accommodations. The move comes as reserving a camping spot has difficult for many due to high demand. In 2021, Ontario Provincial Parks had roughly 6.6-million reserved campsite nights.
IMPACT TO OTTAWA VALLEY PROVINCIAL PARK CAMPSITES
Campers at Algonquin Provincial Park and Bon Echo Provincial Park will be limited to 7-night stays. At Driftwood Provincial Park, Bonnechere Provincial and Fitzroy Provincial Park you can stay for up to 14-nights.
(written by: Rudy Kadlec)
Maximum 7-night stay:
- Algonquin Provincial Park
- Bon Echo Provincial Park
- Killbear Provincial Park
- Sandbanks Provincial Park
- Pinery Provincial Park
Maximum 14-night stay:
- Arrowhead Provincial Park
- Awenda Provincial Park
- Balsam Lake Provincial Park
- Bass Lake Provincial Park
- Blue Lake Provincial Park
- Bonnechere Provincial Park
- Charleston Lake Provincial Park
- Chutes Provincial Park
- Craigleith Provincial Park
- Darlington Provincial Park
- Driftwood Provincial Park
- Earl Rowe Provincial Park
- Emily Provincial Park
- Esker Lakes Provincial Park
- Fairbank Provincial Park
- Finlayson Point Provincial Park
- Fitzroy Provincial Park
- Fushimi Lake Provincial Park
- Grundy Lake Provincial Park
- Halfway Lake Provincial Park
- Inverhuron Provincial Park
- Ivanhoe Lake Provincial Park
- Kap-Kig-Iwan Provincial Park
- Kettle Lakes Provincial Park
- Killarney Provincial Park
- Lake St. Peter Provincial Park
- Lake Superior Provincial Park
- Long Point Provincial Park
- MacGregor Point Provincial Park
- Mara Provincial Park
- Marten River Provincial Park
- McRae Point Provincial Park
- Mikisew Provincial Park
- Mississagi Provincial Park
- Murphys Point Provincial Park
- Nagagamisis Provincial Park
- Neys Provincial Park
- Oastler Lake Provincial Park
- Pancake Bay Provincial Park
- Point Farms Provincial Park
- Port Burwell Provincial Park
- Presqu’ile Provincial Park
- Quetico Provincial Park
- Rainbow Falls Provincial Park
- Rene Brunelle Provincial Park
- Restoule Provincial Park
- Rideau River Provincial Park
- Rock Point Provincial Park
- Rondeau Provincial Park
- Rushing River Provincial Park
- Samuel de Champlain Provincial Park
- Sauble Falls Provincial Park
- Selkirk Provincial Park
- Sharbot Lake Provincial Park
- Sibbald Point Provincial Park
- Silent Lake Provincial Park
- Silver Lake Provincial Park
- Six Mile Lake Provincial Park
- Sleeping Giant Provincial Park
- Sturgeon Bay Provincial Park
- Turkey Point Provincial Park
- Wheatley Provincial Park
- Windy Lake Provincial Park
Maximum 23-night stay:
- Aaron Provincial Park
- Arrow Lake Provincial Park
- Bronte Creek Provincial Park
- Caliper Lake Provincial Park
- Ferris Provincial Park
- Kakabeka Falls Provincial Park
- MacLeod Provincial Park
- Missinaibi Provincial Park
- Ojibway Provincial Park
- Pakwash Provincial Park
- Sandbar Lake Provincial Park
- Silver Falls Provincial Park
- Sioux Narrows Provincial Park
- Voyageur Provincial Park
- Wakami Lake Provincial Park
- White Lake Provincial Park