Ontario's Near North is a broad area covering Algonquin Provincial Park and the lands surrounding Lake Nipissing and Lake Temagami, both of which draw travellers and nature lovers in the thousands each season.
Nipissing is one of the largest non-Great lakes in Ontario, covering 300 square miles. The regional centre of North Bay lies on its sandy shores, which has been a popular tourism destination since the days of the Dionne Quintuplets.