Northern Ontario

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.

Algoma Country is centred around the city of Sault Ste. Marie, on the US-Canada border across from Northern Michigan.  This region is well served by regional paved highways, connecting the large northern cities of Kapuskasing, Sault Ste. Marie and Hearst.

Thunder Bay is the gateway to a vast area of Ontario, larger than all of Southern Ontario combined, called North of Superior.  The vast, unspoiled interior of Northern Ontario awaits you!

Ontario's Sunset Country is the Northern Ontario travel region that borders on Manitoba and Minnesota.  It is known as "Canada's Premier Fishing Destination", with more than 70,000 fishable lakes.  Their "catch and release all trophy-fish" program has maintained a high level of excellent fishing throughout the region.  Whether you fly-in to a remote lodge or drive up and stay at a housekeeping cabin or campsite, you're sure to collect a bucket full of memories!

James Bay Frontier is the largest travel region in Ontario.  It stretches from Lake Temiskaming, south of Timmins, all the way to James Bay and Hudson Bay.  Still, many areas are within a day's drive from some of the largest cities in Canada and the USA.  Only one day's drive to visit a wilderness region free from smog and light pollution, filled with wildlife, lakes and forests.

This area's many provincial parks offer camping, canoeing, hiking, and in Cochrane, Ontario's Polar Bear Habitat, you can swim in the same pool as the bears!  (Separated by glass, of course.)