The park is a starting point for canoeists seeking challenging routes. From Sandbar Lake, you can paddle numerous challenging canoe routes, including the 160-km Sandbar-Press Lake Loop, which takes between 9 to 12 days to complete and passes several pictograph sites. You can rent canoes at the park.

For those that like to hike out into nature, there's the Silhouette Trail a 1.5 km (1 hour) moderate trek. This trail weaves through jack pine woods, aspen forests and wetlands. A short side trail (0.7 km) leads to Savitsky Lake.

Keen-eyed visitors have glimpsed the elusive lynx as well as the more conspicuous moose, white-tailed deer, beaver, otter and painted turtle. Watch for spotted sandpipers darting across the beach, loons on the lake, grouse underfoot and Canada jays, red-winged blackbirds and woodpeckers above.

A sandy beach, shallow water and a buoyed area make Sandbar Lake ideal for family swimming. There are 75 camping sites, of which 28 are electrical sites.

Park Class: Natural Environment
Park Size: 5,083 ha
Camping Dates: May 16 - Sept. 21
Services & Activities:
Showers, flush toilets, swimming, boat launch, nature/walking trails
Rentals:
PFDs, canoes, kayaks, boats & motors, tents, picnic shelters

Sandbar Lake Provincial Park is located southeast of Dryden off Highway 17 (Trans-Canada Highway). For more information call Ontario Parks at 1-888-668-7275 or call the park office direct at 807-934-2995 (May to September) and 807-223-7535 (October to April). You can also visit the Ontario Parks website.

Use the links showing here to locate all members of our association with operations in or around Sandbar Lake Provincial Park. Go ahead and start clicking your way to a wilderness adventures, vacations, and outdoor experiences that have few rivals in North America! Here's a map of Sandbar Lake Provincial Park.

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Box 248 Ignace, Ontario, Canada P0T 1T0
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