Discover the most magical spots to pitch your tent or park your rig on your next Pukaskwa National Park adventure.
Adventure along Lake Superior’s remote canoe routes and backpacking trails.
Vast Pukaskwa National Park extends along the rocky shores of Lake Superior in Northern Ontario, a 3.5-hour drive east of Thunder Bay and five hours west of Sault Ste. Marie. The park is known for wilderness backpacking routes (like the 60-kilometre-long Coastal Hiking Trail) and serious canoe excursions, with scenic, isolated camping spots along the lake en route. Along with these remote options, simpler adventures can be found on many of the park’s boreal forest and rock-lined coastal trails, as well as at Hattie Cove Campground, popular among roadtrippers on the Trans-Canada Highway.
Pukaskwa is open from mid-May to mid-October, with most visitors coming in July, August, and early September. Fall is a lovely season to explore the park, with crisp temperatures, fewer bugs, and brilliant foliage. Note that although the front-country Hattie Cove Campground stays open in autumn from early September until the park’s October closure, the water is shut off in the area during that time—campers can use pit toilets but neither flush toilets nor showers are available in autumn.