NO CAR CAMPING. HIKE-IN OR PADDLE-IN CAMPSITES ONLY
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Frontenac Provincial Park is an easy drive from Ottawa (2 hours) or Kingston (45 minutes). It is open year round with 48 interior campsites. It has excellent paddling, swimming, fishing and wildlife viewing. Be sure to visit the Mink Lake Lookout, the highest point in the Park and one of the Amazing Places of the Frontenac Arch UNESCO World Biosphere.

- Frontenac Outfitters Canoe and Kayak Centre
- Kingston Cottage Shop & Outfitters
- Ahoy Rentals (Kingston)


- Frontenac Provincial Park
- The Great Waterway – Regional Tourism Information
- Frontenac Arch UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve

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