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Widdifield Forest Provincial Park
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Rating: ★★★☆☆☆☆☆☆☆
FREE TO CAMP (21 day limit) Laughrin Road, North Bay , Ontario Campsites: None Lakes: Widdifield Lake and many small and seemingly un-named lakes within its borders. |
Description:
This is a non-operational park. This means that there are no facilities. You could camp there if you wanted to (for free...limit of 21 days by law) but there are zero amenities.
There are no campsites as far as I have seen. There is no beach but I have seen pictures that other people have posted where there is a small water fall somewhere. I did not see the waterfall for myself.
There is no place for parking. You have to just park on the side of the road.
The trail head is between 2 blue Park Boundary signs and is not easy to see. There are no signs with the name of the park anywhere on them. The trail is over grown somewhat but not the worst I have seen. The trail looks like an old logging road or something.
It's a nice little place to get out and explore. It's a little out of the way but definitely private and rugged. I didn't actually get very far into the park. I didn't get to any of the lakes or major streams. I intend to go back again and see if I can explore it more. I will update this page when I find out more about it.
This is a non-operational park. This means that there are no facilities. You could camp there if you wanted to (for free...limit of 21 days by law) but there are zero amenities.
There are no campsites as far as I have seen. There is no beach but I have seen pictures that other people have posted where there is a small water fall somewhere. I did not see the waterfall for myself.
There is no place for parking. You have to just park on the side of the road.
The trail head is between 2 blue Park Boundary signs and is not easy to see. There are no signs with the name of the park anywhere on them. The trail is over grown somewhat but not the worst I have seen. The trail looks like an old logging road or something.
It's a nice little place to get out and explore. It's a little out of the way but definitely private and rugged. I didn't actually get very far into the park. I didn't get to any of the lakes or major streams. I intend to go back again and see if I can explore it more. I will update this page when I find out more about it.
Location:
Widdifield Forest Provincial Park is located north on the outskirts of the city of North Bay.
Widdifield Forest Provincial Park is located north on the outskirts of the city of North Bay.
Starting in the city of North Bay, take a drive up Airport Road to where it turns into Carmichael Drive. Follow Carmichael Drive all the way and make a left onto Four Mile Lake Road and then a quick right onto Chadbourne Drive. Go straight on Chadbourne Drive as far as it will go until you get to Widdifield Station Road. Make a right onto Widdifield Station Road. Keep driving straight down Widdifield Station Road to where it changes into Laughrin Road. Drive down to almost the end of the road (you will see that private property begins if you go too far) and park on the side of the road.
Park Boundaries:
