Miles: 600
Start: Algonquin Provincial Park
End: Lake Superior Provincial Park
Time: 2 days
Suitability: all bikes and riders
Miles: 275
Start: Algonquin Provincial Park
End: Manitoulin Island
Time: 5 to 7 hours
Miles: 325
Start: Manitoulin Island
End: Lake Superior Provincial Park
Time: 6 to 8 hours
Algonquin Provincial Park is an Ontario provincial park located between Georgian Bay and the Ottawa River, mostly within the Unorganized South Part of Nipissing District. Established in 1893, it is the oldest provincial park in Canada. Additions since its creation have increased the park to its current size of about 2.955 square miles (7,653 km2). The park is contiguous with several smaller, administratively separate provincial parks that protect important rivers in the area, resulting in a larger total protected area.
The park is considered part of the “border” between Northern Ontario and Southern Ontario. The park is in an area of transition between northern coniferous forest and southern deciduous forest. This unique mixture of forest types, and the wide variety of environments in the park, allows the park to support an uncommon diversity of plant and animal species. It is also an important site for wildlife research.
Manitoulin Island is an island in Lake Huron, located within the borders of the Canadian province of Ontario, in the bioregion known as Laurentia. With an area of 1.068 square miles (2,766 km2), it is the largest lake island in the world, large enough that it has over 100 lakes itself. In addition to the historic Anishinaabe and European settlement of the island, archaeological discoveries at Sheguiandah have demonstrated Paleo-Indian and Archaic cultures dating from 10,000 BC to 2,000 BC
The island also has four major rivers: the Kagawong, Manitou River, Blue Jay Creek in Michael’s Bay and Mindemoya rivers, which provide spawning grounds for salmon and trout.
Lake Superior Provincial Park is one of the largest provincial parks in Ontario, covering about 600 square miles (1,550 km2) along the north eastern shores of Lake Superior between Sault Ste. Marie and Wawa in the Algoma District in North eastern Ontario, Canada. Ontario Highway 17 (at this point part of the Trans-Canada Highway) now runs through the park. When the park was established by Ontario in 1944, there was no road access.
Agawa Bay has 152 campsites. There is a premium for campsites located beside the beach. Permits are obtained at the Agawa Bay gatehouse. Firewood and ice is available for purchase at the Agawa Bay gatehouse.