Frontenac Provincial Park

06/01/2026

The beautiful weather has finally come and many cannot wait to hike as many trails as they can! While getting ready for your next adventure, here are some tips to help you prepare and minimize impacts while you are out enjoying the trails:
🚯 Pack in, pack out
🚽 Know what to do when nature calls
🚶 Stay on designated trails
🥾 Clean your feet
🌦️ Put safety first.. and so much more!

Be sure to check out the link below for more helpful tips on trail etiquette before hitting the trails!

Get ready for your next adventure. Here are some tips to help you prepare and minimize impacts while you are out enjoying the trails.

05/29/2026

Don't let ticks ruin your weekend in the woods. Learn how to protect yourself:
🐞 Wear light coloured clothing, long sleeves and tuck your pants into your socks.
🐞 Use insect repellent containing deet.
🐞 Conduct tick checks when you come in for the outdoors.
🐞 If you find a tick, properly remove it and place it in a container. Visit www.etick.ca for tick identification.
🐞 Additionally, you may contact your family doctor for questions on Lyme disease and follow-up.

For more great information on tick safety, visit the link below!

Do ticks and Lyme disease make you wary of going outdoors? Learn know how to protect yourself, pets and your loved ones when you head out on adventure.

05/27/2026

Don’t forget: we are located in bear country.

Black Bears live across Ontario in forested areas where they can find enough food, shelter, and denning sites. Our park is their home!

We want to share space with bears, keeping our human visitors and all our wildlife residents safe.

We want to share space with bears, keeping our human visitors and all our wildlife residents safe. If you're planning a visit, here are some important safety tips about Black Bears.

05/25/2026

Frontenac Provincial Park is a four-season backcountry park with great opportunities for interior camping, hiking, paddling, and winter activities!

Nestled within the Frontenac Arch, Frontenac has a unique landscape not typically found in Southern Ontario. You’ll discover a diverse range of habitats, plants, and animals. With upland forests, rocky ridges, and tranquil lakes, camping is only accessible to paddlers, backpackers, and snowshoers.

Planning a trip to Frontenac? Here’s what you need to know to have a fun and frustration-free visit:

Frontenac Provincial Park is a four-season backcountry park with great opportunities for interior camping, hiking, paddling, and winter activities!

05/22/2026

Have you been looking at taking your ORCKA Basic Canoe Certification?

Join Walter of Firefly Adventures on June 6 & 7, 2026 from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm for the ORCKA Basic Canoe Certification (tandem) course. In this course Walter will be covering levels 1, 2, and 3.

For more information and to register, be sure to check out our events page: https://bit.ly/3SN5E9c

05/18/2026

Today marks International Museum Day! Did Frontenac Park has a museum of it's own?

It starts with the parks Visitor Centre, but it doesn't end there. You can find special historical points such as old homesteads, mines, and more scattered throughout Frontenac Park! Each of these historical points are indicated on the park maps, as well as on the trail with interpretive signage.

Get out and explore Frontenac see if you can find a place of history on one of our many trails.

05/15/2026

Things to know before visiting Frontenac:
🌳 Office hours are 8:00am - 6:00pm, 7 days a week.
🌳 Outside office hours, please obtain all camping & day-use permits online:
https://reservations.ontarioparks.ca/
🌳 Campsites reservations are available year-round. Reservations can be made up to 5 months in advance.
🌳 Campers are no longer required to check-in at the park office if they have a reservation but must have a copy of their reservation confirmation letter.
🌳 Check out our top tips for a successful trip to Frontenac:
https://bit.ly/3JiJIOT

05/15/2026

Attention all May Long Weekend visitors… Ontario Parks is handing out FREE stickers!
📅 Starting May 15th, 2026
📍 Available at the Park Store
🛶 Only available while supplies last

Both designs are courtesy of our wonderful sticker design contest winners:

Our 2026 sticker contest received more than 460 submissions, and we were blown away by the creativity! Our judges had their work cut out for them to choose just a single adult and youth winner. To everyone who submitted: thank you! Your designs really captured the contest’s theme: Connect with Nat...

05/14/2026

Are you participating in the Perimeter Challenge at Frontenac this year? Make sure you've registered! Tomorrow, May 15, is the last day to register.

05/12/2026

Are you Red Cross Wilderness First Aid certified? Is your certification coming up to expiry?

Join Steve from Wilderness Tripping on May 30, 2026 from 8:30 am to 5:00 pm for the Red Cross Wilderness First Aid Recertification.

For more information and to register, be sure to check out our events page: https://www.ontarioparks.ca/park/frontenac/events