Lake Guides
Around the Ottawa Valley — both sides of the river. More lakes coming soon.
Wabun Lake
Greater Madawaska · Calabogie area. Stocked lakers, clear water, sandy launch and free Crown Land camping.
Lac Gagnon
Duhamel · Outaouais, QC. A deep, clear touladi lake (71 m) with a boat launch and lakeside camping, ~1h45 from Ottawa.
Lac Pemichangan
Gracefield · Outaouais, QC. A clear, island-studded touladi lake (50 m) with a public launch at Point Comfort, ~1h30 from Ottawa.
Crotch Lake
North Frontenac, ON. A big wild Crown-land lake with top-tier walleye, 72 backcountry campsites and dark skies, ~1.5h from Ottawa.
White Lake
Renfrew County, ON. A big shallow warm-water lake of bays and weedbeds — top bass and pike fishing near Arnprior, ~1h west of Ottawa.
Scully Lake
Greater Madawaska, ON. A tiny but 80-ft-deep lake stocked with brook trout near Calabogie — a quiet canoe-access trout pond, ~1.5h from Ottawa.
Lac des Sept Frères
Papineau-Labelle reserve, Laurentides QC. A long, narrow touladi lake (40 m) deep in a SEPAQ wildlife reserve — reservation-only, canoe rental on the lake, ~2h30 from Ottawa.
Lac Simon
Lac-Simon & Chénéville · Outaouais, QC. A big, deep touladi lake (110 m) fed by Lac Gagnon — smallmouth bass, public launches and a sand-beach campground, ~1h30 from Ottawa.
Mazinaw Lake
Bon Echo Provincial Park · Addington Highlands, ON. One of Ontario's deepest lakes (~145 m) below the 100 m Mazinaw Rock and its 260+ pictographs — lake trout, smallmouth and walleye, ~2h30 from Ottawa.
Lac la Pêche
Gatineau Park · Outaouais, QC. The park's largest lake — a motor-free canoe-camping water ~27 m (90 ft) deep, with smallmouth bass and NCC backcountry sites, ~45 min from Ottawa.
Next lake…
Lac du Poisson Blanc and more Outaouais waters are on the way.