Grassy River-Mond Lake Lowlands and Ferris Lake Uplands Provincial Park is a nature reserve 27 kilometres north of Shining Tree. Ontario Parks lists the park at 2,602 hectares, established in 2005.
The park is in the townships of Mond, Kemp, Sothman, and Halliday. Ontario Parks says there are no visitor facilities, and the Grassy River is a documented canoe route recommended for canoeists with intermediate to advanced skills.
The long official name describes the parks geography well. Ontario Parks says the Grassy River-Mond Lake Lowlands include topography ranging from lowland wetlands to ridges and upland areas.
The Ferris Lake Uplands add deciduous and mixed forest, exposed bedrock, and cliff communities. Together, the protected areas create a strong long-tail identity for wetland-to-upland transitions, bedrock and cliff habitat, and more challenging canoe travel.
Because the canoe route is recommended for intermediate to advanced canoeists, this page should foreground skill level, maps, water conditions, and remote planning rather than casual recreation.
The Shining Tree location and no-facility status also matter for supplies and timing. Readers should treat this as a serious route-planning page, even though the official description is brief.
Plan around canoe route research, intermediate-to-advanced paddling, lowland wetland and upland ridge context, exposed bedrock and cliff community learning, map review, and nearby services before entering the route.
Confirm access, canoe route maps, water levels, skill expectations, no-facility status, camping permissions, alerts, weather, emergency planning, and park rules through the official Ontario Parks source before travelling.
Non-operating park in Ontario Parks locator.
