Gull River Provincial Park is a large waterway park north of Thunder Bay. Ontario Parks lists the park at 7,194 hectares, established in 2003.
The park spans more than 80 kilometres, beginning at Garden Lake Road on the Mooseland River, travelling northeast to meet the Gull River, and continuing toward Gull Bay First Nation. Ontario Parks says there are no visitor facilities.
Gull River is noted by Ontario Parks for multi-day canoe tripping opportunities. Angling opportunities are numerous, and much of the river is good moose habitat, with a few documented aquatic feeding areas that create strong wildlife-viewing potential.
There is also a more accessible scenic hook: day-use waterfall viewing is possible by trail access, about 500 metres, from Detour Lake Road. The waterway contains kettle, moraine, and outwash features, steep slopes, and fisheries habitat.
Ontario Parks also identifies Gull River as a waterway linkage from Lake Nipigon to other protected areas and waterways. That gives it route-planning value beyond a single park boundary.
The scale of the route also matters: with more than 80 kilometres of waterway and no facilities, visitors should pick a section and access strategy before thinking about activities. The official page is the anchor for that decision.
Plan around multi-day canoe route research, angling rule checks, waterfall viewing from Detour Lake Road, moose habitat awareness, kettle and moraine landform learning, waterway linkage context, and remote travel planning.
Confirm access, route maps, water levels, portages, camping permissions, fishing rules, no-facility expectations, wildlife-viewing distance, alerts, weather, emergency plans, and park rules through the official Ontario Parks source before travelling.
Non-operating park in Ontario Parks locator.
