Lady Evelyn-Smoothwater Provincial Park is a wilderness park in the heart of the Temagami region. Ontario Parks lists the park at 72,400 hectares, established in 1973.
Ontario Parks lists 2026 backcountry camping from May 8 to October 25 and notes a delayed opening alert to check before travel. The park is part of the Temagami Area Parks with Makobe-Grays River, Obabika River, Solace, and Sturgeon River.
Ontario Parks describes a spectacular wilderness class park with rugged topography, clear lakes, stunning waterfalls, and rushing rivers. Precambrian bedrock rises into Ishpatina Ridge, the highest point in Ontario, and other scenic high points such as Maple Mountain.
The park is headwaters for several rivers and connects to four waterway class parks. It also protects some of Temagami's famous old growth White and Red pine ecosystems.
For paddlers, the scale is the story. Temagami backcountry parks protect over 100,000 hectares and provide roughly 600 kilometres of interconnected canoe routes, within a broader 2,400 kilometre canoeing network. Ontario Parks also notes rich Indigenous heritage dating back at least 10,000 years and ancient portages, or nastawgan.
Plan around backcountry canoeing, camping, route research, waterfalls, Ishpatina Ridge and Maple Mountain context, old-growth pine awareness, portage history, fishing rule checks, and remote wilderness travel.
Confirm reservations, backcountry registration, delayed opening alerts, access points, route maps, water levels, portages, camping permissions, weather, emergency planning, and park rules through the official Ontario Parks source before travelling.
