Pokei Lake White River Wetlands Provincial Park is a 1,768 hectare nature reserve approximately 15 kilometres southeast of White River and five kilometres south of Highway 17 along the White River. Ontario Parks lists the park as established in 2000.
The park is a representative natural heritage area within the southern Boreal Forest and sits within the Canadian Precambrian Shield. Ontario Parks describes generally low bedrock relief made up of broad hills and domes where exposed bedrock is not extensive.
This park is a specialized page for visitors researching boreal wetlands, White River backwaters, and shield-country natural heritage. The official page identifies several wetland types, including marsh, fen, and swamps.
Open aquatic marshes occur in backwater ponds along the river's edge, connected to the river by short channels. That gives the reserve a clear hydrology and habitat story even though it is not a facility-based park.
Ontario Parks says there are no visitor facilities available. Visitors should treat the area as a protected wetland reserve where access, maps, permitted activities, and sensitivity need to be checked before any trip.
The short channels linking backwater ponds to the White River are a key part of the wetland story.
Plan around wetland research, marsh, fen, and swamp observation, White River backwater study, map review, low-impact photography, and nearby White River service planning.
Confirm access, maps, no-facility expectations, permitted activities, wetland sensitivity, weather, road or water conditions, alerts, and park rules through Ontario Parks.
Non-operating park in Ontario Parks locator.
