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Frontenac Provincial Park is an easy drive from Ottawa (2 hours) or Kingston (45 minutes). It is open year round with 48 interior campsites. It has excellent paddling, swimming, fishing and wildlife viewing. Be sure to visit the Mink Lake Lookout, the highest point in the Park and one of the Amazing Places of the Frontenac Arch UNESCO World Biosphere.

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About Trish Manning

Trish Manning is an adventure travel writer and the content coordinator for Ontario Outdoor Adventures. She is an avid outdoor person who loves to hike, paddle, SUP, snowshoe, cross-country ski and explore Ontario's great outdoors with her golden retriever, Daisy.

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