SPECTACULAR LANDSCAPE, BREATHTAKING VIEWS

Local outfitters offer exceptional services for guided or self-guided adventures. #PaddleON

Sleeping Giant offers 40 backcountry campsites which are scattered along the hiking trail system, nestled within the rugged interior or along the shores of Lake Superior. Enjoy incredible views from the Top of the Giant Trail and Thunder Bay Lookout. Be awed by the many spectacular geological features such as the ‘Sea Lion’ and Tee Harbour.  

Find great backcountry paddling experiences at Ontario Parks. 

For information on park fees and reservations, click here.

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.

Recommended Articles

Canoe tripping with kids

13 survival tips for a great adventure.

ARTS in the wild

Be inspired by these stunning landscapes.

Hike-in or Paddle-in campsites only

Frontenac Provincial Park

A Lake of Your Own

Backcountry paddling in Esker Lakes Provincial Park.

Canoeing into Canadian lIfe

A Chinese family connects to their new homeland

Canoe on Georgian Bay

Everything you need to know.

Line and Paddle

Best paddle-in fishing destinations in Ontario.

Temagami Canoe Trip Routes

6 top trip options.

Woodland Caribou’s Most Exquisite Lakes

Put these 10 incredible lakes on your canoe trip bucket list.

11 Indigenous-Owned Outdoor Adventure Companies in Ontario

Bucket-list adventures you don't want to miss.

SUP North Bay

8 incredible places to paddleboard.

Paddling the Pukaskwa National Park Coast

A guide's guide to kayaking this rugged portion of the Superior coastine.

Reel to Real

Discover the best Ontario canoeing films.

Who wants to go canoeing?

These tips will turn your dreams into reality.

A Paddler's Paradise

Incredible paddling spots in Ontario just a few hours from Minneapolis.

EXPLORE THE MISSINAIBI

A 500km long Provincial Park with lakes, rivers and waterfalls.

From Yesterday to Today to Tomorrow

The Ultimate Canadian Canoe Trips are in Northwest Ontario

Backcountry tripping

Restoule Provincial Park

Imagine Paddling Quetico and Not Seeing Another Soul!

Over 2,200 backcountry campsites!

Temagami River Canoe Trip

Find out how to plan an incredible whitewater adventure.