Crown Land Near Barry's Bay

12 crown land sites 8 fishing spots 8 campgrounds

Barry's Bay is the last real town on Highway 60 before Algonquin Provincial Park's east gate at Whitney, a half-hour drive up the road, and it sits on Kamaniskeg Lake in the middle of a public-land patchwork. Carson Lake Provincial Park, with its swimming beach and campground, is 5 km from town; Bell Bay Provincial Park's undeveloped shoreline is 12 km; the Bark Lake enhanced management area, where crown-land campsites are free, starts 15 km south; and Bonnechere Provincial Park, the Aylen Lake crown blocks and the Opeongo River waterway park all lie 21 to 23 km out. Fishing is everywhere — Drohan Lake is 1 km from the main street, Carson Lake 7 km, Kamaniskeg Lake 8 km, Bark Lake 14 km and Aylen Lake 20 km, with 225 mapped spots inside 25 km. The nearest private campgrounds are on the Madawaska at Combermere, 14 km south. This page rounds up the closest public land, fishing spots, campgrounds and road trips around Barry's Bay.

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Crown Land Nearby

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CARSON LAKE PROVINCIAL PARK (RECREATIONAL CLASS)
Provincial Park
5 km
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BELL BAY PROVINCIAL PARK (NATURAL ENVIRONMENT CLASS)
Provincial Park
12 km
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Bark Lake
Enhanced Management Area
15 km
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BONNECHERE PROVINCIAL PARK (RECREATIONAL CLASS)
Provincial Park
21 km
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Aylen Lake East
Enhanced Management Area
21 km
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BONNECHERE RIVER PROVINCIAL PARK (WATERWAY CLASS)
Provincial Park
21 km
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Aylen Lake West & Upper Madawaska River
Enhanced Management Area
21 km
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FOY PROPERTY PROVINCIAL PARK (RECREATIONAL CLASS)
Provincial Park
22 km
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OPEONGO RIVER PROVINCIAL PARK (WATERWAY CLASS)
Provincial Park
23 km
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CONROYS MARSH CONSERVATION RESERVE
Conservation Reserve
23 km
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BONNECHÈRE RIVER PROVINCIAL PARK (WATERWAY CLASS) ADDITION
Provincial Park
24 km
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SILVER CREEK PEATLAND CONSERVATION RESERVE
Conservation Reserve
28 km

Nearest Fishing Spots

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Drohan Lake
1 km
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Retza Bay
2 km
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Cybulski Lake
2 km
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Zelneys Lake
3 km
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Partridge Lake
3 km
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Annies Lake
4 km
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Muskrat Lake
4 km
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Buch Lake
4 km

Nearest Campgrounds

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Sand Bay Family Campground
Combermere
14 km
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Opeongo Trail Resort
Combermere
14 km
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Covered Bridge Park
Killaloe
22 km
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Golden Lake Park
Golden Lake
26 km
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Little Mississippi Resort and Campground
Bancroft
34 km
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Opeongo Mountain Resort
Eganville
34 km
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West Pines Park Resort
Lake St Peter
35 km
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Lake Dore RV Resort
Eganville
44 km

Road Trips Nearby

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Road Trip Algonquin – Highway 60 Corridor, Huntsville to Whitney
Whitney
125 km
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Road Trip Toronto to Algonquin Park – Fall Colours
Algonquin Provincial Park
300 km
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Road Trip Ottawa to Algonquin Park
Algonquin Provincial Park
260 km

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Frequently Asked Questions

Yes — the Bark Lake enhanced management area, 15 km south, and the Aylen Lake East and Aylen Lake West blocks 21 km toward Algonquin are all crown land with free campsites, and Carson Lake and Bell Bay provincial parks are 5 and 12 km from town.

The east gate at Whitney is about a half-hour west on Highway 60, which is why Barry's Bay is the last full grocery, hardware and gas stop for the Opeongo and Rock Lake side of the park. Algonquin's backcountry sites need an Ontario Parks reservation; the Aylen Lake crown land just outside the boundary does not.

Yes — on the Bark Lake and Aylen Lake crown land, 15 to 21 km from town, free for Canadian residents for up to 21 days at one site (non-residents of Canada need a paid permit). Carson Lake and Bonnechere are paid, reserved provincial parks, and the Combermere campgrounds 14 km south take walk-ins with services.

Kamaniskeg Lake, 8 km out, is the big lake trout, walleye and smallmouth water, Bark Lake at 14 km is a walleye and pike lake, and the dozens of small lakes within 5 km of town — Drohan, Cybulski, Partridge, Muskrat — hold bass and stocked brook trout, all under Zone 15 rules.

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Regulations

Barry's Bay sits in Fisheries Management Zone 15, so a valid Ontario fishing licence and Outdoors Card are required on Kamaniskeg, Bark and every small lake around town, and the zone's brook trout season and lake trout limits apply — some stocked lakes close from October to January. Carson Lake, Bonnechere and Algonquin are operating provincial parks with camping and day-use fees paid to Ontario Parks, and Algonquin's backcountry needs a permit even for a day paddle. On the Bark Lake and Aylen Lake enhanced management areas, crown-land camping is free for Canadian residents for up to 21 days at any one site, with a paid permit for non-residents of Canada; the access roads are active logging roads, so yield to trucks and expect gates, and follow Renfrew County fire bans in spring and late summer.

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