Petroglyphs Provincial Park

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What you’ll like:

  • Largest known concentration of Aboriginal rock carvings (petroglyphs) in Canada, depicting turtles, snakes, birds, humans and more; this sacred site is known as “The Teaching Rocks”
  • Visit the Learning Place Interpretive Centre to discover the traditions of the Ojibway people through the teachings of the medicine wheel
  • Visit bright blue/green McGinnis Lake – one of only a handful of meromictic (layers of water that don’t intermix) lakes in Canada
  • Great opportunities for wildlife viewing including Ontario’s only lizard, the Five-lined Skink

Petroglyphs Operating Hours Daily 10:00 am – 5:00 pm (All gates close at 5:00 pm) The park is closed on Mondays and Tuesdays in the Spring and Fall with the exception of Holiday Mondays.

 

Phone: 705-877-2552
Address: 2249 Northey’s Bay Rd.
Woodview, ON, K0L 3E0

WEBSITE: http://www.ontarioparks.com/park/petroglyphs