La Cloche Lake Activities
Exploring La Cloche Lake
Exploring & Hiking: La Cloche Lake is horseshoe-shaped with a surface area of about 2700 acres and nearly 32 miles of shoreline. Only a small portion of the shoreline has cottages; the rest is in a natural wilderness state. Most of the undeveloped portion of the lake is protected in the La Cloche Provincial Park and cannot be developed. There is a short hiking trail between La Cloche and the North Channel and a very rugged trail from Fort La Cloche East along the mountains reportedly to as far as Highway 6. Both are only accessible by boat.
Adventurous spirits who climb to the mountaintops of La Cloche discover nature at every turn and beautiful vistas from every direction. There are also several small lakes to be enjoyed.
Boating: A boat launch in a small bay at the end of La Cloche Lake road provides the only public access to the lake. Exploring this wonderful Northern Ontario treasure requires watercraft of some type, well, unless it is winter. Boaters find that La Cloche Lake is not crowded; in fact it is friendly to boats, canoes, and kayaks. Most visitors use a boat and some use a canoe. Recently, kayaking in northern Ontario has become more popular.
Boating in Ontario requires that the operator of any power craft must have appropriate credentials. A summary of these regulations can be found here.
Aluminum boats (14 ft.) with 15 hp outboard motors are available for our renters at La Cloche Camp office at the rate of $375 per week or $75 per day plus fuel.
Experience a Great Northern Ontario Vacation
At La Cloche Lake in Ontario our family loves to fish, swim, boat, tell jokes, watch for wildlife, let dragonflies sit on their arms, pick wild blueberries, explore the wilderness, hike, rest, read, bake cookies and play games when it rains, listen to the haunting call of the loons, watch blue heron, sand hill cranes, eagles, osprey, and other birds, photograph every sunset, toast marshmallows, eat fish fried outdoors, see the Milky Way and the Big Dipper, watch shooting stars, hope to see the Northern Lights, sleep soundly, and just relax.
If you want to venture beyond this paradise, in Massey, Ontario you can experience the Chutes Park with the beautiful Seven Sisters waterfalls on the Aux Sables River, which flows into the Spanish River. A few miles further you could travel to the unique beauty of Manitoulin Island and possibly a cruise on Lake Huron. Or you could tour a nickel mine in Sudbury.
For vacationing golfers, Massey has a 9 hole course, the Sauble River Golf and Country Club. To the East find another 9 hole course at the Espanola Golf and Country Club. To the West discover the 18 hole course in Blind River, the Huron Pines Golf and Country Club.
For unique "local flavor” check out the Massey Area Museum, a must for logging buffs. Massey also is known for its multi-talented artists. One of its more prolific artists is Laval Bouchard, who excels in welded sculptures. His works, full size and miniature, are positioned all around town.
Massey’s business community includes a complete grocery, an LCBO, a hardware store, a pharmacy, a bank, two restaurants, three convenience stores, a gas bar, gift shops, a chain saw shop, two auto repair shops, a Sears catalog store, a number of churches, and other miscellaneous services to use on your Northern Ontario vacation