Tourist attractions located in the Sudbury District
a short drive from Sudbury.
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Killarney Provincial Park
Location: 50 miles from downtown Sudbury Killarney is one of Ontario's most popular wilderness destinations. With its
sapphire blue lakes and white quartz ridges it is the crown jewel of the Ontario
Park system. Many consider it the crown jewel park of Canada.
The park contains just one campground at the George Lake entrance as it is
primarily a wilderness park, left alone with little facilities to allow visitors a chance
to experience the solitude and beauty of its undisturbed natural setting. It boasts
spectacular hiking trails and canoe-in back country camping. The canoe routes
include well maintained portages between lakes.
Situated on the north shore of Georgian Bay in the municipality of Killarney,
the park straddles the La Cloche mountain range, large rounded white quartz
hills that dominate the landscape. The white peaks and cliffs contrast with the pine
and hardwood forests and the boggy lowlands that surround the parks many lakes
give it an awe inspiring vision.
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Elliot Lake "Jewel in the Wilderness"
Location: Elliot Lake, Ontario approx. 100 miles from Sudbury
Elliot Lake is truly a "Jewel in the Wilderness" where
the beautiful lakes, unspoiled forests, and stunning
landscapes attract thousands of vacationers,
retirees, and visitors each year.
It is situated in the North Channel area
(or North Shore area of Lake Huron) and is
just that, a city surrounded by wilderness. This gives
residents and visitors alike, an opportunity to escape
"city life" by just venturing out their back door! This
area enjoys the beauty and diversity of all four seasons,
with many indoor and outdoor activities.
With the clean air, more than 4,000 sparkling, crystal
lakes and rivers, beautiful forests, unbelievably breath-
taking landscapes and scenery, and abundant wildlife,
it truly is a paradise!
The Trans-Canada (Highway 17) cuts through the area,
providing access to all communities as well as the area's
wilderness adventure areas.
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The Rainbow Highway (6) & the La Cloche Mountains
Location: The 30 mile highway between Espanola and Little Current.
The La Cloche Mountains, also called the La Cloche Range, are a range of
mountains in Northern Ontario along the northern shore of Lake Huron near
Manitoulin Island. The mountains are located in the Cambrian Shield and are
composed primarily of white quartzite.
They extend roughly from La Cloche Provincial Park, south of Massey to
Killarney Provincial Park, southwest of Sudbury.
With an estimated age of 3.5 billion years, the La Cloche Mountains are one
of the oldest mountain ranges on Earth.
Once higher than the Rocky Mountains, the La Cloche’s white quartzite cliffs
gleam like snowy peaks from afar. When canoers and hikers travel through this
rugged magnificent landscape, there is evidence that others have passed this way,
thousands of years before them.
Look closely at the rock formations, when you drive the Rainbow Highway
between Espanola and Little Current. There is a rainbow of colors in the rocks at
various locations. This region called Rainbow Country is where rainbows touch the
Earth. More than two billion years of geology is on display in the La Cloche
Mountains. This complex region shows ancient sedimentary rocks, formed from
erosion of the Precambrian Shield, and the much younger Paleozoic limestones
mixed to form an ancient marble cake.
Ancient granite rock far to the north, dating from the earth’s creation, eroded
and their sediments were changed by mountain-building and volcanic action.
Between Espanola and Birch Island, Highway 6 winds through rock cuts, which
display different ages and categories of rock. Aside from spectacular scenery
along the way, one can see huge slabs of Hurontario rock, some of sedimentary
origin and others volcanic.
When the Sudbury Basin formed over 2 billion years ago, high white quartzite
mountains in the Willisville and Killarney region were born by violent folding of
the Lorrain sedimentaries. For the next billion years, volcanic action and other
forces modified the mountains.
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Fairbanks Lake (Fairbanks Meteor)
Location: 20 miles west of Sudbury as the crow flies.
Meteor name: Aleena ( no relationship to the previous two)
Meteor size: 1/4 mile in diameter approximately
Date of hit: 61 million years ago
Crater size: 2.5 miles in diameter
Crate depth: 300 feet
Crater size today: 2 miles in diameter ( very irregular)
Crate depth today: 100 feet
Most distinguishing feature:
Fairbanks Lake sits on the southwest rim of the Sudbury Basin. The lake water
is clear and cold because it is spring-fed. The lake is a popular summer retreat and
there is a provincial park at one end. There is an Indian legend that says the lake was
visited by men who descended from the sky.
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Some of the rugged scenery in Killarney Park 
Elliot Lake, Ontario 
The La Cloche Mountains near Willisville, Ont. 
The Rainbow Hwy (6) as it winds through
the pass at Willisville in the La Cloche Mts. 
Rainbow of colors in the rocks on Hwy 6
at the pass summit near Willisville. 
aFairbanks Lake 
The highway into Fairbanks Lake |
