Opeongo Hills

The Opeongo Hills form a broad upland region in southern Ontario near Algonquin Provincial Park, stretching from Opeongo Lake east along the Opeongo and Madawaska rivers toward the Deacon Escarpment, Bonnechere, and Dacre. As a continuation of the Laurentian Highlands, they show classic Canadian Shield terrain of rocky rolling hills, forests, streams, lakes, and small waterfalls. Their highest point, about 586 metres, is the highest in Southern Ontario. Visited by Samuel de Champlain in 1615 and settled much later, the area never became strong farmland because of poor soils. Its heavily wooded landscape is now better known for recreation, parks, conservation lands, and distinctive local landmarks.

Ontario · Canada