Ontario Travel and Vacation Information

Ontario's Sunset Country is a wondrous land of 100,000 lakes, 60,000 square miles of Boreal forest and a wilderness landscape with few rivals in North America. If you want to go fishing in Ontario, our lakes harbor species like muskie, northern pike, walleye, smallmouth bass and lake trout. Sunset Country also has excellent Ontario big game hunting for bear, moose and whitetail deer. The duck and grouse hunting are also exceptional. This is Canadian Shield country, a truly remarkable region of Canada. A land where the majestic moose roams the forest and bald eagles soar overhead. The air up here is fresh and smells like the forest - a great change from the smoggy air you may be used to. Really, Sunset Country is an awesome place to visit and we are easy to get to! In fact, it's about as close to heaven as you can get while your feet are still firmly planted on the ground!

Ontario's Sunset Country Travel Association represents 268 vacation resorts and fishing lodges on hundreds of different lakes. You can also get information from us about houseboat rentals or information about places to go camping in Ontario. If you'll be visiting one of our communities or just traveling through and you want to make a hotel reservation or stay at a motel or a bed and breakfast, you can find more info here. We also represent over 127 Canadian retail and service businesses ready to provide you with the goods and services you will need during your stay. When you are ready to find out more, we're here to help you get started on your dream vacation to Canada's wilderness backcountry.

Sunset Country is a place where life is different. This is where the haunting cry of the loon replaces the buzz of the city. Where the only ringing in your ears is from your buddy screaming he's got a trophy-sized fish on the end of his line. Think about it, a wilderness setting essentially unchanged from what it was three centuries ago. That's what you'll experience if you visit Northwest Ontario's Sunset Country!

Sunset Country Image Library

We all love to look at pictures from our vacations. It is great way to remind us about a favourite trip and to share impressions with friends of your vacation. In this spirit, we invite you to view images of Sunset Country through our image library and share your comments about these pictures. If you have travelled to Ontario's Sunset Country and have a picture to share, send it to us and we'll post it here. To view the library, click on the picture or use this link to Take a Closer Look. Use this feature to visually experience what we have to offer. See the real Sunset Country though the eye of the camera!

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Our catalog of outdoor adventures, fishing lodges, resorts, camping trips, hiking, eco-tours, travel destinations, and country holidays changes regularly. So bookmark these pages and come back soon. If you are looking for travel information or want to interact with other outdoor enthusiasts, we invite you to post your message on our bulletin board, the Outdoors in Northwest Ontario.

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Remember - June 2009: The U.S. Government is requiring all of its citizens to have a Passport or other WHTI compliant document to return to the United States from Canada. You can apply for your Passport at a U.S. Postal Service outlet.

Don't get caught at the last minute. Applications can take as long as three months to process so we encourage all our American friends to get on this ASAP.

Want to see more photos of this region? Then you can find some great images of Canada on our Flickr photostream.

Critical Trip Planning Tool: Make sure you click here to request your FREE copy of our Vacation Guide and Map. It will provide you with all the information you need to plan your Sunset Country vacation. Use the Vacation Guide to find accommodations, places to eat, places to shop and to find out where and when the events and festivals are happening. The map is a great tool to locate lakes and has all the major roads and highways in Ontario's Sunset Country on it. Never get lost while on vacation - there are also detailed street maps of towns in Northwestern Ontario inside the guide.

If you have a specific question you want answered then you can speak directly to a Sunset Country staff member by calling our Toll Free Line at 1-800-665-7567.