Basin Lake access point 19 is located on Basin Depot Road, off Turners Road (opposite the Bonnechere Provincial Park entrance). Day use permits to Basin Lake offer access along Basin Depot Road to the Hydro-Electric Transmission line corridor. Day use opportunities include paddling, biking along the Hydro-Electric Transmission line corridor, access to McKaskill Lake (portage), Little Norway Lake (car access), Foys Lake (portage), and Basin Lake (car and water access). There are no motorized vehicles permitted beyond the Hydro-Electric Transmission line without authorization. For more information on lake access through Basin Lake please refer to the Algonquin Park Canoe Routes map, located on the Friends of Algonquin Provincial Park website. There are no other day use facilities at this location. Directions: From a point on Highway 58, 7.3 kilometres north of Round Lake Centre, proceed to Turner’s Road/Basin Lake Road (opposite the Bonnechere Park entrance) and travel 16 kilometres (on pavement, then gravel) to the Park boundary which provides access to Basin Lake (at km 14.3), Foys Lake (at km 23.6), and to the Bonnechere River at the hydroelectric transmission corridor (at km 35).
Source: ontario_parks · last verified 2026-05-19