Paddling — Sea & Coastal.
The Gananoque Municipal Marina at 21 Bay Road sits directly opposite the central Admiralty Islands and Lake Fleet Islands clusters of Thousand Islands National Park, identified by Parks Canada as the closest mainland boat-access for those island groups. The Frontenac Arch Biosphere's nine-route Thousand Islands Paddling Trail runs from Kingston downstream to Brockville, with Gananoque on its central node — the trail's connecting corridor between its western Kingston launch and its downstream Brockville reach.
The brief.
The peak Thousand Islands paddling window is June through September; July and August are the busiest months on the trail. From the Gananoque Municipal Marina, sheltered bays and granite islands open south and east into the central archipelago — but paddlers cross the same waters as the St.
Lawrence shipping channel and ferry routes, and the open-water reach toward the islands is exposed to Lake Ontario weather. Thousand Islands National Park's island campsites and paddler-access cabins lie in Leeds and the Thousand Islands township downstream; access is by boat only, and bookings and fees go through Parks Canada.
Paid parking at the Gananoque Municipal Marina runs through the HONK MOBILE app.
3. places.
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Thousand Islands Paddling Trail (Gananoque central node)
Frontenac Arch Biosphere–coordinated 9-route trail from Kingston to Brockville; mapped access points, trip times, and hazards available from FAB.
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Gananoque Municipal Marina
21 Bay Road; the closest mainland boat-access point for Thousand Islands National Park's central Admiralty Islands and Lake Fleet Islands cluster, per Parks Canada.
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Thousand Islands National Park paddler-access cabins and campsites
On the islands themselves (Leeds and the Thousand Islands township); Parks Canada bookings and fees required.
Today's read.
Temperature (3.8°C) below the typical range and outside the typical season window.
By the book.
- 01Thousand Islands National Park island campsites and paddler-access cabins require Parks Canada bookings and fees; access by boat only.Source ↗
- 02Gananoque Municipal Marina at 21 Bay Road is paid parking via the HONK MOBILE app; mainland boat-access for the central and western Thousand Islands National Park island cluster.Source ↗