Summer Activities
The Sportman's Inn and the Killarney area abound with activity, especially in the summer. Check out our featured acitivies and related links in this section.
Boating
The North Channel and Georgian Bay offer the best fresh water cruising in the world! The Sportman's Inn is on the Killarney Channel which is the gateway to the North Channel. Killarney can be found on the Canadian Hydrographic Services Chart #2205. Great Lakes charts are available at the Sportman's Inn.
Make the Sportman's Inn your gathering place or a significant stop along your cruising route. We have a fully serviced Marina with new docks. Enjoy fine dining in the Georgian Room or meeting with friends and locals at the Trails End Lounge.
To our friends from, or returning from the United States, please note that Killarney is not a port of entry to Canada. Please clear customs at either Tobermory or Little Current.
Some useful links and information for boaters:
- Cruise Georgian Bay
- Canada Border Services Agency - CANPASS for Boaters
- Canada Border Services Agency - Telephone Reporting
- Great Lakes Cruising Club
- Great Lakes Water Levels
Fishing
Killarney boasts of one of the most unique fishing areas in Ontario. We offer many very distinct habitats, from sheltered and secluded back water bays, to wild rice shorelines with long weed beds combined with dramatic drop-offs. Numerous shoal areas and reefs hide many different species of fish in our cool clean waters. Off shore the extremely contoured bottom can reach down to 400 feet, but by contrast, the back channels and protected inlets of Killarney provide miles of secure and safe small craft fishing. Big Waters produce Big Fish!
Fish the Cool Clean Waters, Back Channels & Sheltered Bays of Killarney Country - Ontario's Wilderness Paradise. We link you with the equipment, the guide and the knowledge you need to satisfy your serious fishing demands. Whether you're after Pike, Walleye, Salmon, Trout, Pan Fish, Bass or Perch, check out the following links to services we offer and information regarding fishing regulations including seasons and limits:
- Full fishing charters - daily, or packages
- Fishing boat rentals
- Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources - Fish Ontario
Hiking
Killarney is world renowned for its hiking. Hike along the ridges of the LaCloche Mountain Range. Explore the 100 km of stunning white quartzite hills in Killarney Park. Enjoy day hikes along gentle granite slopes, or tackle Ontario's third highest point - Silver Peak.
Hiking in Killarney is a must, and so to are sturdy walking shoes, a camera and a backpacker's lunch! Killarney now boasts many hiking trails. They encompass scenic beauty, marine heritage and native history. Come and enjoy the pristine shorelines and waters of North West Georgian Bay, and yes we do have Mountians....1800' above sea level.
Killarney Trails include:
- George Island Wilderness Trail - 7 km (3 hours) moderate
- Chikanishing Trail - 3 km (1.5 hours) moderate
- Cranberry Bog Trail - 4 km (2.5 hours) moderate
- Granite Ridge Trail - 2 km (1.5 hour) easy
- La Cloche Silhouette Trail - 100 km loop (7-10 days) strenuous
- East Lighthouse/Tar Vat Trail - 7 km (2.5 hours) moderate
The Sportsman's Inn provides free transportation across the channel to access the George Island Wilderness Trail (click link for detailed description).
More detailed trail information can be found in the Killarney Provincial Park site as well as the Friends of Killarney Park.
Canoe/Kayak
Explore Killarney the way the Voyagers did!
By canoe - still the most popular mode of travel - the path of the paddle beckons the traditional paddler, the lilly-dipper and the open water enthusiast. The clear lakes of the Killarney Interior are the bluest you've ever seen! And the safe turquoise passages of the North Shore are a delight to any canoeist.
By sea kayak - outside park boundaries you can enjoy the pristine waters of North Georgian Bay, or you can enjoy seclusion on an isolated island along the shore. Still relatively unexplored, our Georgian Bay provides unparalleled paddling amongst pink granite outcrops, windswept pines and quartzite hills.
For more information including maps, routes, and rentals check out these sites:
- Canadian Canoe Routes - Killarney
- Killarney Provincial Park - Canoeing
- Friends of Killarney Park - Canoeing
- Friends of Killarney Park - Kayaking
Camping
Year round camping is available in Killarney Provincial Park. Don't forget to visit us as part of your stay in the area.
Hunting
Big Game, Birds and Waterfoul! Hunting in Killarney and staying at the Sportsman's Inn is part of our heritage and a time honoured tradition. Our seasonal hunting packages will be defined soon for the annual:
- Fall Black Bear Hunt - including room, meals, baited stands, guide and skinning services, use of 25 hp boat for fishing and exploring. Our bear hunts have near 100% success rates.
- Fall Duck Hunt - Includes room, all meals, boats, blinds, guides, cleaning of ducks. Minimum hunt: 4 night/3day.
- White Tail Deer and Northern Duck Hunt - Our all inclusive hunt for deer and duck. Includes: room, and all meals; guides, boats and blinds; duck cleaning, deer skinning.
- Small Game - Ruffed Grouse / Spruce Grouse / Woodcock Hunt - various packages to be defined.
For information regarding hunting and firearms regulations in Ontario, please see the
Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources - Hunting in Ontario web site.