Ontario trails · Hunter Island Loop
Hunter Island Loop
A 162.7-mile network in Ontario, with 271 ft of climbing. Reaches Curtain Falls and other lake/waterfall destinations. Managed by Quetico Provincial Park.
Elevation profile
The climbing leans toward the first third: 46% of the ascent falls between mile 0.0 and mile 54.2. It gives back about 656 ft along the way, so it rolls rather than climbing steadily.
3-D terrain
NRCAN MRDEM ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5
Reaches
- Curtain Falls (waterfall)
- Shelley Lake (lake)
- Little Falls (waterfall)
- Silver Falls (waterfall)
- Kennebas Falls (waterfall)
- Knife Lake (lake)
- Iron Lake (lake)
- Koko Falls (waterfall)
- Canyon Falls (waterfall)
- Ottertrack Lake (lake)
Heads up
Daylight at the trailhead
On October 14, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 6:54 a.m., the sun rises at 7:26 a.m. and sets at 6:21 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 6:52 p.m. (CDT) — 10 h 55 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 162.7-mile route works out to roughly 60 h 23 min of walking — more than a single day of daylight here, so plan it as an overnight or hike it in sections.