Fishing

The St. Lawrence River is host to some of Canada’s best fishing spots. Either you’re fishing along Milles Roches campground for Carp, or the beautiful shoreline of Ivy Lea Campground and the 1000 Islands Parkway – There are amazing memories to be made!

In our area, you will most likely be catching pan, sun fish, perch, rock bass, catfish or bass.

NOTE: An Ontario fishing permit is required to fish at any of our sites.

Hunting

The Lake St. Lawrence Controlled Hunt Area offers high-quality waterfowl hunting opportunities. Twenty-six hunting sites are accessible on the river on a first-come, first-served basis. Kemptville District of the Ministry of Natural Resources partners with the St. Lawrence Parks Commission to provide waterfowl hunting opportunities at this site.

See below for Hunting Regulations and Controlled Hunt Sites for the 2025 season.

Lake St. Lawrence Controlled Hunt Area

Waterfowl Hunting Restrictions

In addition to the regular hunting regulations, the following restrictions apply:
  • All hunting is subject to the availability of access points at the discretion of the St. Lawrence Parks Commission.
  • Vehicle parking is only permitted at the designated access points during an open season for migratory birds. 
  • No parking is permitted at the designated access points between 2100 and 0400 hrs.
  • By parking your vehicle at a numbered stake at a designated access point, you may hunt at the hunting point corresponding to the numbered stake for a full day.
  • A maximum of 2 persons may hunt at one hunting site and they must hunt within a nine (9) metre radius of the stake.
  • Shotguns must be unloaded and encased except while occupying a hunting site.
  • In order to retrieve downed game birds, a watercraft or canine retriever is required.
  • The only legal game are ducks, geese, coots, rails, gallinules, snipe and woodcock and cormorants.


Download Controlled Hunt Area Map

ALL HUNTING SITES ARE AVAILABLE ON A FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED BASIS AFTER 4 AM.

The Canada goose hunting season for WMU 65 is:

  • September 4 to September 14, 2025
  • September 27 to December 31, 2025

Refer to the Migratory Birds Hunting Regulations Summary for complete details concerning the hunting seasons for other migratory birds.

Hunting sites can be accessed from the following hunter access points:

  • Sites 1 to 6 – Mille Roches boat launch
  • Sites 7 to 9 – Hoople Creek Wildlife Area
  • Sites 10 to 20 – Farran Park
  • Sites 21 to 26 – Riverside-Cedar Park

Please note: After November 15th the park gate to access the Mille Roches boat launch will be closed and parking stakes for hunting sites 1 through 6 moved to the Farran Park access point.

  • Blind 4 – Closed until September 27, 2025
  • Blind 10 – Closed until October 15, 2025


View Controlled Hunt Sites