First pick
International Peace Garden
Park or garden
920 ha4.4 km of path
1 hto walk all 4.4 km of path
24 km southfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Krazytea · CC BY-SA 4.07.4%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Boissevain · parks, protected land & trails
More of the land around Boissevain is protected than around 8 in 10 Canadian towns
Walkers have 2 mapped routes close by, starting with the Dunseith Trail and Disappearing Lakes Trail. 3 beaches are mapped within 5 km, the nearest Adam Lake Beach. Protected areas take in 14% of the town itself.
Protected land
7.4%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
18
within 10 km, 3 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest provincial park
At the edge
Turtle Mountain Provincial Park
Walking routes
2
named, within 2 km (OpenStreetMap)
Beaches
3
within 5 km (OpenStreetMap)
Character
Where Boissevain stands out outdoors
Each figure against Canadian towns of 2,500+; tap a tile for the detail.
Protected land all round7.4% of the land within 10 km, more than 80% of Canadian townsA provincial park at the edgeTurtle Mountain Provincial Park reaches the town
Out of doors, Boissevain leads with protected land around it, with a provincial park at its edge close behind.
Against other towns
Boissevain beside other Canadian towns, figure by figure
Each figure against the 2,611 Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+ (not city hubs or reserves), with the town marked and the typical one’s line. Outdoors isn’t graded in Canada. The page compares each figure with other towns and leaves it there.
Protected within 10 km7.4%Share of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s edge in a protected or conserved area
Protected in town14%Share of the town’s own area in a protected or conserved area
Public protected areas3Areas within 10 km held by a government or an Indigenous nation
Walking routes2Named OpenStreetMap walking and hiking routes with 300 m+ within 2 km
Beaches3Beaches mapped on OpenStreetMap within 5 km
CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC, 2026), OpenStreetMap (November 2026). Distances from the town’s outline.
Towns its size
Among 40 towns its size, Boissevain ranks 6th for protected land within 10 km
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (2,369 to 2,587 residents), by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected. Hover for each one’s figures; click for its page.
Protected within 10 km
Boissevain7.4%
Towns its size1.6%
Towns in Manitoba1.1%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Boissevain3
Towns its size3
Towns in Manitoba12
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Boissevain2
Towns its size0
Towns in Manitoba0
Typical Canadian town0
For protected land nearby, Boissevain sits near the top of its size group: 5 of 39 have more.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anmore BC | 22% | 47% | 16 | 5 | 98 |
| 2 | Saint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska QC | 19% | 0% | 28 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Gracefield QC | 19% | 19% | 34 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | East Preston NS | 16% | 6.3% | 20 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | Clearwater BC | 7.7% | 4.1% | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Boissevain MB | 7.4% | 14% | 18 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | Roberval QC | 6.1% | 1.2% | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague QC | 5.8% | 0% | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | North Frontenac ON | 5.7% | 5.2% | 13 | 6 | 4 |
| 10 | Cap-Chat QC | 5.3% | 0.4% | 13 | 0 | 10 |
| 11 | Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards ON | 4.4% | 1.5% | 9 | 0 | 4 |
| 12 | Saint-Polycarpe QC | 4.2% | 0% | 11 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | Macassa ON | 4.1% | 0% | 18 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | Saint-Damien QC | 4% | 3.2% | 22 | 1 | 9 |
| 15 | Unity SK | 3.4% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Sherwood ON | 3.4% | 0% | 19 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | McNab SK | 2.6% | 0% | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | Mandeville QC | 2.5% | 1.8% | 19 | 4 | 7 |
| 19 | Esterhazy SK | 1.8% | 0% | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | City Commercial Core ON | 1.8% | 0% | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Caswell Hill SK | 1.4% | 0% | 16 | 0 | 3 |
| 22 | Fossambault-sur-le-Lac QC | 1.3% | 7.8% | 15 | 0 | 14 |
| 23 | Pembina MB | 1.1% | 1.8% | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Burrows-Keewatin MB | 1% | 0% | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Elmwood AB | 0.8% | 0% | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 26 | Hatley QC | 0.7% | 0% | 9 | 0 | 5 |
| 27 | Munroe West MB | 0.4% | 0% | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Brooke-Alvinston ON | 0.3% | 0.2% | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Rosedale AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 30 | Minchau AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 31 | Lunenburg NS | 0.1% | 0% | 19 | 0 | 5 |
| 32 | Salisbury NB | 0.1% | 2.1% | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Dufferin MB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Ekota AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 35 | Satoo AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 36 | Saint-Éphrem-de-Beauce QC | 0% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 37 | Magrath AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Nanton AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Rimbey AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Sexsmith AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The map
Where the green is in Boissevain
Green space, woods, protected areas and footpaths in and around the town; tap a number for its park or wood.
Green: OpenStreetMap parks, gardens, playing fields and woods. Hatched: CPCAD protected areas.© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); CPCAD (OGL-Canada)
Places to walk
Walk in Boissevain: 4 named parks and woods
International Peace Garden is the largest, at 920 ha; the rest follow by size, numbered as on the map.
4 named parks and woods, 1,553 ha in all
Parks & gardens 1,553 ha
Two places, International Peace Garden and Lake Metigoshe State Park, make up 99% of the total.
Lake Metigoshe State Park
Park or garden · 80 m outside town
620 ha1.5 km of path
20 minto walk all 1.5 km of path
33 km south-westfrom the centre
Old Oak Trail
Directionsto a point inside
Boissevain Fair Grounds
Park or garden
12 ha
Centralin the middle of Boissevain
Directionsto a point inside
Source: OpenStreetMap parks, gardens, commons and woods with a name, in the town or within 400 m, © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Sizes are the mapped outline’s.
Close to home
7 in 10 people in Boissevain live near a park
Residents of each 2021 dissemination area, at a point inside it, within 400 m (about a 5-minute walk) of a park or playing field mapped on OpenStreetMap.
Within 400 m (68%)Further (32%)
Boissevain68%
Towns in Manitoba97%
Typical Canadian town83%
The typical Canadian town does better, at 83%. For about 800 people, the nearest park is over 400 m away.
Protected areas
18 protected areas around Boissevain
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Boissevain14%
Within 10 km7.4%
Towns in Manitoba1.1%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public ownership covers 3 of the 18. At 17,115 ha, Turtle Mountain Provincial Park is the largest. The figures include 15 private conservation areas, left unnamed.
Turtle Mountain Provincial ParkProvincial park · 17,115 ha · reaches Boissevain
Whitewater Lake Wildlife Management AreaWildlife area · 2,850 ha · reaches Boissevain
Wakopa Wildlife Management AreaWildlife area · 64 ha · reaches Boissevain
Source: Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database (CPCAD) 2.9.0, Environment and Climate Change Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.
National & provincial parks
Turtle Mountain Provincial Park starts at the edge of Boissevain
National parks (Parks Canada) and provincial or territorial parks by direction and distance from the town’s edge: every one within 10 km, and the nearest of each within 100 km.
National parkProvincial park
Provincial park
Turtle Mountain Provincial Park
At the edge171 km²since 1961
No national park lies within 100 km of Boissevain; the provincial parks are the big protected land within reach.
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Footpaths and woods
210 km of paths in and around Boissevain
OpenStreetMap footpaths, paths, bridleways and steps, and tracks open on foot, in the town and 1 km around it; woods as mapped (landuse=forest, natural=wood).
Footpaths
210 km
in and around the town (1,312.3 km²)
Woodland
22%
about 292.4 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
BoissevainTowns in ManitobaTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.2
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
BoissevainTowns in ManitobaTypical Canadian town
Woodland22%
0%50%100%
Paths are thinner on the ground than in 80% of Canadian towns. For woods, it beats 69% of Canadian towns.
Source: OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Mapping varies by place: a dense figure can mean keen local mappers as much as many paths.
Walking routes
Boissevain has 2 named walking routes
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
Other waymarked
Dunseith Trail10.8 km
Disappearing Lakes Trail1.9 km
The Dunseith Trail is the big one locally: 10.8 km.
Source: OpenStreetMap (route relations hiking, foot and walking), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Trans Canada Trail sections as OSM maps them.
When to get out
Get out in Boissevain in July to September
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals from Melita (67 km), and daylight at the town’s latitude. Good months: 12½+ hours of daylight, highs of 15–30 °C, little rain.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight (h) | 8.6 | 10.1 | 11.7 | 13.7 | 15.3 | 16.2 | 15.8 | 14.4 | 12.5 | 10.7 | 9.0 | 8.2 |
| High (°C) | -10 | -8 | -1 | 11 | 18 | 23 | 26 | 26 | 20 | 11 | 1 | -7 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 13 | 11 | 20 | 22 | 68 | 82 | 58 | 48 | 36 | 31 | 16 | 16 |
Expect 82 mm in June, the wettest month, and 11 mm in February. In August the typical high is 26 °C; in January, -10 °C. The climate in Boissevain →
Beaches
Beaches near Boissevain: 3 within 5 km
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
Adam Lake Beachsand · in town
DirectionsAnother 2 have no name on the map. Beach water tests aren’t published as open data across Canada, so swimming advisories come from the local health unit.
Source: OpenStreetMap (natural=beach), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Things to do
Outdoors around Boissevain: 27 places to go
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
Top of the list: campsites, 9 of them.
Every named place, with directions
Nature reserves 2
Turtle Mountain Provincial Parkin town
DirectionsWilliam Lake Provincial Parkin town
DirectionsPicnic sites 9
Birch Grove Picnic Areain town
DirectionsMaple Picnic Area/MWI Picnic Nookin town
DirectionsMcKellar Picnic Areain town
DirectionsOES Picnic Areain town
DirectionsOverlook Picnic Area0.4 km from town
DirectionsGood Neighbour Picnic Area0.8 km from town
DirectionsPlus 3 picnic sites without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 3
Plus 3 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Campsites 9
Adam Lake Campgroundin town
DirectionsAdam Lake Group Sitein town
DirectionsBoissevain Lions Campgroundin town
DirectionsMax Lake Campgroundin town
DirectionsMax Lake Group Use Areain town
DirectionsOskar Lake Campgroundin town
DirectionsWilliam Lake Campgroundin town
DirectionsPlus 2 campsites without a name on the map.
Slipways 1
Plus 1 slipway without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Gardens to visit
Near Boissevain: one garden to visit
Gardens and arboretums within 15 km of the town’s edge, and the historic gardens, parks and estates in the town itself, nearest first.
International Peace GardenGarden or park · at the edge of town
DirectionsSources: OpenStreetMap (leisure=garden), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL, and Wikidata (CC0), as gathered in TownRatings’ Canadian attractions set; historic places from Parks Canada’s Directory of Federal Heritage Designations, the Canadian Register of Historic Places and Québec’s Répertoire du patrimoine culturel.
Next door
Next to Boissevain
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page. No closer places have figures: these lie 29–46 km from Boissevain.
KillarneyDeloraine-WinchesterPrairie LakesGrasslandSourisBoissevain
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boissevain | 7.4% | 18 | 2 | 3 |
| Killarney 29 km | 1.8% | 61 | 0 | 1 |
| Deloraine-Winchester 32 km | 6.9% | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| Prairie Lakes 32 km | 3.1% | 76 | 0 | 1 |
| Grassland 43 km | 1.2% | 24 | 0 | 0 |
| Souris 46 km | 0.5% | 13 | 0 | 0 |
No neighbouring place reaches twice Boissevain’s protected share.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Beaches. The count includes unnamed stretches mapped as beach, which can make a lakeside town’s figure large.
- Walking routes. A route counts when 300 m or more of it lies within 2 km of the town. Coverage of trails on OpenStreetMap varies by region.
- Private land. Areas held by land trusts or private owners stay unnamed here, though they count in the shares.
- National and provincial parks. A park at 0 km touches or overlaps the town’s outline; directions point from the town’s centre.
- Protected land. Protected here means in CPCAD, Canada’s official list: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and other conserved land, measured within 10 km of the town’s edge.
Questions about the outdoors in Boissevain
Is there a beach near Boissevain?
Adam Lake Beach, in town, is the nearest mapped beach.
Where can you walk near Boissevain?
The Dunseith Trail and Disappearing Lakes Trail, among the routes mapped within 2 km.
What is the largest protected area near Boissevain?
It is Turtle Mountain Provincial Park, a provincial park covering 17,115 ha.
Are there protected areas near Boissevain?
Within 10 km, 7.4% of the land lies in protected areas.
What is the nearest national park to Boissevain?
The nearest national park is more than 100 km from Boissevain.
What is the best season to get outdoors in Boissevain?
July to September, on the 1991–2020 normals and the daylight: long days, highs of 15 °C or more, light rain for the place.
How far is the nearest provincial park from Boissevain?
Turtle Mountain Provincial Park begins at the town’s edge.
Sources
Where Boissevain’s outdoors figures come from
Protected areas: Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database (CPCAD) 2.9.0, Environment and Climate Change Canada, 2026: every area within 10 km and the nearest national and provincial parks, measured outline to outline.
Walking routes and beaches: OpenStreetMap, November 2026: named hiking, foot and walking route relations within 2 km and beaches within 5 km.
Towns: Statistics Canada 2021 Census boundaries and populations; the comparison is the Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+, not city hubs or reserves.
When to go: Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020, from the nearest station that publishes them.
Gardens: OpenStreetMap (leisure=garden) and Wikidata gardens within 15 km, as gathered in TownRatings’ Canadian attractions set; historic gardens and parks from Canada’s heritage registers (Parks Canada DFHD, the Canadian Register of Historic Places, Québec’s Répertoire du patrimoine culturel).
Green space, paths, woods, things to do: OpenStreetMap (Geofabrik’s Canada extract), November 2026: parks, gardens, playing fields, woods, footpaths, the coastline and things to do in and around each town.
Residents: Statistics Canada 2021 Census dissemination areas (population, boundaries), each at a point inside it.
Walking routes and beaches © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database Licence (ODbL).
Not on this page: trailheads and trail grades, and beach water quality. No open Canadian dataset gives these for every town yet.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).