First pick
Île Hennessey
Wood or forest · 380 m outside town
57 ha
1.5 km north-westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.04.8%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Fort-Coulonge · parks, protected land & trails
Fort-Coulonge has 6 beaches within 5 km
Ottawa River Provincial Park is the closest provincial park, at 6.8 km. The largest named area nearby is Davidson White-Tailed Deer Yard, 1,258 ha, 1.7 km away. The 10 km around town hold 21 protected areas.
Protected land
4.8%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
21
within 10 km, 12 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest provincial park
6.8 km
Ottawa River Provincial Park
Beaches
6
within 5 km (OpenStreetMap)
Against other towns
Each figure for Fort-Coulonge, set against Canadian towns
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. No letter: the outdoors is described for Canadian towns, not graded.
Protected within 10 km4.8%Share of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s edge in a protected or conserved area
Protected in town0%Share of the town’s own area in a protected or conserved area
Public protected areas12Areas within 10 km held by a government or an Indigenous nation
Walking routes0Named OpenStreetMap walking and hiking routes with 300 m+ within 2 km
Beaches6Beaches 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, Fort-Coulonge ranks 10th for protected land within 10 km
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (1,293 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
Fort-Coulonge4.8%
Towns its size1.6%
Towns in Quebec4.9%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Fort-Coulonge12
Towns its size4
Towns in Quebec10
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Fort-Coulonge0
Towns its size0
Towns in Quebec0
Typical Canadian town0
Among its peers, Fort-Coulonge’s strong point is public protected areas, where 9 of 39 top it.
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 | Roberval QC | 6.1% | 1.2% | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague QC | 5.8% | 0% | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | North Frontenac ON | 5.7% | 5.2% | 13 | 6 | 4 |
| 9 | Cap-Chat QC | 5.3% | 0.4% | 13 | 0 | 10 |
| 10 | Fort-Coulonge QC | 4.8% | 0% | 21 | 0 | 6 |
| 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
Parks, woods and paths around Fort-Coulonge
The town’s parks, woods, protected land and paths, with its named places numbered.
Green: OpenStreetMap parks, gardens, playing fields and woods. Hatched: CPCAD protected areas.© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); CPCAD (OGL-Canada)
Places to walk
Walk in Fort-Coulonge: 4 named parks and woods
The biggest is Île Hennessey, 57 ha. Biggest first, numbered as on the map.
4 named parks and woods, 74 ha in all
Parks & gardens 3.9 haWoods 70 ha
Île Hennessey plus Île Young account for 95% of the green.
Île Young
Wood or forest · 340 m outside town
13 ha
1.3 km westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Parc Amyotte
Park or garden · 120 m outside town
2.6 ha
2.5 km northfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Parc du Centenaire
Park or garden
1.3 ha0.2 km of path
Centralin the middle of Fort-Coulonge
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
A park is within a short walk for 4 in 10 in Fort-Coulonge
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 (36%)Further (64%)
Fort-Coulonge36%
Towns in Quebec52%
Typical Canadian town83%
About 800 residents live further than 400 m from one. The typical Canadian town does better, at 83%.
Protected areas
Within 10 km of Fort-Coulonge, 4.8% is protected land
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Fort-Coulonge0%
Within 10 km4.8%
Towns in Quebec4.9%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Of those 21, 12 are public and the remainder private. Davidson White-Tailed Deer Yard is the biggest, 1,258 ha. 9 areas belong to private owners or land trusts and aren’t named here.
Davidson White-Tailed Deer YardProtected area · 1,258 ha · 1.7 km from the edge of town
Chenal du Grand Calumet Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 134 ha · 2.1 km from the edge of town
Île du Grand Calumet White-Tailed Deer YardProtected area · 674 ha · 3.6 km from the edge of town
Mont-de-Davidson Forest RefugeWildlife area · 7.1 ha · 5.1 km from the edge of town
Goldwin Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 51 ha · 6.0 km from the edge of town
Ottawa River Provincial ParkProvincial park · 125 ha · 6.8 km from the edge of town
Sud du lac Angus-Roy, Mansfield-et-Pontefract HeronryProtected area · 31 ha · 7.1 km from the edge of town
Île Green Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 43 ha · 9.3 km from the edge of town
Chute à Desjardins, l'Île-du-Grand-Calumet HeronryProtected area · 26 ha · 9.3 km from the edge of town
Dunraven Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 53 ha · 9.5 km from the edge of town
2 more named areas within 10 km are in the figures.
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
The nearest big park: Ottawa River Provincial Park, 6.8 km away
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
Ottawa River Provincial Park
6.8 km south1.3 km²since 1989
For a national park, people in Fort-Coulonge travel more than 100 km. Sépaq runs Québec’s parcs nationaux, which are provincial parks under another name.
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Footpaths and woods
Paths to walk: 11 km in and around Fort-Coulonge
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
11 km
in and around the town (16.7 km²)
Woodland
49%
about 8.2 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
Fort-CoulongeTowns in QuebecTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.7
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
Fort-CoulongeTowns in QuebecTypical Canadian town
Woodland49%
0%50%100%
Woods cover more of it than in 83% of Canadian towns. For path density, 62% of Canadian towns do better.
Source: OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Mapping varies by place: a dense figure can mean keen local mappers as much as many paths.
Walking routes
No named walking route passes Fort-Coulonge on the map
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
OpenStreetMap lists no walking route near the town, though paths on the ground may well exist.
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 Fort-Coulonge in May and July to September
Daylight at the town’s latitude and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals (Petawawa, 46 km away). Good months: long days, highs of 15–30 °C, light rain.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight (h) | 9.0 | 10.3 | 11.8 | 13.5 | 14.9 | 15.7 | 15.4 | 14.1 | 12.5 | 10.8 | 9.4 | 8.7 |
| High (°C) | -6 | -4 | 2 | 11 | 19 | 24 | 26 | 25 | 20 | 12 | 5 | -3 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 68 | 51 | 58 | 79 | 85 | 96 | 89 | 90 | 83 | 83 | 77 | 72 |
Expect 96 mm in June, the wettest month, and 51 mm in February. Summer highs reach 26 °C in July; in January they stay near -6 °C. Some 199 cm of snow falls each winter. The climate in Fort-Coulonge →
Beaches
The shore near Fort-Coulonge
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
Plage du Pont Blancsand · 0.3 km from town
DirectionsPlage Coulonge1.4 km from town
DirectionsPlage Davidson2.8 km from town
DirectionsUnnamed on the map: 3 more. For water quality, look to the local health unit: no open beach-testing data covers Canada.
Source: OpenStreetMap (natural=beach), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Things to do
11 things to do outdoors near Fort-Coulonge
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
Count 9 playgrounds, the biggest group.
Every named place, with directions
Playgrounds 9
Plus 9 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Campsites 1
Aventure Hélianthe0.3 km from town
DirectionsSlipways 1
Plus 1 slipway without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Fort-Coulonge
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
Mansfield-et-PontefractWhitewater RegionFort-Coulonge
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fort-Coulonge | 4.8% | 21 | 0 | 6 |
| Mansfield-et-Pontefract 2.0 km | 8.1% | 57 | 0 | 6 |
| Whitewater Region 15 km | 2.5% | 44 | 0 | 12 |
None of the places nearby has twice as much protected land around it as Fort-Coulonge.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- Protected land. CPCAD maps each protected area; the page counts how much of the 10 km around the town they cover, lakes and sea included.
- Private land. Private conservation land is in the totals, not the lists. Many such areas are easements on working farms or woodlots.
- National and provincial parks. A park at 0 km touches or overlaps the town’s outline; directions point from the town’s centre.
- Beaches. The count includes unnamed stretches mapped as beach, which can make a lakeside town’s figure large.
Questions about the outdoors in Fort-Coulonge
When should you visit Fort-Coulonge for the outdoors?
On the normals, May and July to September: that is when days are long, highs reach 15 °C and rain is light.
Is Fort-Coulonge near a national park?
No national park lies within 100 km of Fort-Coulonge.
How much land around Fort-Coulonge is protected?
Yes: 4.8% of the land within 10 km is protected.
Which is the biggest protected area near Fort-Coulonge?
Davidson White-Tailed Deer Yard: 1,258 ha, a protected area.
What is the nearest beach to Fort-Coulonge?
The nearest is Plage du Pont Blanc, 0.3 km from town.
How far is the nearest provincial park from Fort-Coulonge?
Ottawa River Provincial Park, 6.8 km from the edge of town.
Sources
The sources behind Fort-Coulonge’s outdoors figures
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.
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).