Ontario's Highlands

Discover our unique landscapes and communities through six counties in eastern and central Ontario. Share your experience with #ComeWander.

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🚂✨ All aboard for a little holiday magic!

The CPKC Holiday Train is rolling into Ontario’s Highlands on November 28, bringing sparkling lights and live performances by American Authors and Tyler Shaw!

📍 Smiths Falls — November 28, 6:30–7:00 p.m.
Smiths Falls Train Station, 63 Victoria Avenue

📍 Perth — November 28, 8:00–8:30 p.m.
Wilson Street railway crossing

Bundle up, gather your favourite people, and get ready to welcome the holiday season. Who’s coming with you? 🎄

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That fall photo you keep showing everyone? It could win you a $50 gift card. 🍂📸

LAST CALL! Our Fall Colours Contest closes TODAY, Friday, November 6, at 4:00 PM.

Golden trails, colourful lookouts, harvest festival memories—we want to see your favourite fall moments from Ontario’s Highlands. No professional camera needed!

Give that camera roll one last scroll and submit your favourites before 4:00 PM 👇
https://t.co/LI60Tl4vwY

📸 This fall moment in Minden was submitted by Tara Payne. Thanks for sharing, Tara!

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Not a morning person? Round Lake would like a word.

A little fog, a little fall colour, and suddenly getting out from under the covers seems like a very good idea. Bring the coffee, though.

📍 Round Lake, Renfrew County
📷 @tim_graham_photography

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🍂 Just TWO DAYS LEFT to enter our Fall Colours Contest!

This photo submission of Eagles Nest Lookout, captured by Kirk Ludington, has us soaking up those fall views 📸

Have a favourite fall photo from Ontario’s Highlands? Share it for a chance to win a $50 gift card!

📍 Be sure to include where your photo was taken! To be eligible to win, we need to confirm that the location is within Ontario’s Highlands.

Entries close Friday, November 6.

Enter here: https://t.co/LI60Tl4vwY

📷 Photo credit: Kirk Ludington

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“I need to sit down” hits differently when this is your seat.

Eagle’s Nest bringing a whole new meaning to a well-earned break. With views like these, the snacks can wait. Almost 😉

📍 Eagle’s Nest Lookout, Calabogie
📷 @syahmeeraa

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Fall looks pretty good on Westmeath 😍 Thanks to Dana Dupuis for sharing this Ottawa Valley view with our Fall Colours Contest!

There’s still time to share yours for a chance to win a $50 gift card! Just remember to tell us where you found those fall colours. Include your photo’s location with your submission so we can confirm it was taken in Ontario’s Highlands and count your entry.

Submit your photos by November 6, 2026 by visiting the link in bio!

📍 Westmeath, Ottawa Valley
📷 Dana Dupuis

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Every road trip needs a friend who’s accepted you’ll be late—because “just one photo stop” is never just one 📸

With morning mist and golden reflections like these, can you blame us?

📍 Renfrew, Ontario
📷 @swiftypaddler

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Funny how “one more minute!” has no age limit 💛

Sandy toes, room to roam, and a sky that makes you forget it’s time to head home. Evenings at Petawawa Point Beach bring out the kid in all of us.

📍 Petawawa Point Beach, Petawawa
📷 @aawb.life_adventures

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Step count? We lost track. Photo count? Getting a little ridiculous 📸

There’s strolling through Minden, and then there’s stopping every few steps because the scenery keeps showing off.

📍 Minden River Walk, Minden
📷 @iskabitsi

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Now this is a reason to set your alarm.

An early start at George Matheson Park on Cotnam Island comes with calm waters, a misty shoreline and a little splash of fall colour.

📍 George Matheson Park, Cotnam Island
📷 @tim_graham_photography

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Your fall adventures could be our next feature 🍂📸

Mike Berry shared this view of Crotch Lake in Frontenac County for our Fall Colours Contest. Where has the season taken you?

Take a look at what others have contributed, then share your own best fall photo from Ontario’s Highlands for a chance to win a $50 gift card and be featured in our gallery and on social.

Browse the gallery and enter by November 6 - contest can be found in the link in bio.

📸: Mike Berry

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The best fall plans leave room to wander 🍁

Catch up with a friend, chase the colours through Petawawa, and end the day beside the Ottawa River. A pretty lovely way to spend an autumn afternoon.

📸: @ree__an__non
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Today’s itinerary: Golden Lake. That’s it. 😌

Sometimes the best part of getting away is having nowhere else to be.

Who’s joining you for a day of doing nothing by the water?

📸: @bhanuteja.jpeg
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One last reason to linger in Haliburton 🌅

The day’s adventures may be winding down, but the sky still has something to share.

📸: @lenzthoma
📍Haliburton Highlands

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Fall looks good on Calabogie 😌🍂

Taking a little seasonal style inspiration from @drpoojarathee’s autumn adventures in Ontario’s Highlands.

Where’s your favourite spot for a fall photo? 📸👇

📸: @drpoojarathee
📍 Calabogie

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What a difference a few weeks makes. 🍂

September greens give way to October gold and red at Holly’s Pond in West Guilford, with clouds reflected on the water through it all.

Have you captured a fall transformation in Ontario’s Highlands?

📸: @davidmoon.photography
📍Holly's Pond, Haliburton Highlands

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Apple pie, apple crisp, or a crunchy bite straight from the orchard? 🍎🍂

Fall tastes sweet in Ontario’s Highlands, and these apples from @mcgregorsorchard704 have us dreaming up all kinds of seasonal treats.

What would you make with your harvest? Tell us in the comments! 👇

📸: @mcgregorsorchard704
📍Renfrew

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Cool mornings, warm camp meals, and a little mist on the river. Fall camping has its own kind of magic 🛶

@thunderboxdiaries captured this peaceful morning at Crooked Chute on the Petawawa River—the kind of view that makes you linger before packing up camp.

Would you trade your cozy bed for a fall morning like this? 👇

📸 @thunderboxdiaries

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Cookie or pie? 🍪🥧 The sweetest debate in Ontario’s Highlands.

Tell us your pick in the comments! 👇

📸 @villagestreetsweets
📍Perth

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Your fall photos could win you a $50 gift card! 🍁📷

Captured a colourful lookout, a peaceful lakeside moment or a trail covered in golden leaves? Enter our Fall Colours Contest and show us how you’ve been exploring Ontario’s Highlands.

Share your favourite fall photos for a chance to win—and have your images featured in our gallery and on our social channels.

📍 Only photos taken within the Ontario’s Highlands region are accepted.

Your next entry might already be in your camera roll. Submit your photos by visiting the link in bio.

📍 Pictured: Raven Lake, Ontario.
📷 Photo credit: Cassie Pellerin.

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