The classic leg-stretch — a provincial park beach right on the highway.
Why stop
Silver Lake Provincial Park is the corridor’s built-in rest stop, and it’s a good one: a sand beach, picnic tables under the pines, and a lake that warms up properly by July — all literally on Highway 7, no detour at all. Day-use fees apply in season; the swim is worth it on any hot drive.
If you’ve got a canoe on the roof, this is the easiest launch on the whole route. If you’ve got kids in the back seat, this is where the “are we there yet” gets reset for another hundred kilometres.
Don’t want to pay the park’s day-use fee for a quick dip or a five-minute picnic? A small side road off the highway leads to a free public access point — parking, picnic tables, and a short walk through the trees to the water.
Beach conditions and day-use details are checked each season.
Coming up in Silver Lake
Sat, Sep 5 – Mon, Sep 7 · 10am–4pm Sat and Sun, 10am–2pm Mon
Forty artists set up along the Fall River at the corner of Hwy 7 and County Rd 36 in Maberly — pottery, woodwork, glass and painting, outdoors, over the Labour Day weekend. Free entry, free parking, and a kitchen run by a local chef.
One of the two trivia nights the ABC Hall runs each year on Bolingbroke Road, with the proceeds of one going to a local cause. The hall has the date up but hasn't posted a start time yet.
Australian blues guitarist Lloyd Spiegel plays the Maberly Community Hall with the Bright Strings Community Fiddle Orchestra — a wooden hall with a reputation for its acoustics.
A quieter, free alternative to the provincial park's fee gate — a small side-road picnic and parking area off the highway, with a short walk through the woods to the water. Good for a quick paddle put-in without paying the park's day-use fee.
Checked Jul 2026 · local knowledge — confirm exact turn on site · Map