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Ragged Falls
Crashing whitewater falls on the Oxtongue River in a small day-use provincial park near Dwight, Ontario, reached by an easy 10-minute forest trail. Ontario Parks day-use permit required.
What visitors say
Ragged Falls is where the Oxtongue River pours down a long, broken granite chute in a wooded corner of the Algonquin Highlands. Reviewers love the roar of the water and the fall colours, and several call it the best falls they've visited. You can follow the trail up alongside the cascade to the top.
It sits in Oxtongue River-Ragged Falls Provincial Park, a non-operating, day-use park with no gatehouse, so buy a daily vehicle permit online before you go; a QR code at the trailhead sign helps. The walk to the falls is about 10 minutes, with some roots and rocks but nothing hard, and there's a washroom at the parking area.
Families with young children manage it easily, and it's a natural stop on the way to or from Algonquin Park's Highway 60 corridor. Sport fishing is permitted in the park, and the Oxtongue River is managed as a brook trout fishery under Ontario's regulations.
The trail isn't suitable for strollers. Stay back from the edges at the top of the falls, where the rock is steep and the water fast.
Summarised from visitor reviews on Google Maps. Based on 215 Google reviews. Conditions and rules change — check current park, access and fishing regulations before you go.