Dryden

Dryden is Ontario's smallest incorporated city (population 7617), located 140km (90 mi) east of Kenora on the Trans-Canada Highway in northern Ontario.

Understand

Dryden, located on the north shore of Wabigoon Lake, was established in 1895 as the site of an experimental farm and named for a minister of government of the era. At the time, access to the community was primarily by rail. From 1910-2008, the city's primary industry was paper manufacturing; the local population reached a peak of just under 8200 people before the mill closed.

An oversize Maximillian the Moose stands at the centre of town at the visitor’s centre.

Dryden and Kenora are the only incorporated Ontario cities to use the Central time zone (GMT-6), due to their location: geographically closer to Winnipeg than to southern Ontario.

Get in

Greyhound Canada

Greyhound Canada terminated all services in Western Canada and Northern Ontario effective October 31, 2018.

Get around
  • George's Taxi, ☎ +1 807 223-6565. 
  • Enterprise (+1 807 223-4004) and National (+1 807 223-4477) offer hire cars.

See
Max the moose towers 18 feet
  • 🌍 Dryden & District Museum, 15 Van Horne Avenue (at King Street), ☎ +1 807 223-4671. Museum in historic Hamble House with over ten thousand artefacts, including “Old Copper Culture“ cold-hammered tools dating back 4,000 years. History of Dryden and surrounding area, including “The Dryden Buck“, an Ontario-record whitetail deer shot by a poacher in 2003. By donation. 

Do

Events
  • Moosefest. late June-early July. Summer festival, includes Canada Day weekend. 
  • Dryden Winter Festival. Mid-February, on long weekend. Activities. Ice fishing derby. 

Buy

Eat

Drink

Sleep

Hotels

Motels

Bed and breakfast
  • 🌍 Pilot's Landing Bed & Breakfast, 110 Claybanks Rd., ☎ +1 807 223-6928. On Wabigoon Lake near water aerodrome, two rooms with private entrance and en suite bath. 

Camps and caravan parks

Connect

Go next
Routes through Dryden

Winnipeg ← Kenora ←  W  E  → Thunder Bay → Sault Ste Marie


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