Free
Couchiching Beach Park
A lakefront park with a beach, a splash pad and the Champlain monument.
Lake Couchiching, Ontario
Orillia
'Sunshine City' on Lake Couchiching: Stephen Leacock's summer home, a big waterfront park with the Champlain monument, a historic opera house and the Mariposa Folk Festival.
Photo: Lake Couchiching, Orillia, Maksim Sokolov (maxergon.com), CC BY-SA 4.0
Humorist Stephen Leacock based his 'Mariposa' on Orillia, and his summer house on Old Brewery Bay is now a museum.
The waterfront runs from the Port of Orillia to Couchiching Beach Park, with the Champlain monument, and on to Tudhope Park. Stroll the whole thing.
Outdoors and nature
Trails, lookouts, waterfalls, beaches and time on the water come first.
Free
Tudhope Park
A large lakeside park with Gordon Lightfoot's 'Golden Leaves' statue.
Free
Mnjikaning Fish Weirs
An ancient fish-weir site at the Atherley Narrows, a National Historic Site.
Sights and attractions
Museums, landmarks and the places people come here for.
Cheap
Stephen Leacock Museum
The humorist's summer house on Old Brewery Bay.
Paid
Mariposa Folk Festival
A long-running folk festival in Tudhope Park each July.
Markets, shops and festivals
Main streets, markets and the dates worth planning around.
Book a tour or activity
Cruises, tours and experiences people book here. Each one goes to the operator's official page, and you can still add it to your trip.
Also bookable, listed above
These are in the lists above, so we don't repeat them here.
- Orillia Opera House Show
- Mariposa Folk Festival Tickets
Part of our Lake Simcoe guides.
Make it a weekend
Why stay the night
- The Mariposa Folk Festival fills the town in July.
- Catch a show at the Opera House.
- Lake swims and the waterfront trail.
Nearby and worth the drive
Barrieabout 30 min · Guide ↗
Kempenfelt Bay.
Gravenhurstabout 30 min · Guide ↗Steamships and Muskoka Wharf.
Ready-made trips with Orillia
Good to know
- City: orillia.ca.
- We list only places we can check against an official source. Hours, seasons and prices change, so confirm before you go.
Photos on this page
Photo: Lake Couchiching, Orillia, Maksim Sokolov (maxergon.com), CC BY-SA 4.0
Photo: Stephen Leacock House Orillia, Jcart1534, CC BY-SA 3.0
Photo: Samuel de Champlain monument Orillia, Mykola Swarnyk, CC BY-SA 3.0
Photo: Orillia Opera House, Oaktree b, CC BY-SA 4.0