Mattawa
Observed Jul 16, 7:00 p.m. EDT
Historic voyageur town where the Mattawa meets the Ottawa River, between two provincial parks.
3.6 µg/m³
PM2.5 in Greater Sudbury right now
AQI 69 · Moderate
AQHI 2 — Low risk (Sudbury)
Latest observation Jul 16, 7:00 p.m. EDT
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7 places with a place to stay, ranked by air quality
Temagami
Observed Jul 16, 7:00 p.m. EDT
Old-growth pine and deep-lake country on Lake Temagami, with classic Northern lodges.
Huntsville
Observed Jul 16, 7:00 p.m. EDT
Muskoka’s biggest town, ringed by lakes and resorts on the edge of Algonquin Park.
Killarney
Observed Jul 16, 7:00 p.m. EDT
Remote village beside Killarney Park’s white quartzite ridges, on the north channel of Georgian Bay.
Little Current (Manitoulin Island)
Observed Jul 16, 7:00 p.m. EDT
Manitoulin’s main harbour town — the world’s largest freshwater island, surrounded by Huron’s North Channel.
Parry Sound
▲ Air is currently worse here than in Greater Sudbury
Observed Jul 16, 7:00 p.m. EDT
Deep-water port on Georgian Bay’s island-studded coast, with open-bay air off the sound.
Tobermory
▲ Air is currently worse here than in Greater Sudbury
Observed Jul 16, 7:00 p.m. EDT
Harbour village at the tip of the Bruce Peninsula, wrapped in open Lake Huron and Georgian Bay water with steady onshore breezes.
Why these towns?
Most of the getaways above sit on big water — Lake Huron, Georgian Bay, Lake Erie, Lake Ontario or Lake Superior — or in lake-dense highland country. Large lakes generate onshore breezes and sit away from the boreal fire zones, so during many smoke events they stay a band cleaner than inland cities. That's not a guarantee: smoke plumes move, which is why we re-rank this list against live PM2.5 and AQHI data every hour rather than publishing a fixed list. If everything within three hours of Greater Sudbury is smoky, the rankings will say so — sometimes the honest answer is to stay inside with a filter running.