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Camping in Ontario

Know any good places to camp within Ontario. If you do, Please share with us.
I am looking for a campsite this summer for me and a bunch of my friends.

I highly suggest Mara Provincial Park on Lake Simcoe up north. Best beach I've seen in Ontario, and a truly beautiful area to be in.

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Originally posted by Ix2L Know any good places to camp within Ontario. If you do, Please share with us. I am looking for a campsite this summer for me and a bunch of my friends.

killbear provincial park, 45 north of parry sound. Great beaches, in the midst of the 30000 island. there are several islands in canoing distance (some quite private tons of hiking, semi-private sites, ful facilities. And theres Harold point; a penisula that has tons of rock jumping. best i've seen in Ontario. U hafta enter at yer own risk (seen several nasty falls) but theres various heights, for beginners (elephants butt) to pros (suicide and insanity)


cypress lake or bruce penisula national park, just south of tobermory...the water is freezing, but it is incredibly beautiful, and most important, great rock-jumping. There are also underwater grottos, good hiking, a shallow beach area, dog swim. It is (i think) the leading area in Ontario for scuba diving, due to the grottos and wrecks off the coast. Tobermory is 20 mins away. very quaint village, with some great touristy shops, restaurants and a harbour for charters.


-andrea-

Yeah Killbear is a wicked place to camp to bad its provincial so they dont allow u to drink as much as on private ones, but still u got to improvise with the alcohol if you drink, they dont come and check it often maybe once at night and u can see them coming anyway from far away.
Cliffs are wicked there, and yeah u got go on ur own risk, jumped few times, have to say on those cliffs the big ones its pretty deep. If u wanna go and get some camp sites try to book them now or u wont get them later on, its always packed for the summer there.

Another one that I reccommend is Pakwash pretty far cause all the way past Red Lake close to Manitoba border, but still its pretty nice place to go hiking but u need the whole week if u wanna stay there cause no point driving so far to come back in three days or so.

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Originally posted by chanoa cypress lake or bruce penisula national park, just south of tobermory...the water is freezing, but it is incredibly beautiful, and most important, great rock-jumping. There are also underwater grottos, good hiking, a shallow beach area, dog swim. It is (i think) the leading area in Ontario for scuba diving, due to the grottos and wrecks off the coast. Tobermory is 20 mins away. very quaint village, with some great touristy shops, restaurants and a harbour for charters.

You got that right Andrea. Bruce peninsula is absolutely gorgeous. Really nice camp sites and trails everwhere!! Couldn't ask for a better camping spot.

http://www.algonquinpark.on.ca/ - Cannisby lake so beautiful there...

or if you want to go far away go anywhere around here:
http://www.city.kenora.on.ca/index.html

No such thing..

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cypress lake or bruce penisula national park, just south of tobermory...the water is freezing, but it is incredibly beautiful, and most important, great rock-jumping. There are also underwater grottos, good hiking, a shallow beach area, dog swim. It is (i think) the leading area in Ontario for scuba diving, due to the grottos and wrecks off the coast. Tobermory is 20 mins away. very quaint village, with some great touristy shops, restaurants and a harbour for charters. -andrea-

OH YEA... this is where we used to go every year as a family! fuckn beautiful... not the best if u figure ull be getting loud adn shit tho.. it really is a family massive campground and the OPP do patrol it... tho ive only seen them once or twice and i think it was bc someone found a rattler in their camp site and they came to help deal w/ that.

now usually when we go, we go to a place called Maple Ridge in Miller Lake... its not nearly as nice... but we can set up shop there and the ppl who run it know us know and dont mind when we come and cause all the freakin' noise that we cause... camping always involves alot of acohol and weed and shrooms! hence we are a very loud bunch when u get like 14-18 of us.

i love camping, cant wait to do some more of that this summer... we're thinking of bring a generator and maybe even setting up some decks... heheheheh, thatd be uber sweet, we'll hafta see whut happens!!

~Jem~

i usually go country camping every year. it's pretty cool.

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Originally posted by Projekt4.o Yeah Killbear is a wicked place to camp to bad its provincial so they dont allow u to drink as much as on private ones, but still u got to improvise with the alcohol if you drink, they dont come and check it often maybe once at night and u can see them coming anyway from far away. Cliffs are wicked there, and yeah u got go on ur own risk, jumped few times, have to say on those cliffs the big ones its pretty deep. If u wanna go and get some camp sites try to book them now or u wont get them later on, its always packed for the summer there. Another one that I reccommend is Pakwash pretty far cause all the way past Red Lake close to Manitoba border, but still its pretty nice place to go hiking but u need the whole week if u wanna stay there cause no point driving so far to come back in three days or so.

Thats why you have to go to the French River. Tons of free camping spots along the river. You pick which ever spot suits you best and camp there. Tons of cliff jumping spots. The bonus......you can drink all you want

killbear for cliff jumping..
wooohooo!

Havent been to too many different ones, but for the past 3 years my friends and I have become regulars at Pinery Provincial Park. Its right by Lake Huron. If you get the sites closest to the dunes they're the best. Go towards the beginning or end of a season and miles of beach are all yours!

Kledora's and Cleodu's campground near Hicksville Ontario!
It's great!

I've been to nearly every provincial park in Ontario. All have their own special charms...

http://ontarioparks.com/

Sandbanks.

So far, my favorite is Bon Echo...
Great view for photos/drawings, enough hiking trails to last awhile (I went on all of them, including their longest one, which took my buddy and I around 7 hours to complete at a moderate pace with breaks and all). Did a fair bit of kayaking too. Only complaint, the beach...

This year, Killbear and Pinery are on my must visit list.

The pinery outside of grand bend is a pretty sweet spot.
You have to be careful when you go though because sometimes they have alcohol free weekends and will kick you out in the middle of the night if you get caught.
If its a normal weekend though its a lot of fun, and grand bend is great in the summer.

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Originally posted by shanny and grand bend is great in the summer.

oh yea...

...but Wasaga > Grand Bend

Suppose I wanted to throw some big-assed beach bash, complete with copious amounts of People, Tunes and.. Well, More Liquor..

Suggestions?

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Originally posted by muzzybear Sandbanks.

about 20 minutes from the cottage.. we're actually close to both 'outlet' and the actual sandbanks.. don't let the name outlet fool you - both beaches are beautiful..

(and i'm pretty sure there's a third beach nearby but we've never been)

lots of campground area around

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Originally posted by MaxTO So far, my favorite is Bon Echo... Great view for photos/drawings, enough hiking trails to last awhile (I went on all of them, including their longest one, which took my buddy and I around 7 hours to complete at a moderate pace with breaks and all). Did a fair bit of kayaking too. Only complaint, the beach...

Wow I'm shocked you said Bon Echo Provincial Park...usually know has ever heard of it when i talk about it. My best friend has a cottage on Mazinaw lake (same as the park) which i've been going to for the past 18 years of my life. I love it, it is the deepest lake in ontario, besides the great lakes and the "Mazinaw Rock" goes exactly the same height above the water as it does below almost 400 feet. A great place to hike around and get lost on, as carney and I did this summer, and almost ended up scalling down the front of the rock... TERRIBLE!

http://www.lennox-addington.on.ca/tourism/bonecho.html

Danielle

directions to killbear?

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directions to killbear?

Killbear Provincial Park
P.O. Box 71
Nobel, Ontario
P0G 1G0
705-342-5492

use MapQuest for driving instructions

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Wow I'm shocked you said Bon Echo Provincial Park...usually know has ever heard of it when i talk about it. My best friend has a cottage on Mazinaw lake (same as the park) which i've been going to for the past 18 years of my life. I love it, it is the deepest lake in ontario, besides the great lakes and the "Mazinaw Rock" goes exactly the same height above the water as it does below almost 400 feet. A great place to hike around and get lost on, as carney and I did this summer, and almost ended up scalling down the front of the rock... TERRIBLE! http://www.lennox-addington.on.ca/tourism/bonecho.html Danielle

Yah, whenever I try to tell people about Bon Echo, I get puzzled looks. Although it is one of the more popular spots for artists. Some trails can get somewhat confusing (like the long one, going around the 3 small lakes), but the one on the actual rock was fairly easy to navigate. Hated the snakes though. Lots of deer. Taking a kayak out, stopping by the rock for lunch, jumping off of it, now that was fun!
I'll probably go back for a weekend this year (spent a whole week 2 years ago).

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Originally posted by VERTiG0 I highly suggest Mara Provincial Park on Lake Simcoe up north. Best beach I've seen in Ontario, and a truly beautiful area to be in.

I use to go swimming there as a kid. They didn't have showers so we opted to go camping at some other park nearby.
But Mara Park use to have paddle boats and my cousin and i would go on adventures! lol But we quickly stopped exploring the swampy areas when we found turtles with leeches on them.

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