For years we talked about staying on Canoe Lake in Massassauga Provincial Park. We would often stop and walk the portage between Spider Lake and Canoe Lake. You can only see a small part of the lake from the put-in, so the rest of the lake remained a mystery. It is a very pretty portage, . . . Read More about Canoe Lake
Massasauga Provincial Park
Vicary Lake and Spider Lake
We have talked about staying on Vicary Lake ever since we paddled through it on the way to Creswick Lake many years ago. We had a memory of the sites being very close together so we only wanted to go if we knew the people on the other site. Finally, we were able to book . . . Read More about Vicary Lake and Spider Lake
Massasauga Rattlesnake
“What is that weird sound?” “Wait – there it is again.” The thought my husband had just moments before noticing a large, coiled snake just to the right of his foot. He suddenly knew what that weird sound was – it was a rattle. This realization happened at the exact moment he started slowly backing . . . Read More about Massasauga Rattlesnake
Spider Lake, Clear Lake, Spider Lake
We did a happy dance around the computer the night we booked this trip. On our first try we got all the sites we wanted, in the order we wanted them, for the length of time we wanted. This has never happened in all the years we have been booking long trips through the Ontario . . . Read More about Spider Lake, Clear Lake, Spider Lake
Spider Lake and Clear Lake in the Rain
Our dog turned one, just before his first big canoe trip. He had been to Bon Echo for a weekend to learn to sleep in a tent; then he had been to Mountain Lake in the Kawartha Highlands Provincial Park for his first canoe camping trip. Now for the test, a 12 day trip to . . . Read More about Spider Lake and Clear Lake in the Rain
Massasauga – Spider – Creswieke
We made the last minute decision to add three days to the start of our trip to Massasauga Provincial Park. We booked one of the few sites still available, site 19 on Spider Lake. Site 19 is a campsite just across the lake from site 16 where we had originally planned to start our trip. . . . Read More about Massasauga – Spider – Creswieke
Black Flies and Bathrooms
When he suggested buying a mesh tent to hang over the Thunderbox I thought he had lost his mind. We are not wimps. People will think we are ridiculous. We’ve camped for 30 years without one. It will cost money. My list of reasons for not doing this was long, but boy was I wrong. . . . Read More about Black Flies and Bathrooms