Camping at Bon Echo Provincial Park in Cloyne, Ontario.
Watch some of the highlights of our family weekend stay in Fairway, Bon Echo Provincial Park!!
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Drone footage: Bon Echo Provincial Park.
Bon Echo Provincial Park is a provincial park in southeastern Ontario north of Kaladar, approximately 6 kilometers north of Cloyne. Bon Echo features several lakes, including part of Mazinaw Lake, the seventh-deepest lake in Ontario.
Bon Echo Provincial Park Ontario Canada Oct 2017
Bon Echo Provincial Park is a provincial park in southeastern Ontario north of Kaladar, approximately 6 kilometres north of Cloyne. Bon Echo features several lakes, including part of Mazinaw Lake, the seventh-deepest lake in Ontario
Camping / RVing 2019: Eastern & Central Ontario (Bon Echo, Murphy's Pt, Driftwood, Algonquin & more)
Late June 2019, found Ranger and crew headed to Eastern and Central Ontario in our 17 Ram Copper Head and Flagstaff 26RBWS, visiting provincial parks from distant childhood memories – they didn’t disappoint.
Our drive east on Hwy 7, past the small Central Ontario communities of Havelock, Marmora, Madoc and Kaladar, brought us to Sharbot Lake Provincial Park. The park is surrounded by Hwy 7 to the north – and an important note here, some of the sites are right next to the road so choose your site carefully if the sound of traffic bothers you – and Black and Sharbot Lakes to the south. Sharbot Lake is a small park. Hiking the park was enjoyable and the call of the loons in the evening was enchanting, but this is not what we’d call a ‘destination campground’- rather, a perfect weekend spot or stop for travelling RVers.
Backtracking on Hwy 7 a short distance, we picked up Hwy 41 and headed north through the towns of Northbrook and Cloyne to Bon Echo Provincial Park. Bon Echo is a large park with lots to see and explore including the 100 metre high Mazinaw Rock featuring over 260 Indigenous pictographs, hiking trails from 1 to 17 km in length and canoe and kayak rentals. Unfortunately the Interpretive Boat Tours on Mazinaw Lake weren’t operating when we there because of damage done to the docks by the spring’s unusually high water level. The park also has an interesting visitor centre but it has limited hours (in June) and wasn’t open during our stay. Bon Echo also has a great pet beach Ranger loved. And for you RVers, the park has the best trailer dump facilities we have ever encountered – two lanes, long to prevent traffic from clogging park roads, they were even tilted slightly to help tanks drain – every other provincial park should take note – this is how it’s done.
Heading further east and south brought us to Murphy’s Point Provincial Park. Located on Big Rideau Lake, the park’s sites are well shaded…and somewhat hilly in areas. The beach was quite small (and crowded) but the tour of the Silver Queen Mine, an early 1900s mica mine, and other regular interpretive programs (offered from end of June to Labour Day) were very interesting. The town of Perth, considered by some Ontario’s prettiest town, is only a 15 minute drive from the park and offers shopping, dining – even theatre.
We next headed 250 kms north, on Hwy 17 kms, past Arnprior, Renfrew, Pembroke, Petawawa and Deep River (a great spot to reprovision btw), to Driftwood Provincial Park, right on the Ottawa River and Quebec border. Driftwood is a small and remote park but many of the sites are right on the beach with panoramic views of the Upper Ottawa River and Quebec’s Laurentian Mountains. A quick note about the beach – Driftwood comes by its name honestly - the beach is covered with driftwood. It’s picturesque but can present hazards – sandals or water shoes are a must. While the waterfront sites have limited privacy, no hydro (electricity) and some have limited swing room when backing in a trailer, they do have stunning sunsets.
From Driftwood we headed south and west into Central Ontario to Algonquin Provincial Park. The park is huge (772300ha) with Hwy 60 transiting 56kms of the southern section of the park where you’ll find 8 different campgrounds including Pog Lake, where we camped. Algonquin is amazing: rugged hills and forests, 1000’s of lakes, incredible wildlife and great attractions – the Visitor Centre and Logging Museums are absolute must see’s. The park is a photographer’s dream with hiking galore. There’s even a couple of lodges that offer dining inside the park.
Having said all that, we did find the campground had an unusual vibe – not nearly as friendly as most other provincial parks (at least while we were there) we’ve visited. And considering the vast number of campers Algonquin attracts, we were surprised by the limited trailer sanitation facilities – only one dump station, and nothing like Bon Echo’s – fortunately for us it was very quiet there mid-week when we departed.
Killbear Provincial Park never disappoints – many campsites are large and private. The beaches are sandy, the trails gentle and picturesque and the wildlife is plentiful – neighbours had a young black bear up a tree on their site for over an hour.
There’s a great fish restaurant, Gilly’s, just 10 minutes outside the park in Snug Harbour, serving fresh caught Georgian Bay perch and pickerel and Parry Sound has plentiful shopping – and fantastic pizza to take back to camp from Maurizio’s.
This was a peaceful trip filled with great memories. Other than Killbear, we hadn’t been to these parks in 25 years or more….and we realized we won’t wait near that long to return. For us, Algonquin and Bon Echo were highlights (for quite different reasons mind you) and it continued to remind us that it's true what our licence plates say: Ontario IS…Yours to Discover.
Bon Echo Provincial Park 50th Anniversary Celebration
On July 21st, 2015 Bon Echo Park celebrated 50 years of service at the park amphitheatre. Acting Park Superintendent Clark Richards opened the presentation followed by NHE Leader Lisa Roach. Lisa gave an overview of the formation of Bon Echo beginning with Dr. Weston Price and ending with Merrill Denison.
Several past Park Superintendents and employees attended the celebration together with Friends of Bon Echo volunteers and members of the public. Jesse Parent performed his song 'Bon Echo' for the audience.
Bon Echo Provincial Park - Canoe-In Camping - August 2016
An edit of our canoe-in camping trip at Bon Echo Provincial Park, Cloyne, Ontario, Canada.
Edited and created by my brother, Brendan.
Filmed by myself and Brendan.
Shot on a GoPro HERO4 Black.
The song is called Hope (Original Mix) by Tubo.
Bon Echo Mazinaw Campground Trails
This video is about easy walking trails that wind through the Mazinaw campgrounds in Bon Echo Provincial Park in Cloyne, Ontario.
Bon Echo Provincial Park is a canoe lover's paradise outside of Toronto
Bon Echo Provincial Park is where canoe enthusiasts go to get in an epic paddle. Massive, dramatic cliffs are the perfect backdrop or paddling companion for your canoe ride. These cliffs are over 200 metres tall and some of them even have Indigenous pictographs from over hundreds of years ago. Find it at 16151 Highway 41 in Cloyne, Ontario.
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Ontario Bikepacking - Day 3 & 4 - Denbigh to Sharbot Lake via the Trans-Canada Trail (FOOD!)
Bikepacking route through Crown land in Eastern Ontario Canada around Sharbot Lake Provincial Park and Bon Echo Provincial Park.
Day 3 & 4 took us from Massanoga around Bon Echo Provincial Park through some Crown land along logging roads like Forest Access Road Hughes Landing Road near Skootamatta Lake before reaching Cloyne and Northbrook on Highway 41. We skipped a beach at Merrill Lake but found a nice swimming spot and resupplied food for the first time in 3 days. The descents were nice as was the flat Trans-Canada Trail we took from Kaladar all the way back to Sharbot Lake.
This video series is part of a project submitted to Bikepacking.com. View the full route here:
The route was inspired by the map produced by the Eastern Ontario Trails Alliance which you can view at thetrail.ca.
Filmed entirely on a Canon G7X Mark II and a GoPro Hero.
Bikes used were the Kona Unit with WTB Trail Boss tires & the Kona Rove AL with Clement X’Plor MSO tires. Bags are a mix of Revelate, Blackburn and DIY.
Here are some links to other pieces of gear we had:
Bike saddle (Brooks Cambium)
Camera (Canon G7X Mark II)
Water filter (Sawyer Mini Squeeze)
Stove (Etekcity ultralight stove with piezo)
Bowl (GSI stainless steel cup/pot)
Cages (Blackburn Outpost Bottle Cages)
Multitool (CruzTools Outback’r)
Water bottle (Platypus SoftBottle 1L)
Insect net (Ben's InvisiNet)
Bug spray (Ben’s 30% DEET)
Summer sleeping bag (SOL Escape Bivvy)
Sleeping pad (Klymit Insulated Static V)
Headlamp (Fenix HL60R)
First aid kit (Adventure Medical Ultralight and Watertight .3)
Pillow (Klymit Pillow X)
Six Moon Designs Haven Tarp
Six Moon Designs Haven NetTent
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Bon Echo Provincial Park: Fall on the High Pines Trail (October 2018)
Both excellent fall colours and an abundance of wildlife can be spotted on the High Pines Trail at Bon Echo Provincial Park. While squirrels can often be found in the forest, a garter snake was also spotted. This trail also takes the visitor over the rocky terrain of the Canadian Shield.
This video was shot in mid-October, 2018 north of Cloyne, ON.
Back roading on Hwy 41 in Ontario : Nancy Today
North of Bon Echo Provincial Park
BON ECHO PROVINCIALPARK | TRAVEL VIDEO | -BACK COUNTRY CAMPING CANADA
Bon Echo Provincial Park is a provincial park in South Eastern Ontario north of Kaladar, Ontario, approximately 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) north of Cloyne.
We went for back country camping on may 2018 and was amazed by the beauty of this park.
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Kishor Shrestha
Roshan Giri
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2014 Buses at Bon Echo
Here's another Westfalia Way time-lapse video for your viewing pleasure...
This one was recorded at Buses at Bon Echo over September 27 & 28 2014.
Bon Echo is a beautiful park in south eastern Ontario and autumn is definitely a fabulous time to visit. Not as many buses shown but there were around 40 scattered about the campground. Instead most of this video is from the sun setting against the Mazinaw Rock followed by sunrise at our campsite.
Music is Life Is A Dream by David Celia from his 2010 album I Tried.
Camping 2016 - Bon Echo Ontario Provincial Park // Darya Sadeghi
all clips shot on my iPhone 6
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Experience Bon Echo Ontario Parks camping
Pictures and video of campsites in popular Ontario Parks campgrounds, plus pictures of all the Trails in Algonquin Park along the highway 60 corridor! If you're camping with Ontario parks, we're a great place to start!
CampsitePictures.com Pictures and video of campsites in popular Ontario Provincial Parks campgrounds, plus pictures of all the trails in Algonquin Park along the highway 60 corridor!
Experience the Parks of Ontario
Experience the Parks of Ontario.
Special thanks to Parks Ontario, Algonquin Park, Bon Echo Park, and Silent Lake Park for making this video possible.
Watch the mini doc on the wildlife research in Algonquin Park here:
Bon Echo 2017
Song: Rock Angel - Joakim Karud (do not own rights to song)
Bon Echo Campgrounds
Cloyne, Ontario, Canada
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Going to swimming class at Bon Echo, Cloyne Ontario
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EXPLORING BON ECHO
Our camping trip to Bon Echo Provincial Park located in Ontario, Canada on June 3rd-4th, 2017.
STUDIO_O at Bon Echo Provincial Park 15/7/20147
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