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The Bugs Won: Our Trip to Lake St Peter Provincial Park

My wife's and my first car camping trip of the year was to a new park for us. We went to Lake St Peter Provincial Park, which is located about 20-30 minutes north of Bancroft. It is an interestingly shaped park with the campsites located on a peninsula, but the majority of the park is on the mainland, which has a few trails. We stayed at the park June 5-6, and even though it was a nice park, I would not recommend going there at that time of June. The bugs were horrendous and so thick that they could carry you away if they were organized enough. We also had a good amount of rain for our one-night trip, which is never fun when camping. We stayed at site 23, which is fairly open and lacks privacy on the front and one side. Behind the site is the main comfort station, which is down the hill from the site. The park has two beaches, one within the campground and one at the day-use area. The day-use beach is much nicer and bigger, but the campground one would have more privacy. The park h...