Iain Leitch Photography

Our latest camping trip was to Murphy's Point Provincial Park on June 19–20. We stayed at site 197, which we'd stayed at before back in 2021. Murphy's Point is great as it's about a 1.5-hour drive from my home in Ottawa, and it's a well-managed and well-kept park. I find there are always people around, but it never books up fully, and the sites are spread far enough apart to make it feel private. We like site 197 as it's a bit on its own, and is right beside a water tap and a short walk to the vault toilets, or a bit longer walk to the comfort station if that's more your style. Once we had camp all set up, we wanted to go for a hike before it rained, as it was calling for scattered storms later that evening. Since my wife and I had been to this park before, we had done most of the trails except for Loon Lake (which is a loop) and McParlan House Trail (which is a there-and-back trail that branches off the Loon Lake Loop). My wife is pregnant, so we wanted som...

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...