My husband and I stayed at Georgian Bay Park for 9 nights in September. The park is immaculate, the…read morewashrooms and showers are new and clean. I found the owner very approachable and friendly. Also contacted the Camp host and he was very helpful. I would stay here again definitely. Situated in a beautiful area of a beach resort community and close to Barrie, Collingwood and other major centers as well.

My family and I were there for 4 nights and we had an amazing time. We chose to RV this trip and…read morethe sites were beautiful, they included electricity, water, and sewage. The owner Don would drive by the sites every day and make sure everything was okay. Along with Don, the staff there is very friendly and always willing to help! Beautiful trails and scenery along with a watchtower looking over the water. If I could rate this park 6 stars I would, highly recommend for you and your family.

The wife and I stayed here for a week and really enjoyed the experience ,…read morethe staff were really helpful and friendly.The campsites were very clean and nicely laid out.The laundry area and restrooms were very clean.

I had a bad experience at this location. I had clearly indicated I would be bringing a small tent…read morewhen I booked but it became apparent that my booking had not been reviewed at all until I arrived. I was told I could not stay and "didn't have to comer back". I felt awful at the apathy of these people who seemed entirely unmoved that my vacation with my son was ruined by their incompetence and carelessness. NOT WORTHY OF THE KOA BANNER!

Campground was good. Very very busy on weekends with kids and tents. Sites are close together. It…read morewas much nicer and quieter in the back of the park (ADULTS ONLY). You will get 1-3 over air channels, be prepared to bring a book. The WiFi was slow only because everyone was using it.

My family has been going to this campground since I was a child, and we have absolutely fell in…read morelove with this place. It is our home away from home, where I met my bestfriend, and continue to go back year after year. The staff is incredible and remember their guests year after year. I would especially recommend this campground to families with children due to the immense number of daily events and activities. Overall, my top vacation spot to relax during the summer!

Last year the park was very well maintained. This year under need ownership it is terrible. They…read moresporadically cut the grass, power issues. They brought in cabins, but they are renting them without them being fully setup. They are advertising that you can launch a boat on the lake. I am not sure where you would do that, I don't think it is possible. Even if you could they lake is not big enough for a boat and there are snapping turtles and leeches in it.

under new management who have no clue what they are doing. do yourself a favor and go elsewhere…read more grounds are not maintained and Joni e on site when you arrive. if I could I would give negative star rating.

My BF and I have been camping since we started dating and this year we decided to branch out from…read moreour car camping. I picked a new location, The Massasauga Provincial Park and we set to our adventure. Here is a breakdown of the weekend: 1. Arrive at the information point and mention that we have a site. The girl there gives me a map of the access point and sends me on my way. 45 minutes later we find out that at the information point is where we get our Canoe (BTW- no one told me I was strapping a canoe to my car!) and register... back to the information office. 2, 1.5 hours later we get in the canoe and head to our site. there were 5 portages, 1 of which wasn't labelled accurately and there wasn't a defined trail, another didn't even have the sign up!. Anyways, we finally arrive at our very isolated site, only to find that it was a site on a rock surrounded by marsh (site 108 if you ever care to go). 3. We high tailed it back to the last site we saw that looked vacant (Site 107) - it was 45 minutes away from 108 and we set up camp as the sun went down. This site was brilliant. On a beautiful isolated lake. We never saw another human the entire time. Brilliant location. 4. On our return, there was another portage that wasn't labeled that also led us to the labeled exit which wasn't actually an exit. We have to go thru the beaver trees to get over to the other lake. The reason why I am giving this park an A-Ok is because although we went thru absolute intensity to get to our site, it was the most beautiful site and most beautiful lake I have seen. Ontario has some incredible landscape and this was no exception. I highly recommend you check out the sites on Massasauga and perhaps only endure 1 or 2 portages. all of the sites were fabulous minus 108.

Beautiful paddling in Georgian Bay area! You will see lots of cottages, though. Most campsites…read moreare generous and well maintained, though popular ones will often show signs of use. Knowledge of your route before you go in is important. Most kayakers access through Pete's place because there are fewer portages to surrounding campsites. Canoe rentals also seem to happen at Pete's Place. There is also an access point at 3 Legged Lake. Be cautious if you are planning on bringing a canoe out into the more open water of Georgian Bay.

I'm not going to pretend that I am an expert at anything camping. This was a nice Saturday drive,…read moreright up to our reserved spot at Killbear, complete with a designated firepit and list of infractions to keep the place clean and safe. What a beautiful piece of country; Parry Sound and Georgian Bay. Trying to disconnect with the fam and enjoying some homemade burgers and roasting marshmallows, I cannot overstate the tranquility of nature and small slice of Canadiana here. Sure, we shleped to Tim's the next day for coffee and drove back, but enjoyed a long track to Lookout Point, with neither rattlesnake or Bear to be found. I guess it might be considered 'Glamping,' with restrooms and clean showers right across. But its definately a safe place for the kids to bike, hike and enjoy each other's company as a throwback to simpler times. Definately worth the 2 hour drive, but book in advance! -Zuk

From my 2019 review: This is one of my favourite parks, and as a veteran camper, who has many…read morepleasant memories of Killbear, I cannot reduce it's rating. I say this, because we had few unfortunate experiences on our last trip. First, the positives of Killbear: - beautiful, unspoiled, Canadian Shield scenery - spectacular rocky shores, which you can use as a swimming platform, and then you don't get sand in your tent - not one, but two, dog beaches; they love the doggos! - large campsites The downsides - the campsites are large, but choose carefully, as many lack privacy and are very exposed. The old growth forest means that there is little bushy undergrowth to hide you from your neighbours (I like privacy! My dogs need it or they just bark. Then we get in trouble, sometimes) - you can't buy ice in the park, but you have to drive out to get it Update 2020: Killbear is such a beautiful park, AND now you can buy ice there!! This time, we were in Lighthouse A, which I would highly recommend. Close to the beach and nice hiking trails, but choose your site wisely and pay attention to the descriptions on the website when you reserve. If it rates privacy as "poor", then be prepared for a fully exposed site. That said, there are many beautiful sites, and TWO dog beaches. This year, the Anti-Fun, Anti-Noise Police-like Neighbors did not appear (do I sound resentful? You bet I am. Last year we had to leave a day early because of these noise fanatics. Really, they should have gone on a yoga retreat. This is family camping, people, not a monastery. We paid a fee when we reserved; we did not take a vow of silence). OK, I'm done the rant. Now, back to how great this park is. It is simply beautiful. The lake is wonderful: not the Muskoka soggy bottom lake, but nice, hard granite of Georgian Bay. The granite itself is beautiful. We had such a great vacation! Go off the grid! Try it!

Absolute hands down my favourite provincial park I've camped at- so much so that I have been there…read moreat least 5 years, and always between the same 2 sites. Ok, let's get the cons out the way, but first you have to know typically when I camp, I want NOTHING to do with humanity, at least as much as possible. Peace and QUIET is what I camp for with the occasional spattering of cottage-goer type activity. So those cons? 1. The train tracks are DIRECTLY across the road from the entrance to this exceptionally small park and are used frequently, sometimes late at night. Tracks so close that your tent, if not properly pegged down, may rumble off your site! not quite that bad - not *quite*. You can't get away from the sound. It's quite peaceful when it starts off in the distance... and when it honks it's horn right as it rumbles along side the park... let's just say I've jumped once or twice from it 2. The highway across the lake... it sounds like it's much closer than that. The nice part of the highway is it eventually blends into the background. And that friends, is the end of the cons There are a ton of activities at this park - a hiking trail that begins beside the tracks across the road and leads all the way to Georgian Bay, passes a marsh with lookouts and continues through the forest. Canoes, paddle boats and SUP (I think) can all be rented from the store and the lake is small enough you can paddle most of it in an afternoon. Swimming is incredible at this park and if you're not anti social as I am, there is a wonderfully large beach on the west side of the park where you can walk out for a couple hundred feet or so before you can't touch the bottom. And the best part... there is cliff jumping!! My sister faces the cliff for jumping from, which I have doomed many times- but not from the highest jump #toonervous Seriously, if you want to experience camping with your own piece of paradise that has private waterfront access, and has almost all the amenities that cottaging does... YOU'VE FOUND YOUR CAMPGROUND!!

Our site here was beautiful. There are a couple of site right along the lake, and there's nothing…read morebetter than being able to jump in the lake right from your temporary home. (Tip: 129,130,131 and there are few on the other side) Sites however, are pretty close together, and some in the oddest of places which remained empty all weekend. Between sites, are barely a few trees, if you're lucky enough, so if you're looking for something more private, I would avoid this park. I saw some sites where you're dining with your neighbour the entire time. I think there must be more trees in my neighbourhood at back in the city. I was also shocked and annoyed by the freight train that rumbles and honks its horn very loudly. Friday night, it was happening almost every hour until past 12am, less on the weekend, but unavoidable. Everytime it happened, it reminded me that I'm not secluded in the woods and that I will have to back to the city. It was great when it was quiet. They also had some weird rule about having only 1 car parked at your site, even though in most cases, there clearly was enough space. I don't know if this was just a cash grab of $12 a night, but highly inconvenient. This was the first place I've seen with non-outhouse toilets scattered about. They were even cleaner than the comfort stations (area with showers). That was nice for someone like me. There's not much to do here really, and it is perfect for those who want to just relax and not do much. Swim in the lake and enjoy being outdoors. For hiking, you'll have to drive 30mins to Seguin park as there are no trails here. They have canoe rentals (with ridiculous policies, more on that later), but really can go just around the lake and not much to see. There's a beach, but it's not big, and the sand was damp with tire marks. It seemed like the type of place you would stay, but during the day venture out to do other things. There was even movie times posted in the office for Parry Sound, and wondering if that is an activity people do here. Do not trust the signage in the office. For some reason they are wrong and are not updated. The girls in there, would give conflicting information and was extremely confused the more questions we asked. It was frustrating. Our canoe rental experience here has prompted us to go and purchase our own, as this was probably most convoluted process I've experienced. They state in the newspaper and signs that a full day rental $42, 4 hours $25. Apparently a full day means 8am-4pm, and not overnight. The canoe has to be returned at 3pm or 3:30pm (depends who you ask) as the office closes at 4pm. We had assumed that full day meant an overnight rental (we also called to confirm) so Saturday morning we weren't in a rush to go get the canoe or use it. most other parks have this policy. When we got to the office around 1pm, we were told we had to return the canoe at 4pm or be charged a penalty of $42. We only had the option of renting it at $25. Now if they just had stated an overnight rental would be $67.... After checking if there was other places to rent a canoe, we decided on the now 3 hours of canoe. But then filling out the paper work (she was so slow!) and then going out to check the scratches on the canoe so thoroughly like rental car ate into our paid canoeing time at least 30mins. And we were the only ones renting, so what was the fuss. There was also a $500 deposit. Upon returning the canoe she almost forgot that we rented 2 canoes, and therefore should be owed $1000 back. I wasn't impressed by the whole thing more infuriated by the consistent information given to us by the office. The area is great, but probably would only come back to this park wiser, with our own canoe, and stay longer (so that going out to excursions wouldn't seem like it was so wasteful) just to have access to the beautiful lake.

This is a review for day-use only, as the park is actually closed for camping during this time of…read morethe year. There are a couple of day-use lots on the outside of the actual park for locals to use, I don't believe you can drive into the park proper to use it for day use. At the time we visited, Orillia was close to peak color, so it was a fantastic time. It was a nice day for a hike, and there were quite a few other people using the park as well -- there's a little beach area in the day use part as well as a playground and places for taking your dog on leash. We went and followed the trails in the park, there seems to be a few that can be used, one in the treeline and one along the lake. You can make a decent little loop of a couple of kilometers. There's nothing incredibly challenging about this little hike, to be honest, but the tree colors make for some gorgeous photos. I'll definitely want to come back and visit here and go camping during the season. A really lovely provincial park!