Great Lake access with places to sit in the shade. Clean lake with light traffic and warm water.

We visited as part of our Lake Sharbot Experience in the spring - We paid an entry fee to the Sharbot Lake Provincial Park and went on their popular Discovery Trail with plenty of scenic lookouts. The park office also provided us with a pamphlet noting areas to stop on the way and wildlife to look for. It was a short hike with plenty of views to take in as we climbed the land which divided Black Lake from Sharbot Lake. read more

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This small provincial park is located between two lakes and spans across two sides. We came here on a off holiday weekend in August, and booked campsite #86 a premium site, right off the lakeside. There's a bunch of them like this, some better than others. The park itself is small. There's one small hiking trail (about 1 hr) that leads you around the lake - it's okay, but bring some bug repellant for a stretch I was running away from flies. There's also a small mini ridge hike, but once you get to the top don't bother going further along the trail as it just stops at the edge of the cliff with nothing interesting. The park offers two small beaches with a blocked off swimming spot. You can rent canoes at reasonable rates ($36 for 12 hrs, $30 for 4 hours, $25 for 2 hours) and kayaks (single and double). You can go into Black Lake, and it's about a 1.5 hour roundabout - you might be able to catch sight of some turtles The campsite was lovely, and clean. Lots of space for 2 tents. It was unfortunate we were beside some obnoxious people, who over parked their cars (max 2 on the site, they had 3), and talked extremely loud after sunset (in the summertime that's about 10pm) and into midnight. They left their dogs unattended a lot (on the table and in the unlocked car) and got them barking throughout the evening. I think they went to play on the huge grassy lot. And they left their fire unattended a lot as well. There was another site (part of the same park) across the lake that was BLARING loud music (turned out they had a full speaker system on their site) - could be good or bad depending on your mood, but at least they quieted down around 6pm. I'm just saying all this to prove that there needs to be more frequent ranger patrols for the sake of other campers. But, when they were quiet, the park is very quiet. It's extremely peaceful. The facilities here were REALLY CLEAN. The cleanest I've seen in the comfort stations as the campsite. Very Very few bugs in the the shower and bathroom. It never smelled. The showers were normally clean, with hot water and good water pressure. They clean this at 1pm-2pm, not at peak times which is nice. They did have outhouses though, instead of the other half bathrooms i've seen at other sites. I would recommend this for a 2-3 day trip. There is a lot to explore in the area, but not necessarily in the park itself. If you want something with more activities and a longer stay, Bon Echo would be your best bet, not too far away. read more

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Beautiful beach plus access to Sharbot lake. The bathrooms are clean and well kept. Overall a very clean and friendly park.

While taking a walk at night time to go down to the water I was approached by two park rangers supposedly questioning us about some illegal fireworks that were fired earlier in the evening. I heard the fireworks myself and told them where they were coming from. Park ranger Steve Flynn then got out of his truck and started posing more questions about everything including my appearance. I felt insulted..... We were told that we matched the description of the people firing off fireworks. He was obviously lying because when he described us he was looking at exactly what we were wearing at the time. He then made us empty our pockets, asked us where we were from, and our camp #. We later discovered them searching our campsite, shining lights in our tent when we got back. At this point it was well after 10pm. They then circled twice around our site for 1 hr in their truck finally coming out to disturb us once more after having ran our plate numbers. We were told to get out of our tent once again to talk with them. Appalling experience. What a shame... We were wrongfully accused, disrespected and treated like criminals. Outhouses must be 30 years old. it's also noisy. read more

It is a beautiful place period. The loons will keep you up all night. The major problem is the guy that drives his motorboat around all day and all night, and then caps it all off with fireworks from 9-11pm. This guy terrorizes loons! It has me thinking that if I ever seen this person it would get ugly. The wake of his boat has killed off most of the eco-system. When you see that, you get polarized. You get angry. Otherwise, 5 stars! This should never be. read more

While camping at Sharbot Lake camp site, our group with 4 married couples and kids got several warnings for "loud noise" while having a family dinner around 9 - 10 pm by Steve Flynn. We did not have ANY music on, or guitar plating, just a normal tone of voice was used. We did not have any complaints from fellow campers around. The park warden, Steve Flynn, could not even give a legit reason while giving us a fine for an "excess noise"; the park warden, Steve Flynn was extremely rude, unprofessional and unfair. It was an awful experience, being treated without any respect and dignity. Absolutely no privacy, rude and unprofessional staff, constantly someone checking up on you, terrible camp sites so close to each other. Our group ended up going to a private campsite 45 min away from Sharbot, on Second Depot Lake for the rest of the weekend; it was 100% better and satisfying. Campsites were large and private, beautiful scenery, professional and friendly staff, beautiful lake and beach, pleasurable stay altogether. It was an unfortunate experience dealing with unprofessional and unskilled staff of Sharbot lake camp site that made our camping experience there very unpleasant. read more