S03E01 Bruce Peninsula National Park, Cyprus Lake Campground Review.
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- Äas pĆidĂĄn 19. 06. 2021
- We finally made it. Season 3 of our reviews of Ontario Provincial Parks started a few weeks late due to the pandemic, but we're here now. In Episode 1 we review the Cyprus Lake Campground and all the great new upgrades to the park. We also review the horrendous new dump station. Stay tuned to the end of the video for a real time update from Parks Canada as to what they are doing to fix the problems.
In the next episode we will be visiting Long Point Provincial Park. Happy Camping!
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Good on Parks Canada for not only responding to your email but for acting promptly and keeping you informed.
Good on YOU for elevating your concerns in such a positive way as to have such meaningful impact.
Iâm a fellow Ontarioian who has been camping the provincial parks for 50 years. I love your channel. Keep up the great work and positive attitude
Much appreciated. Happy camping!
Really enjoying your videos. Have watched all of season 4 so far and am now going back and watching your older videos to find information about parks I have not been to yet. Thanks again.
Fantastic video! Thanks so much for all the great information. Absolutely LOVE the Bruce Peninsula! â„ïž
I am so excited to see you back!! Thank you.
Thanks. We are soooo happy to be back. Happy camping!
Wow! Great feedback and follow up to/from Parks Canada!
Loved how excited you got for the graphic! Made me laugh. Thank you for posting this.
I'm glad you liked it. I'm a novice at video production and editing so I was excited to make the graphic with our own truck and trailer in it. Cheryl doesn't get excited over such things and she laughs at me nerding out. Happy camping!
Great video and welcome back !
I do enjoy your new rating system.
Looking forward to following your adventures this summer and beyond.
Thanks, it's great to be back. We hope you get to have lots of adventures to this summer. Happy camping!
Thanks for the great in-depth tour. Can't wait to visit Tobemory later this summer.
Awesome! The new rating graphic is fantastic! It's uniquely designed! I'd be really nice if you can rate each park in a few categories; campsite, hiking trails, beach, amenities, overall ranking, and what you found special or different at a particular park. You guys are putting a lot of work to it...keep it up!!
thanks for making these! i grew up camping in ON and i live abroad now. these videos are awesome to see. looking forward to seeing more of season 3
I'm glad you're liking them. We love making them. Lots more coming. Happy camping!
So excited to see you both ! Welcome back !!!!
Thanks. We as so happy to be back. Looking forward to a busy summer of campground exploration and reviews. Happy camping!
Great video, Great work... Cheers as always!
The Singing Sands is a very underrated and overlooked area and should not be missed ! It is a beautiful shallow beach with warm water ; perfect for children . The sand patterns and light refraction patterns in the shallow water is magical, especially for photos ! There are nice ,easy trails here and it is a nice stop for a picnic . This large open area at night becomes a n impressive dark sky viewing area, a perfect diversion from the campgrounds !
Thanks for posting this. Very informative!
love your narration, like we are sitting infront of you guys, keep up the great work
Thanks! Will do!
We always see your videos first (on our TV's youtube feature) to plan our trips, but this video took us 10 years back to our visit to the Park. This is a beautiful park for family activities, especially for hiking as the Bruce Trail passes through it. It was June and the water was so cold that none of us could dip our feet even. Thanks for the heads up on the dumping site. We plan on going later this year, when the waters will be warmer. We have subscribed to your channel now because on our TV, your new and old videos come automatically. Please keep up doing the good job.
Thanks for subscribing checking out our reviews. I'm sure you'll like what they've done to the park. Happy camping!
So happy to see you both great video. Happy camping for you both :) thanks for the video great job.
Thanks so much. Happy camping to you too!
Great review of the park!! Thanks for the honest review, love the new graph. Way to go in dealing with Parks Canada and making it safe for everyone else!!!
Thanks for the support. There is no sense complaining about something without offering a solution and trying to make a change. Happy camping!
Great video! Thank you for sharing. Iâve been wanting to camp in this area, but sad there was no Ontario Parks. Nice to know this used to be one, now part of Parks Canada. I have just added it to my bucket list! Presently checking the past seasons while waiting for the next new video for Season 4. Iâm glad someone is sharing their experiences at different Ontario Parks! Thank you again!!!
Our pleasure! Thanks for watching.
The new graphic is awesome! So excited for season 3! Awesome video!
That's very kind of you. I know it sucks but I'm a novice at this so it was a triumph for me to do it. Happy camping!
Just came across your channel in my anticipation for this upcoming season! So far 3 parks booked :) hope you keep making these videos, I find them super helpful
Welcome to the channel. Lots of parks to explore this season. Lots more to explore after that! Thanks for watching.
We just stayed here a week ago for two nights. Apparently the showers are water saving. You get 2 x two minute shower sessions and then the shower turns off. The first time I still had soap on me and my fiancé thought it was a malfunction until he showered the next day. Beautiful shower set-up with a shower curtain separating the shower from the clothing books and shelf. Just be quick.
Thanks for the update.
Thank you! Amazing review, watched all your reviews and really enjoyed them! Even decided to visit Restoule provincial park based on your review!
Glad they're helpful. Thanks for the support. Happy camping!
If you go to the park, please check out the dump station and let me know if and how they fixed it. I would love to get updates.
Did you talk to them at the front gate or one of the wardens about the issues with the hoses/signage at the dump station area ?
Sorry sent the message before I got to the end of your vid, all good glad they got some looked after and in planning for work on the sloping of drain are :-) Thank You for the Awesome Review, two thumbs up :-)
Gosh, that dump station is awful. The hole is way bigger than it should be. At least I guess itâs a plus that the fill and the dump are not in a row.
Hey love the videos, been watching them all week. New to camping, booked canisbay august and charleston lake september. Look forward to the other episodes!
Thanks. Happy camping!
Thanks for the Video!! I stayed and love this camp ground!
Glad you enjoyed the video and the park. Happy camping!
Love your videos. We've been to Bruce Peninsula NP 3 times and still learned new things from your video. Beautiful park and very well made video. Thanks!
Thank you. Happy camping!
@@CampingwiththeColes we have site 102 booked for the fall, my husband was very happy to see how you parked your trailer. Ours is smaller 23 feet but still we might have issues. At least now we are more prepared than before watching your video.
@@danaborealis You're going to love it. It's a great site but a little tight for our trailer. Be careful driving to the site as the roads are very narrow too. Happy camping!
âŠ.and thatâs another thorough review of an RV campground. Tks! Love đ your new rating logo - I see a sticker prototype out of that, just add âCamping with the Colesâ we are now adding that park to our list.
Thanks. I'm glad you're finding the videos useful. Happy camping!
You two Rock! I hope to meet you guys on our travels! Videos are informative and spot on! I know you always have people suggesting parks to try and my suggestion would be Marten River! Just spent 3 night there at the end of June and Iâm sure you would love the kayaking! We are wanting to head back as 3 nights wasnât enough time to take everything in.
Awesome! Thanks for the tip. We'll have to try it out soon.
Great video, very helpful thank you
Great info....have been there twice and feel a need to go and see some of the things you pointed out. Thank you!
I'm glad you found it helpful. Happy camping!
Thank you to the Coles for taking some action on the health risk...could have been a majorly bad case.
Best graphic yet! Thanks for the review.
Thanks for your support. Happy camping!
A fantastic park. Like your video. Well done
Thank you đ€ Happy Camping!
Great video as usual. Would love to camp there one time. Probably too late for this summer. Plus we already have nine trips booked. Went to Charleston the same weekend and also found it not busy. Quite a few empty spots even some lakefront sites empty which surprised. Lots of caterpillars. Looking forward to your long point video as we're booked there in August. Keep up the fantastic work on reviewing our beautiful province.
Thanks so much. Sounds like you have a good summer booked camping. Happy camping!
Great video! Thank you for sharing.
Thanks for watching!
Glad to be back at it. We were also out on the first day the parks opened up and it was quiet at Grundy LakePP on the Friday.
It was nice to get out again eh. It was very surprising to see how quiet it was on the first day. Maybe everyone thought it would be a zoo so they waited a day. Happy camping!
Another great review. Thanks
Thanks for watching!
Great Video! Love the vibezz
Appreciate it!!
Thank you for this video! Me and my boyfriend stumbled across this last night and decided to do something spontaneous and ended up booking for Monday! Luckily there were 6 spots left at the camping groundâșïž We have never done nothing like this but we are excited, me personally a bit scared lolđ
That's awesome! Way to get out of your comfort zone. You're going to love it. Happy camping!
Great video! Thanks for sharing! Especially the information on snakes. I had no idea that there were any venomous snakes in the area! I would not have known to look out for them when I go camping there this summer
Glad you liked it. We just made new plans to go back there in October and do an updated video. We're really looking forward to it.
Thatâs a quick response. Hopefully they follow through. Definite concerns for sure.
Well informed
Great video! We are going to Wheatley Prov. Park today!
Thanks. We're going to Wheatley for the first time, in a few weeks. Hope you have a great time. Happy camping!
Another amazing video. 25 minutes felt like 5. As a child my grandfather had a cottage in Tobermory. It was nice to see the town again.
Question I have is; is Cyprus Lake dog friendly? Usually your beautiful pup makes an appearance but didnât see him this time. Thank you again for the video. I loved the new way of rating the park!! Super creative.
Thanks. We didn't bring Kingston with us on this trip because my youngest (23 years old) likes to have him at home with her when we're gone. The park doesn't have any pet exercise or leash free area. Many people did bring their dogs and had them with them on the hikes so they got lots of exercise. Kingston will be making an appearance in the next video at Long Point PP. Happy camping!
Great to see you back! Was your site really a pull thru? Definitely tight.
Who ever designed that dump station has never camped before lol
We just camped at Pinery last week , awesome weather, booked for 3 short trips to some conservation areas this summer. Looking forward to seeing future videos, have a safe summer!
PS. Yurts look fantastic
It was definitely a tight pull thru. I received a picture from a viewer of the new hoses and signage. It's still pretty apparent that they don't know what they are doing and haven't consulted any expert or even anybody that has ever used a dump station. The put a blue hose on one of the two taps between the dumps valves saying it's potable water for filling water tanks. They made an effort but you should never have a potable water hose within reach of the dump inlets. I'm going to email the project manager again and suggest he consult with an expert.
Have fun on you conservation areas. We'll be trying Valens Lake Conservation Area for the first time this summer. Happy camping!
We just did Bonnechere this weekend, out first time there. I would highly recommend it, might be hard to get in this year but maybe next summer or late fall.
Thanks for the recommendation. It may be put it on or list to do next year. Happy camping!
I love watching your reviews! Informative, good music, great editing. Camping at Tamarak soon. Any idea how far is the walk to grotto from Tamarack? My kiddos are 8 and 10. Worry they may not be able to hack it.
I can't remember exactly how far the walk is but kids that age should have no problem doing it. It's really something to see. Have fun.đïž
What a great video - can't wait to go there this June/July! I've been looking at staying at Poplar or Cyprus. Question for you, is there a swimming point/walkin for Cyprus Lake with a beach? Or is it all similar to the pretty sunset entrance you captured?
Thanks, love the videos! - New subscriber, long time camper!
Thanks for your support and subscribing. There is a small beach at Cypress Lake. You can walk in and swim. The water there is much warmer than Georgian Bay.
Love your videos....just a small correction, the bruce trail begins in Queenston not Welland.
I love your videos đ
Agree 10000%
Thanks. We love making them. Happy camping!
Great video as always. We have booked the site next to yours at 103 in September. Looking forward to exploring it.
You mentioned that you ran your generator. We will be there for 4 nights and will definitely need a generator. All i see about generators in the rules is âDo not use during quiet timesâ what re the quiet times? Nothing seems to be posted.
Quiet hours are 10pm - 7am. You can see it here www.pc.gc.ca/en/pn-np/on/bruce/visit/regle_regu. It's a beautiful park! Be careful getting to your site as the roads in the campground have some pretty tight when you're towing something big.
Thank you Coles for this great review! I'm going this weekend and coincidently I'm staying at the same campsite as you. :)
Now, the snakes really scared the hell out of me. Should I be worried? I'm tent camping and bringing my dog along.
The water snakes are harmless, just creapy. There are Massasauga Rattlesnakes there that are venomous and therefore dangerous but they try to stay clear of people. It's rare to see one there but we have seen them several times over the years. Just make sure your dog is on a leash at all times. Relax and try to enjoy your camping trip. Happy camping!
Great video. Just one small correction from someone who has spent years in Tobermory - the Singing Sands beach won't change with the "tide". The Great Lakes are not influenced by the tides the way the ocean is. The water level and therefore shoreline does change drastically from year to year (and last year's levels were very high!) but they won't change day to day in the amounts you're talking about.
Thanks for pointing that out. I was told that it's not the tide but the change in wind is what causes the shoreline to change so much there. It's shallow for a long time so the water going down a few inches could mean the shoreline changes 100 meters.
@@CampingwiththeColes I have been there for years and I have never seen that kind of change day to day - only year to year. Seems like you had a great trip though! And Singing Sands is the BEST place to be if you have young kids who are just getting used to being in the water.
We were there one day and over the course of a few hours the shoreline moved out close to 100 meters. We were standing in ankle deep water and shortly afterward we had to walk a long way to get to the water.
@@CampingwiththeColes Wow! That must have been a really exceptional day! That's never happened to me. It may have been winds or barometric forces, or even a seiche. If you look up the daily tidal effects on the Great Lakes in general, the are often so negligible as to be unnoticeable. Our property is 10 minutes away, and we certainly don't experience anything like that on a daily basis. Sounds like you saw something really special! :)
I read as of May 2022, you canât swim in the Grotto.
But we are still going for the hike - booked our parking reservation.
We are camped At Sauble Falls so this is a day trip for us.
That's weird. I wonder why you can't swim there. Good thing you'r not camping there because your rig would never fit down those campground roads. It was real tight for our 25' trailer
Hi, thanks for posting this video. Just wondering if there are showers near the campsites ? If not, what are my options during 1 week camping there ?
There is a new big comfort station with showers. The showers weren't open yet when we were there during COVID times.
We are presently staying at Cypress Lake. The showers at the Hub are now open, there are 7 showers in the women section, including one that is assessible, and the same number in the men section. There are also 2 showers/washrooms that are for family and are also assessible. The dump / filling station now has labelling for potable and non potable water. The hoses have been changed to a blue hose for potable water and a yellow hose close to the dumping area, both are threaded. Unfortunately nothing has change regarding the slope of the concrete at the dumping area. We hope this helps. Keep up the great reviews of the Provincial Campground.
Thanks so much for the update. Enjoy your time there. Happy camping!
Great video. We were suppose to be there the same weekend, but I had to cancel due to work. It would have been our first time there. Are many of the sites in Birches as tight as 102? Thanks.
Yes, all the sites are pretty tight. It's not really set up for bigger travel trailers. Our friends were in 103 with a 23 foot trailer and had difficulty pulling in and these are some of the largest sites specified on the website.
What are the black boxes on your chests while in the truck at the end? Just wondering
Those our our new microphones. I'm trying to improve the sound quality in the truck as I am much louder than Cheryl. We bought the Rode Wireless Go 2 system. Those little boxes are the transmitters with built in microphones. I ordered the Rode Go Lavalier Microphones to plug into the transmitters but they hadn't arrived yet. I just finished filming our latest trip to Long Point PP and we used the new lavalier mics in the truck. They are less obvious. Happy camping!
Thanks guys , going to use this as a guide for my 2023 camping vacation, i do think the Tamaracks will be better for us with 2 tents and a shelter , any site you would recommend ? just caught up on the new site reservations guideline , i do like that it gives more people a chance to book a site , is the National parks site just like the P.Ps as you need to book 5 months ahead ? Love the Videos , Happy Camping Coles.
Bruce Peninsula Nation Park is amazing especially for people not requiring electrical hookups. National Parks have a completely different reservation system and we really like it. Each National Park has a specific day designated to open for taking reservations. For 2022 that day was Feb 8. They haven't announced the day for 2023 yet. On that day the website starts accepting reservations at 8 am. When you click on the button it informs you what number you are in the que for reservations. We were like number 1400. Our friends were around 18000. We were notified about 1.5 hours later that our number was up and we could reserve. We then went on the site and saw what was available and reserved. It was very easy. Our friends at number 18000 were notified it was there turn around 7 pm and they were still able to get a site on the dates they wanted. Good luck. Make sure you find out the reservation date for 2023.
@@CampingwiththeColes Thank you for the information, will use it wisely . Cheers Happy Camping.
What time did you check in for camping site? I was hoping to get in before 2 pm.
We checked in at 1:30pm but it was the first day the parks were opened up so it was guaranteed that nobody was on our site when we got there. If you go befor 2pm on any other day, you might not be able to get on your site as the previous person has it until 2pm.
Great video ! We just got back from chutes
Happy to be back
Your drive looked smooth what weight distribution sway control system do you use ? Iâm having a heck of a time keeping my trailer from swaying
Thanks. I have a Sway Pro Weight Distribution Hitch from Blue Ox like this one amzn.to/3h85tmb. I still found that my truck still sagged at the back so I installed air bags, Firestone Ride-Rite Air Spring Kit amzn.to/2SV24Pp. I usually inflate them to 35psi and the truck and trailer level out nicely. I'm not blinding people with my headlights anymore and I get better gas mileage.
I've never had any issue with sway. If you can, distribute weight in the trailer so that there is more weight in the front than the back.
@@CampingwiththeColes I put the airbags in my dodge too and I thought that was my problem but maybe Iâm spreading my weight out too much ? Iâll try loading up more on the front of the trailer
Thanks
Next upâŠ.. darlington
@@happycamper8354 Ya, you want to make sure the front of the trailer is level with the back or if not level, a little lower than the back. If the back of your trailer is higher than the front, like might happen if you overinflate your airbags, you'll likely get some trailer sway. Have fun at Darlington. We haven't been there yet but we hope to some day.
We have a 25 ft trailer also and wondering where or what sites you can recommend. Don't want the same issues that you had as we have never been to this park. You say 102 pull through site, birches but you had some difficulty getting in. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Birches is the only campground you can bring a trailer into other than a pop up. The row that we were in would be the best for a 25 ft trailer. The roads in the campground are real tight though. On the parks website look for the sites that allow the biggest trailers. I think it might say up to 32 feet. Good luck!
Hi I have a question can you let me know what type of washroom is in the tamarack camp ground? Thanks đ
There is a comfort station with a women's side and a men's side. Women's has 3 stalls and men's has 2 stalls and a urinal. All normal flush toilets. There is also a couple smaller washroom buildings with 3 separate unisex single bathrooms with flush toilets. The only showers are at the Campground Hub. Happy camping!
Thank you for your response. I was just confused with the term âouthouseâ used on the park website
Just joined your fan group, are you allowed to use generator in Provincial and National Parks ?
Thanks for subscribing. You can use a generator between 8am and 10pm at Bruce Peninsula National park. You can use generators at provincial parks as long as it doesn't break the "no excessive noise rule". We suggest using an inverter generator which is much quieter and smaller than a commercial grade generator. Happy camping!
Whatâs at the half way log dump?
It's a big beautiful rocky beach. Much less crowded than Indian Head Cove and the Grotto.
@32:16 where was this shoot taken?
That was along the Wild Garden Trail at Singing Sands. Nice spot to sit, relax and taken in the view.
Can we pitch 2 tents on one campsite?
They usually allow 3 shelters which means 2 tents and a dining shelter.
We used to go there every year in the late 80's with our 3 sons , we loved it so much, before it got popular, it was a hidden gem back then. Then people discovered it and we have not been back since. The only down side to swim in Georgian Bay it is very cold. I had a swimming wet suit to wear even then 15 minutes was a long swim. Normally a couple minutes. .
Me, my mom, and her boyfriend are going here for four days on Thursday
Awesome! You're going to have a great time. Happy camping!
Lots of snakes there, found one in my tent last year. How it got in I'm unsure of.
YIKES!!! I sure wouldn't like to find that in my tent! We saw Northern Watersnakes in Cypress lake and have seen Massasauga Rattlesnakes on the trail to the Grotto and at Singing Sands. We've never seen one at a campsite and would flip out to find one in the tent. It must have been quite the ordeal to find it, then get it out of your tent.
Have this park updated? fixed? the signs for issues you have spoken about?
People have gotten back to us about it and it sounds like they fixed it. We have seen any pics though and we haven't been back.
October 2021, still no showers :D
Wow!
No hydro ??
That's right, no campsites at all with hydro.
@@CampingwiththeColes thanks...i will take that one off my list....
My Gmail does not receive emails ; Can you please answer Here; What is current name of what used to be called Ipperwash Provicinal park , with camping & picknicing ,along Lake Huron, south of Pinery; we used to go there 5-6 times a year, with ver special. Emories; Thank you so much; God Bless
Sorry but I don't know what park you're referring to.
My Gmail does not receive emails; But can you help Me find what use to be picknicking & Camping at Ipperwash Beach provincial Park; please Answer Neâer ; Thank you so much. Itâs now managed by 1St Nation people. Thank you so much.
shower open as of todayïŒ
Iam From Cyprus Island..in Mediteranian sea.