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Located just minutes north of Huntsville off Highway 11. This is the place to be to enjoy the peaceful tranquility of nature. There are numerous hiking trails throughout the park which you can view nature in its natural settings. Wildlife abounds throughout this park including many species of birds including the Great Blue Heron, Ravens, Blue Jays, hawks among others. Red squirrels, chipmunks, beavers and Deer are plentiful in the park along with the odd Bear and Moose that come wondering through for a visit. Fawn near Stubbs Falls Trail. The campsites are well spaced out and are private which are surrounded by the natural beauty of the forest. Arrowhead Provincial Park is split into three separate campgrounds, Lumby Campground, Roe Campground and East River Campground of which the latter two have electrical sites. All three have comfort stations as well as privies on every road in the campgrounds. New privies are being built in Roe Campground for the 2009 Season.
In the park you will find two small lakes, Mayflower and Arrowhead Lake and two rivers that run through the park, Little East River and the Big East River. On Arrowhead Lake there are four beaches that are equipped with picnic tables and lots of sand. At the main beach there is a place you can rent bikes, canoes and kayaks or if you forgot your accessories at home they also rent life jackets, paddles and bike helmets as well. You can enjoy a quiet day paddling on the lakes or down the rivers without being disturbed by motorboats as they are not permitted in the park. A beautiful sunset on Arrowhead Lake
The Staff at this provincial park are all very pleasant to deal with and are here to help you in anyway. The Park Wardens patrol the park on a regular basis to ensure your safety and comfort. From the Park Superintendent all the way down to the students that work here during the summer months you can be rest assured that they will provide you with an enjoyable camping experience filled with memories. So come on in and enjoy camping from spring until fall and during the winter months you can enjoy cross country skiing, snow shoeing as well as going down the tubing hill or simply a quiet skate on the ice rink with Mayflower Lake as the backdrop.
View Nabweekly Gone Wild for many Ontario Parks photos of wildlife and sunsets–we are still sorting through our more then 27,000 pictures from our 2008 travels, rss to get updates when new photos are added.
To view camp sites (more to be added) at Arrowhead Provincial Park Blog and book your site beginning January 2010 for the new season camping starting May 2010.( photos property of Northern Ads)
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Macgregor Provincial Park
Northern Ads started in Jan/08 with our volunteer program helping the park staff with different tasks; Keeping the paths clear by shoveling the snow around the Yurts for the campers, tallying the marked trees and keeping some paths and around the comfort station clear of ice and snow by shovelling and salting while helping to keep the forestry clean for the wildlife by removing any garbage debris that may have been blown around.
Thank you to the Park Staff of MacGregor Point and our camp hosts Frank and Lucy Spence for the wonderful winter learning experience we so much enjoyed.
ALGONQUIN PARK
Algonquin Park is one of the most beautiful memorable of the Ontario Parks filled with science, history and many species of plant and wildlife.
Finding these wonderful animals on the side of Hwy 60 along the Algonquin Park corridor is a beautiful site to remember, but it’s not just the beautiful wildlife you will see along the Frank McDougall parkway in the spring.
Part of the month of April, as Nabweekly.ca stayed in Mew Lake campground, we spent our time collecting garbage as the snow melted along with informing park staff of trail markers that had been torn down and garbage collection found on the paths during our hikes.
We hope we made a difference as many species of wildlife inhabit these parts and can be seen best in early spring for their after winter stretching while looking for food.
We also decided to spend the rest of 2008 from October-January 2009 staying in Algonquin Park as we spent some of November and over the December holiday season as Mew Lake Camp hosts-an experience worth exploring as we met many people from North America and around the world.
ARROWHEAD PROVINCIAL PARK-to veiw a campsite and book for the upcoming season in May.(more photos to be added) go to Northern Ads Arrowhead Provincial Park Blog-(no affliation with Ontario Parks or MNR)– 
Arrowhead Provincial Park one of Northern Ads.ca favourite Ontario Parks we have frequented for 17 years, this park described as a natural environment we have been enjoying our stay since May and volunteering to help with preparing approx 180 sites by removing brush, raking and painting approx 365 picnic tables, while continuing our efforts throughout the summer helping to maintain the bike and hiking trail, road paths and freshening up with paint the remainder of benches, comfort stations and privys as we enjoy our stay in this beautiful park with the very friendly, hard working park staff we have had the pleasure to meet.
MIKISEW PROVINCIAL PARK
Northern Ads.ca spent the July long weekend camping in Mikisew Provincial Park enjoying the beautiful beach on Eagle Lake while watching families of Mallard’s swimming along the shoreline. This small but busy recreational Provincial Park is equipped with large upgraded comfort stations for some added comfort.
Bikers will enjoy many steep challenging hills to work those muscles from one road to the next and as we biked our way around the park we picked up any garbage or recycling that had blown around or any debris left on the beach to continue Helping to Keep Ontario Parks Green.
An exciting weekend it was with hiking different spots around Muskoka along with our kids and two of their friends who stayed with us over this past week. One of the highlights was Oxtongue Provincial Park to experience the Ragged Falls that has the sound of roaring thunder and experiences this part of history. As we walked the path we picked up anything left behind but were very pleased to not find much there except the beautiful scenery and a very interesting trail to hike. Our children’s’ friends became involved and have helped pick up anything that may have been left around, including a tobacco pipe that may have belonged to someone who may like it returned. Sometimes items like this are nostalgic to people, so if you did misplace it let us know by contacting us and we will be sure to send it back to you.
A reminder to those who would like to visit this very incredible Ragged Falls, if you or your family would like to climb down the rocks closer to the rapids, our suggestion would be to wear a life jacket, helmet and of course proper footwear. These rapids would not be kind to an accidental fall into them and these few items could save a life. We were very pleasantly surprised after finishing the trail to come out to the parking lot to find there weren’t only Canadian tourists there at that time. Other vehicles included were from different parts of the United States- Arizona, Washington, Michigan and Illinois.
It is great to see some parts of Ontario Tourism are still a pleasant attraction for many. Oxtongue-Ragged Falls Provincial Park is non operating park so don’t plan a camping trip at this particular one, but there are many other provincial parks to choose from in the area with many things to experience for people of all ages and all interests. We recommend Arrowhead Provincial Park for a pleasant and fun filled camping experience.
Tom Thomson’s spirit and his insightful painted memories will never leave Algonquin Provincial Park as this was inspiration to many of his and the Group of Seven’s famous paintings and in the end his final resting place after a mysterious tragic canoeing accident on Canoe Lake that left many questions unanswered if this was an accidental death or if a murder had taken place.
Other Ontario Parks visited (photos soon to be added)
Springwater Park
Killarney Provincial Park
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