There is an earlier post from 2005 for Presqu'ile in which I go over the rating of the differenct sites. Here I have just posted some more pictures to give you an idea of what is available at this park.
Tuesday, July 31, 2007
Presqu'ile Provincial Park 2007
Friday, June 29, 2007
Inverhuron
On the weekend of June 21-24, the camping group visited Inverhuron Provincial Park on the shores of Lake Huron. Inverhuron is located about 20 minutes south of Port Elgin. We were in the Gunn Point Campground. It is a lovely park, with good sized sites, both pull-thru and back in. The privacy is quite good and the terrain is flat. Most of the sites offer a combination of both sun and shade. The ground cover on the sites is gravel. Site # 41 Either a female or juvenile American Redstart Mallow wildflower Tiger lilies
Unidentified wildflower found on the shoreline
We had a super potluck on Saturday evening on site 39 (Curtis's), followed by a lively campfire at Rosemary and Cookie's site (52).The great potluck The surf along the shoreline
A fitting end to a wonderful stay
The electrical service offers 4 - 15 amp plugs, and either 2 - 30 amp plugs or 1 - 30 amp and 1 - 50 amp plugs. We found that on many of the sites, the electrical post was quite a distance away from the actual sites. Some of us had to use 2 or more extension cords. However, the office is well aware of this problem and have both adapters and extra extension cords that campers may borrow.
Here is a summary of the best sites in the pull-through section -
30, 49, 35, 41(needs a little leveling), 43, 52 (this was our firepit for the group because it was the only only where we could sit all the way around), 53(needs leveling), 54(needs leveling), 56.
Here is a summary of the best back-in sites -
40, 42, 45(just ok), 58, 60, 61, 63, 64, 65 66, 67, 69, 70, (60-70 back on the shoreline trail so they are very private with good access to the trail and the lake beyond), 72, 75, 76.
If you want sunny sites, then try 31, 33, 39, 51, 53, 54. Avoid site 37(uneven and on the small side).
The variety of bird life is unbelievable! Many different song birds were both sighted and heard.
We saw some beautiful wildflowers in the park. Here are some pictures that I photographed while there.
We had a super potluck on Saturday evening on site 39 (Curtis's), followed by a lively campfire at Rosemary and Cookie's site (52).
The major drawback to the park is the poison ivy which is quite prevalent along the trails and even the campsites. In fact the sign post for site 41 (ours!) had a 5 foot healthy growth of poison ivy surrounding it. And the foolish ranger wondered why we didn't have our ticket on the post! We invited him to put it on but when he noted the ivy, he declined and told us "Just stick it on the back of your camper."
Other than that, it is a very nice park with good water, nice scenery, great sunsets and excellent sites. About 2 hours or so from Guelph.
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