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Fabulous Camping on Georgian Bay near Killarney Park

If you're looking for an outstanding kayaking and camping trip that delivers where it counts - unparalleled beauty, rocky pink granite islands and gorgeous campsites on islands you get all to yourself, then you should think about a kayaking (or canoeing) trip to the Georgian Bay - in particular, the area around Killarney Provincial Park. The camping on Georgian Bay is truly spectacular - think the Group of 7 painters kind of scenery. You just…

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Kayaking the Georgian Bay Over a Long Weekend

The magnificent Georgian Bay wilderness in Ontario is home to 30,000 windswept, granite islands, making it an amazing paddling destination. Kayaking Georgian Bay for a weekend or a week will leave you in awe of the rugged beauty of this magnificent, quintessential Canadian wilderness. The Georgian Bay, sometimes called the “sixth Great Lake”, covers close to 15,000 square kilometres so it's about 80% of the size of Lake Ontario. As such, it's capable of generating…

Exceptionally Pretty Woods By The Campground In Awenda

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Hiking in Awenda Provincial Park, Ontario

If you've never heard of Awenda Provincial Park you've got company. Nobody I've spoken with who lives in southern Ontario has ever heard of the park and yet there is fabulous hiking in Awenda, particularly on the Bluff Trail and an untouched slice of the Georgian Bay coastline. Awenda Provincial Park sits at the edge of the Penetanguishene Peninsula on the Georgian Bay, 164 kilometres due north of Toronto. It's just a two hour drive…