S06E05 McRae Point Provincial Park Review

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From May 29th to June 1st, 2024 we camped at McRae Point Provincial Park. It was our first time visiting this park which is a sister park to Mara, which we camped at during Season 1 in 2019 and to Bass Lake, which is where we headed after McRae. All three parks are in the Orillia area. McRae is on beautiful Lake Simcoe and is excellent for fishing and power boating. There isn't a lot to do at this park except the one trail which was very nice. We headed into Orillia, checked out Tudhope Park and the downtown area.
00:00 Intro
01:48 Arriving at the park - fill/dump station
03:18 Campsites
06:18 Facilities - pet exercise area, boat launch, beach, day use, playground
07:19 Cell service
07:28 Hiking the Water's Edge Trail
09:54 Cheryl's Loo Review
10:50 Orillia, Tudhope Park, Kawartha Dairy
13:25 Coles Notes
20:07 Park Rating
21:01 Closing - What's next
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@CampingwiththeColes 20 күн бұрын

Cell Phone Service: Bell, Telus, Koodo & Virgin Mobile - cell service was excellent. If you've been to this park please let us know your experience with cell service, especially if your with a service provider different from the ones mentioned.

@Dave-he7js 18 күн бұрын

Thanks for sharing 🏕

@dianepeacock4969 17 күн бұрын

We have Rogers and got great service from the north campground. We watched shows using our firestick and had great cell.service.

@ronarempel9081 17 күн бұрын

We have Rogers and had excellent cell service on our phones, TV and computer. We were in South Campground.

@Barlovento2005 Ай бұрын

Your editing is levelling up. I appreciate the info and the effort.

@CampingwiththeColes Ай бұрын

Thanks for commenting. I'm always learning and trying new things.

@lisam7036 Ай бұрын

Great review. Does not look like my cup of tea either but a good stop for the night on route to northern parks.

@dianepeacock4969 Ай бұрын

So great to finally meet you. Can't wait to see you clock in the trailer and the windspinner blowing in the breeze.

@OutdoorsygalO Ай бұрын

Those were thoughtful, awesome gifts! 😊

@lornabruce6542 Ай бұрын

“Wish I wasn’t the first person going through here today…” 😆 I knew what was coming. Another great review, thanks.

@CampingwiththeColes Ай бұрын

It doesn't help when Cheryl walks in front of me either because I'm a foot taller than her.

@SamBarge1 Ай бұрын

@@CampingwiththeColes Just think of it as service to other campers that day. You took one for the team.

@angelahall6461 Ай бұрын

Heading to Mccrae in a week. Thanks for this video. It has been so helpful. You even showed us the site that we have reserved!

@CampingwiththeColes Ай бұрын

We'll that worked out pretty good then. Have a great trip.

@shawnsprague7401 Ай бұрын

Thanks for the review, saved us a trip. Hope you were camping this weekend was great weather.

@CampingwiththeColes Ай бұрын

Glad we could help. We weren't camping this weekend. We're jealous of people that were camping on this great weekend.

@patriciadelorme9006 Ай бұрын

Thank you for another great video.

@CampingwiththeColes Ай бұрын

Our pleasure!

@davetaylor9328 Ай бұрын

It was very nice meeting you folks at McRae and we agree in the north campground you need the outer ring for the privacy. I think you will like Bass Lake.

@CampingwiththeColes Ай бұрын

It was nice meeting you too.

@MuskokaAdventures Ай бұрын

Great video guys! I'm surprised Lake Simcoe is that clean and clear. I went camping at Sibbald Point Provincial Park and the water is cloudy. It might have been which way the wind was blowing but cloudy water turned me off at that Park. See you on the next one!

@CampingwiththeColes Ай бұрын

That's interesting. When we were at Sibbald Point two years ago the water was crystal clear. Maybe we lucked out at both parks at opposite ends of the lake and had the wind blowing the right way for us.

@cameronhouston803 Ай бұрын

love the site guys

@pauldalberti Ай бұрын

160 was we were staying the other weekend when you guys were there. Big site.

@ronarempel9081 Ай бұрын

We just came back from McCrae on Monday so we just missed you. We also stayed in the South campground. We agree with your rating, opinion and overall thoughts on the park. But....when we arrived we were never given the information you were given. When we arrived at our site I was so upset, absolutely no grass! We were aware of the tree removal but didn't know the grass was now gravel! I called the gate about changing our site but he was not helpful at all, we were never offered a refund (which I would've taken as we were booked for 9 days). We did make the best of the situation, but it is not a park we will return to. As always, love your videos.

@CampingwiththeColes Ай бұрын

That's too bad that they didn't give you the pamphlet that they gave us. As we understood it, everyone was to be getting the pamphlet explaining the ongoing work in the park. We probably wouldn't go back to McRae because there are just so many other parks that are more to our liking. If we were looking for a park in the Orillia area for a specific reason we'd likely choose Bass Lake.

@OutdoorsygalO Ай бұрын

Dang! Wish I had known you were here. 😁 Would have been great to meet you.

@CampingwiththeColes Ай бұрын

Maybe at another park some time.

@OutdoorsygalO Ай бұрын

@@CampingwiththeColes - let’s go! 😁 We just got back from Marten River, near Temagami. Holy black flies, horse flies, deer flies and mosquitoes ! 😱 We won’t go back there in June. Yikes!

@CampingwiththeColes Ай бұрын

@@OutdoorsygalO we try to stay as south as possible until August to avoid the biting bugs. We're a little soft these days.

@OutdoorsygalO Ай бұрын

@@CampingwiththeColes - wise choice. I knew you guys were smart! 😉 We were there 18 years ago and it was in July. I don’t recall so many bugs as we experienced this time. I have many battle wounds. The black flies are the worst! They crawl under your hairline, your glasses, into your socks, etc. Found that Vick’s Vaporub worked the best to create a barrier in those areas. We were told this was the 3rd hatch this year! I wore 2 of those fake dragonflies on my hat, and that seemed to help with the horse flies and deer flies. We also used our “Thermocells.” We were really thankful for our new screened tent, and using the AC in the camper as this was all during a heat wave!

@donmcconnery5080 Ай бұрын

Simcoe is a great lake, very unfortunate that the ash trees have to go. Thanks for the video

@CampingwiththeColes Ай бұрын

Yeah, it's a shame that so many trees had to come down.

@pauldalberti Ай бұрын

I wasn’t expecting that many trees to be taken down, however they are planting new ones. This park has a great trail for walking our dog, the path is manageable for most people with spots to exit back into the park if needed.

@CampingwiththeColes Ай бұрын

The handout they give at the park said 10,000 trees came down and they planted 400 new trees.

@pauldalberti Ай бұрын

@@CampingwiththeColes Yes We read that, I forgot to ask the office if another planting will happen next season. Enjoy this wonderful weekend.

@jenniferduguay5450 Ай бұрын

What electric bikes do you normal use that I see in your other videos?

@CampingwiththeColes Ай бұрын

Cheryl's bike is a Junction Powertrail e-bike that she bought at Canadian Tire. Here is our video review of it kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mqyCjdd90pu2gWQ.html. Ben's bike is a Dahon K-One folding e-bike and here is the video review of it kzfaq.info/get/bejne/kN5mlryWv7iYdIk.html

@karlmopete Ай бұрын

We live in Barrie so it is close for a quick getaway. The dogs love the water access points. Also a bonus they have doggie 💩 bags available at each end of the trail. Thanks for your take on this park.

@CampingwiththeColes Ай бұрын

You're lucky to be close to so many great parks.