mdcamping
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relaxin wrote:mdcamping wrote:I noticed Algonquin Provincial Park was reduced to a 7 day minimum
Years ago I tried booking that place right at 9am when the window opened, tried for 3 days straight, could not reserve any available site . It seemed the locals have quicker keypad fingers than me...
Later in the week I noticed a cancellation had showed up which I grabbed quickly. Beautiful park, NOT easy to book..
Mike
Yes it is a beautiful park, at nearly 3,000 square miles its tha largest vehicle accessible park in Ontario, hopefully if you decide to visit it again you'll be able to get a site just a tiny bit easier, 7 am (park time) is the date change time, so have all your info entered by 6:58, and booking from a tuesday or wednesday in a busy park usually gets you the best odds as most people start vacations on fridays or saturdays.
If you coming from a distance try one of the lesser known parks way up north,( whats an extra few hours on the road if your already driving 10 or more), they are just as beautiful but don't get as many of the weekend warriors from southern ontario, like myself a lot of folks won't do a 5 hour or more drive for a 2 or 3 day stay, and a lot of bookings occur on weekends for 2 to 3 days/nights.
actually I think it was 7am, this was some years ago and I am getting forgetful. I had 3 reserve windowns open with all the info entered. When the "reservation system time" showed the correct time I clicked reserve on all 3 windows and still I lost the reservations, repeated the same the next 2 mornings, same result. I think this was also the week day.
I Hope to be exploring the area again in the years to come ![[emoticon]](https://forums.goodsamclub.com/sharedcontent/cfb/images/cool.gif "cool")
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shum02
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If it is not super important to camp in July/August it's pretty easy to get a site at any of the popular camp grounds in Ontario.
We really only book on the shoulder seasons now and leave the summer to families willing to put up with the crowds. June, September and October are still pretty awesome and most certainly quieter.
BTW if you enjoy interior canoe camping there are no restriction's for that. Normally I'll tie two weekends together for that type of camping.
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relaxin
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shum02 wrote:If it is not super important to camp in July/August it's pretty easy to get a site at any of the popular camp grounds in Ontario.
We really only book on the shoulder seasons now and leave the summer to families willing to put up with the crowds. June, September and October are still pretty awesome and most certainly quieter.
BTW if you enjoy interior canoe camping there are no restriction's for that. Normally I'll tie two weekends together for that type of camping.
LOL your not the only ones and its growing.
We do nearly 2 weeks ending on the tuesday after thanksgiving every year, and this year we did 5 nights at Turkey point for the last weekend of October. During the summer we did a couple 3 and 4 day weekends but not on the stat long weekends.
Thank god Ontario parks is waking up to the fact that in southern Ont. we don't see real freezing weather until well into November. With some encouraging emails and comments from us campers they are opening up a bit, We need to keep pushing and perhaps we will see the close date for all parks south of algonquin go to at least the end of October, and some into mid november.
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Fizz
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My sympathies to all of you.
We gave up with all these shenanigans in 1986 and bought a small cottage on a quiet lake. Never looked back.
Bought a trailer for Snowbirding when we retired and lasted seven years. Eventually gave up and winterized the cottage to extend the season, good enough for us.
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