We left our campsite at Bon Echo about 2 p.m., parked the camper, and walked to the tour boat area to check on tickets. We were told the tours are fully booked, so we rented a canoe instead. We paddled across the Mazinaw Lake to the cliffs area. We were able to see several pictographs (red markings on the cliff rocks). Paddling back was more difficult as we were paddling into a headwind, and were battling the wakes of larger, faster, power boats.
Leaving Bon Echo we retraced Hwy 41 South to Kaladar, turned East on Hwy 7 toward Ottawa.
The next two prov. Parks were booked but we found one site left at a private campground at Lake McGowan.
This was our first ‘interesting’ site of the trip. 4WD was required to get us up a very steep hill on a gravel road.
We were welcomed by several boys on bicycles who enjoyed watching us maneuver our huge truck camper through a very crowded campground.
When we checked in, the lady in the office told us the site had no ‘hydro’. So, we asked “what about electricity?”.
She gave us a puzzled look. Apparently, hydro means electricity here. Who knew?
ATTACHMENT: The cliffs containing pictographs. Bon Echo Prov. Park & Lake Mazinaw
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