Day 199: Chutes Provisional Park

As noted before, we agreed to prevent our roadtrip from becoming 12 hour days. Located several campgrounds along the Great Lakes that would break up our drive to Winnipeg and allow us to test out the new tent.

One such area was Chutes Provisional Park, which offered car camping as well as RV. It took 4.5 hours to drive so we arrived around 4:00pm. The park is named after a logging chute that diverted logs around the waterfall on the River aux Sables. The workers were called White Water Loggers and they would literally stand on large log piles and help them float down the river to avoid jams!! It was a very very VERY dangerous job.

Driving through Georgian Bay was beautiful and the Sabels-Spanish River area includes amazing views, white water canoeing, and beaching along the Great Lakes. Utilized our 5 hours of daylight to hike to the Chute Waterfalls and around the Twin Bridge. While hiking, Kieran saw a big frog and Mary failed to catch it. After failing a crawfish catch in Spain and frog catch, there was a lot of shame. However Mary made it up by catching a crawfish near the twin and bridge and then later that night grabbing a frog by the bathrooms (yes we realize it’s a bathroom frog).

Got to break out the new tent (thank you Aubrey for the recommendation) and go through our hiking supplies only to realize we needed a frying pan and spatula. Instead, cooked hot Italian sausage on the grill grates and used sticks for flipping. Solid campground and recommend for all!

Campground:
Chutes Provisional Campground

Restaurant:
Duo Cafe and Bakery

Spots:
Georgia Bay
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