It's as moving experience as one can have. I have long followed the War of 1812, and have visited several sites directly related to it. This let me add a couple more to my list. Fort George, Fort Mississauga and Queenston were BIG ones. Right up there with Fort Mackinac on Lake Superior in 2012.
Wow!
What a great day to have booked a yurt. We only had one day of rainy weather, and that was our day at Asessippi. Unfortunately I couldn’t light a campfire, but we’re we’re both warm and dry.
I was a little disappointed that there was no BBQ, the yurt I rented last fall at Spruce Woods provincial park was fully equipped, (including a can opener)
Nonetheless, Asessippi is lovely and clean.
This was the last week they were open so not many of the services were available and the staff weren’t very clear in their knowledge of the park features. We were however able to find the scenic overlook so we could revisit a warm memory of our last visit with our golden lab MacKenzie, but I couldn’t find how to get to the bridge crossing the Shell river.
Not a place we’d choose any other time of year. Campsite was okay but no sooner were we set up in the most remote site in the unserviced bay, a small RV pulled in just around the bay. That was okay, they were quiet; but then a horde pulled up with a passel of kids of ages toddler to teenagers from the US. Too busy, too noisy and too close. They were quiet enough after dark but the whole time they were awake they were loud.
Wasagaming was as pretty as we remembered but a little busy for us. We strolled to the harbour and out to the marina in the evening and Den took some great photos before we went back to our site. The following day we took a little drive up to the Wishing Well, then out to the Lake Audy Bison enclosure where we actually saw a lot of bison.
Big bison, Small bison and plenty of bison poop. On the way out we stopped at the bison interpretive centre, which, strangely enough, is in an area the bison can move through freely and looked at the life-cycle pavilion.
Because we had a one day permit for the park, we then drove to Whirlpool lake campground, which is a lovely unserviced area that would make a great canoe set off point, with some PERFECT hammock friendly sites.
It’s too bad the day passes are only for a calendar day. We pulled in at 3:00pm on Tuesday and had to leave by 1:00 Wednesday. Not even 24 hours. I wouldn’t call the day pass any kind of value.
Spent a lovely night at Child’s Lake in the Ducks. The campground was quiet and most all services were still available. Got to use all the firewood we brought along too.
I had forgotten how clear the lake is! Next trip we’ll be towing the little tin boat instead of roof topping a canoe.