The park name caught our attention, too. Legend has it that maybe a bear killed a logger or a logger killed a bear in the 1800’s, but the First Nation stories say that the name commemorates the seasonal water journey bears take between the islands here or that the land was first frequented by the Bear Clan and the name was mistranslated. Not sure which is accurate, but today the name was almost a reality when a car hit a juvenile bear in the park but it scampered away luckily unscathed.
This land-based park is located on a peninsula just 10 miles west of Parry Sound and offers anchorage protection in Kilcoursie Bay behind Scott Island. Be prepared to put out a lot of rode as depths here range 20+ feet but you will be anchoring in clear blue water with a sandy bottom. This is not an isolated quiet anchorage in August as Canadians are here in the 800 site campground and launching their watercrafts in the bay. But, if you get up early in the morning, you get a beautiful site, can have a quiet walk for miles on its sandy shores and then settle back with your favorite book.
When jet skis and runabouts start waking the anchorage in the afternoon, we just took the dinghy to shore and walked for hours on the hiking and bike trails. Lookout Point Trail was our favorite for the view. As we walked back to the dinghy through the campground, we were a little disorientated about what adventure trip we were taking as it was so familiar. This spring we started RVing and we would definitely come here by land as well. The park quiets down again at night for a beautiful sunset and a billion stars.
This land-based park is located on a peninsula just 10 miles west of Parry Sound and offers anchorage protection in Kilcoursie Bay behind Scott Island. Be prepared to put out a lot of rode as depths here range 20+ feet but you will be anchoring in clear blue water with a sandy bottom. This is not an isolated quiet anchorage in August as Canadians are here in the 800 site campground and launching their watercrafts in the bay. But, if you get up early in the morning, you get a beautiful site, can have a quiet walk for miles on its sandy shores and then settle back with your favorite book.
When jet skis and runabouts start waking the anchorage in the afternoon, we just took the dinghy to shore and walked for hours on the hiking and bike trails. Lookout Point Trail was our favorite for the view. As we walked back to the dinghy through the campground, we were a little disorientated about what adventure trip we were taking as it was so familiar. This spring we started RVing and we would definitely come here by land as well. The park quiets down again at night for a beautiful sunset and a billion stars.
