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Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Presqu'ile

Presq'ilue is in between Brighton and Colborne, just off lake Ontario. It's open all year with just over 400 campsites. I recently went camping there with my family and friends. Presqu'ile has a nice long sandy beach near campsites 1-100. If you don't mind the rocks there is another beachy area over on the other end of the campground with a rocky shore and a fairly flat rocky surface under the water. I suggest that you bring a bike to Presqu'ile, there is a trail that almost takes you from one side to the other! As long as you are near the shore there aren't too many bugs compared to the marshy areas. Since this campground is just off Lake Ontario it isn't a good place to go canoe so don't worry about it and leave the canoe at home. Even though some reviews say that the privacy isn't the best, compared to other places this has very good privacy. One thing I noticed a lot was the  butterflies, there were tons of Monarch butterflies! As I mentioned before there weren't many bugs, the only  insect there was spiders. There weren't any skunks or raccoons that I saw either, but I did see red squirrels and chipmunks.One of the cool things to do at Presqu'ile is you can go see Ontario's 2nd oldest operating lighthouse and the original lighthouse keeper's cottage. If you want to go to Presqu'ile the most important thing I have to say would be you need more than a weekend, there isn't enough time to do everything. I would rate the beach 6/10, the campground 4/10 and overall a 5/10.

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