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| Trip Planning » Billy and Oram Lake's » Yesterday 8:51 pm |
Was hoping to see moose, but had no luck, while staying on the Oram Lake campsite that Shanny mentioned. You get a good view of boggy and swampy areas from that campsite. Not a fan of the hydro line that Shanny mentioned. Found that the last stretch of water on Crotch to the portage to Oram was very strange as the water seemed very silty and bottomless at the time.
If biting insects are bad personally would stay on Billy and hope for wind.
If the winds are predicted to be strong or cold would stay on Oram. Paddling Oram should be easier than Billy during high winds.
Shoulder seasons you may have either of these lake all to yourself so it would be quite. During peak season, on a weekend, I'd stay on Oram which allows 2 reservations/campsites over Billy Lakes 5 reservations hoping for more peace and quite.
| Backcountry » Parks Website - Calendar No Longer Available? » Yesterday 7:36 pm |
Yes. Our government at work providing less for more!!!!
| Trip Planning » Billy and Oram Lake's » Yesterday 6:25 pm |
I can’t comment on Billy but I found Oram fairly underwhelming. The portage isn’t terrible but the power lines take away its ambience. If you take the second site (furthest) you don’t see the power lines and the swim-ability is on point.
| History » AP Birthday » Yesterday 2:56 pm |
| Trip Planning » Billy and Oram Lake's » Yesterday 2:52 pm |
I'm trying to decide which lake would be best for a short one night trip, to try to get someone into back country camping. I've found very little about Oram but it intrigues me as it looks like it would be rather quiet on a weekend. Billy Lake on the other hand i'm not so sure about because of just how easy it is to access i would be worried it might be loud or have garbage on the campsites. I would appreciate anyone's thoughts or first hand experience with this.
| Trip Planning » Magnetawan Loop » Yesterday 2:23 pm |
Settled on:
Night 1 Queer
Night 2 Lower Pine- Tim River
Night 3- Big Trout Lake
Night 4- McIntosh
Night 5- Little Misty- have a 5 hour drive home so fine with being on a meh site- love that we'll have the lake to ourselves. It is a bit more ambitious of a last day than I'd like but daisy and hambone are booked.
| Backcountry » Parks Website - Calendar No Longer Available? » Yesterday 1:52 pm |
Does anyone else notice that the Ontario Parks website no longer shows the month calendar view for sites availability when booking? I really liked that feature 
| Trip Planning » Hurdman - West Corbeau - Stretch ___but in October? » Yesterday 10:02 am |
I agree with all of this. We did this trip in the spring of 2024:
The stretch from Aura Lee direct to Hurdman would be my second choice. The portage landings are very rocky, sharp , and annoying.
The two portages from Aura Lee --> Laurel --> Hurdman are very easy and a much more enjoyable use of your time in my opinion.
North site on Hurdman is awesome and the cabin ruins on the W. Corbeau to Stretch portage are neat.
I really like the creek north of Hurdman, feels remote and quiet.
In spring water we skipped a bunch of those portages, but with a decent amount of bumping and grinding.
| Trip Planning » FORK LAKE? » Yesterday 9:57 am |
Evan Briden wrote:
We did Sunday Creek to Norway Lake mid October in 2024, no issues whatsoever. If memory servers there was only one beaver dam (maybe 2) and we slammed over it on the way in, and lifted over on the way out.
Quiet little group of lakes on a very busy fall weekend was what we were after, and it worked out perfectly.
Got full cell coverage (handy but also annoying), and we could here the larger trucks on HWY 60 at times throughout the night.
Sounds great. Thanks for your input Evan. Cheers!
| Trip Planning » FORK LAKE? » Yesterday 9:49 am |
We did Sunday Creek to Norway Lake mid October in 2024, no issues whatsoever. If memory servers there was only one beaver dam (maybe 2) and we slammed over it on the way in, and lifted over on the way out.
Quiet little group of lakes on a very busy fall weekend was what we were after, and it worked out perfectly.
Got full cell coverage (handy but also annoying), and we could hear the larger trucks on HWY 60 at times throughout the night.
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