Whispering Hills Campground

We used this as a base camp to explore the area at the end of July. The price above is for an electric site and includes a seniors discount and HST. Good recycling, pretty beach (but a bike or car ride away from campground), limited hiking trails, stunning waterfall, laundry open 24 hours. Our site was easy to back into and electric post was pretty close. A number of the sites are large enough for a big rig but the roads would be tricky to navigate. We disconnected before we entered the campground. The tenting area seemed to experience a fair bit of road noise and didn’t have as many washroom facilities as I would expect for the number of sites.

Kakabeka Falls itself is stunning and the boardwalks & viewing platforms are set up nicely. There are two associated parks - Silver Falls and Pigeon River - that we visited for their waterfalls and they are worth the drive (both are about an hour away in different directions). They both require some fairly easy hiking to view.

Thunder Bay is about a 1/2 hour drive from the campground and has everything that you might need. We visited Fort William Historical Park for an afternoon and thoroughly enjoyed it. The costumed interpreters were great and the site is very extensive. We would also recommend visiting the Cascade Conservation Area and taking a bathing suit. It is a whole series of cascades with pools in between that people were swimming in. It was gorgeous.

Rogers cell service varied from 1-3 bars.

This was our first experience staying at a Canadian Provincial Park and we were very impressed. Great big sites with lots of space between us and the neighbors, modern clean bathrooms, a recycling center, and a fun network of trails that went through the woods and along the river.

The only potential issue here was that the electric posts are shared between two sites and as a result are placed in really awkward spots that could require a very long extension cord. The visitor center had cords that you could rent during your stay, but we arrived on a day when the VC was closed. Luckily, we only stayed on night so we didn't need to plug in.