S05E11 Arrowhead Provincial Park Review
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 ก.ค. 2024
- We camped at Arrowhead Provincial Park from August 17th to the22nd, 2023. This is our second time reviewing Arrowhead. The first time was season 1 episode 4, during a heat wave with loads of deer flies and horse flies. We loved the park so much we knew we had to come back to try it out during better temps and fewer bugs. We were not disappointed! Join us as we check out this great park in Huntsville.
00:00 Intro
01:29 Webers on HWY 11
02:43 Arriving at the park
03:27 Our site - #479 Roe Campground
03:52 Campground Map
05:49 Checking out the campsites
07:45 Park amenities
10:46 Kayaking on Arrowhead Lake and Little East River
12:35 Stubbs Falls
13:45 Hiking Mayflower Lake Trail
15:10 Cheryl's Loo Review
16:11 Campfire Cooking - Black Forest Dump Cake
18:15 Cell phone service
19:00 Exploring the park
20:19 Hiking Lookout Trail
21:24 Cycling Arrowhead Lake Trail
23:34 Coles Notes
29:02 Park Rating
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Cell Phone Service: Bell, Telus, Koodo & Virgin Mobile - cell service was poor. Depending on where you are in the park the service varies. We experience buffering with web pages and video at time. Unreliable. If you've been to this park please let us know your experience with cell service, especially if your with a service provider different from the ones mentioned.
Thanks so much guys for a great review of these provincial parks. Headed to Arrow Head with my boys!!!
Have a blast!
I love you guys. I love your tour of all the parks. Arrowhead is on our list this summer. We were able to get a few days later in the summer. Thank you for sharing,
@@manondesrochers8989 later in the summer is the best time! You'll avoid all the biting bugs and get to really enjoy the park. Happy camping!
We use to camp at Arrowhead back in the early 1980's, loved the area so much we ended up moving north of the park in 1986.
It's truly God's country!
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We just found you guys on u tube. We are in Roe site 459 July 1 2024. Been camping for years, this will be our 1st time to arrowhead
That's pretty close to the site we had there. It's a nice area. Be sure to check out Stubbs Falls.
My first time to arrowhead PP was in 1974, It has changed a lot .Big bend lookout had no platform and you could jump down the bank to the Big east river and swim across and hang out/lunch. The foot bridge use to be the main bridge going in! It was a steep drive coming in a out. Stubb falls had no stairs or bridge, you had to walk down and cross the river to get to get to the falls. Back then you were aloud to I go in the whirlpool….It was amazing times there with lots of life long memories with our kids ! I was just there this past weekend for a short 2 day stay. This is one of our favourite parks, both of my girls visit here on there own now. To introduce camping to your kids when there young is the best thing you can do ❤ :)
That's awesome. Thanks for sharing.
Honestly guys, I don’t know how we haven’t bumped into you! We are pretty much always camping at the same parks and now planning a trip to PEI next summer! Looking forward to those videos. March on my kindred spirits! 😂❤️
We're like bears or moose. You just have to keep your eyes open and maybe you'll spot us in the wild lol.
My daughter, dog and I just had our first trip to Algonquin (Canisbay lake) and absolutely LOVED it. Curious what you do with Jax (sp?) when you go out on the kayaks or sup?
Canisbay is awesome, especially in late September/early October. The colours are amazing then.
We are fortunate that Jax is content to nap in the trailer and not make noise when we leave. We take him out for a good, walk, hike and/or swim to wear him out before leaving him in the trailer to nap. When we first got him we tested out how well he would do by leaving a camera recording in the trailer while we were next door at our friend's campfire. We never heard him at all and checked the footage and he was fine. On several trips we had friends camping beside us and we would leave to shoot some video or something and we asked them to listen for Jax to see if he was making noise and he was always good. So now we feel that we can leave him for a few hours at a time. I know the parks frown on people leaving pets unattended but this is what works for us. We usually take him with us on the SUP but he doesn't fit in our kayaks. I'm researching other kayaks that I would be able to have him join us.
@@CampingwiththeColes thanks so much! This is what I will be doing next season when we have our kayaks with us. We have a 3 year old American bulldog who is quiet and after a few km hike is down for the day 😁. Algonquin will be hard to beat, especially since we saw our first ever moose! Your reviews are incredibly helpful and I really appreciate the time you put into this. Looking forward to your PEI videos as that is on the bucket list in the coming years. Maybe we will cross paths in the future, cheers.
Great video camping with the coles!
We stayed in the winter at the cabins and loved it. (We made a make shift emergency pee potty with kitty litter for the kids and left in on the porch. It was perfect with little kids)
I hope you go it! Definitely worth a winter stay.
Lol red button 🚨🤣
I think I have her convinced. We're trying to find a cancellation for February. 🤞
Hey, we were there the weekend of September 23!!! We stayed in lumby campground!! Great little park! Also that stone fired pizza truck has amazing food!
Thanks for the tip. We saw the truck and thought about checking it out. We love stone fired pizza. We'll try it next time.
Was in PEI in the summer. 😊
We were there at the same time. You came biking past our site in Roe as we were packing up. My son ran into the trailer to tell my wife and daughter. He was so excited she thought he saw a bear 😂. Keep up the great work.
Arrowhead is one of our favourites! The kids spent soooo much time in Stubbs Falls.
Thanks for another great video!
So interesting the mug story. I always tell my wife, Vanessa, that wish I could find my old Tim Hortons mug that I bought in 2005/2006 and when I saw your mug I said “damn, look that, he also has one… is that a new one? Where can I get it?” Now I know that is the same. Luck you! Cheers Ewandro
I'm always misplacing things. So nice of Anne-Marie to pick it up for me and return it.
We absolutely love Arrowhead PP! The sites are big and private. This is our go to park at least once or twice per season. We have never once been able to hike the Beaver Meadow Trail, it’s always been closed. Hopefully one day it will re-open. Thank you for your review 😊
We stayed at 479 for the Civic Holiday weekend! That's such a funny coincidence. I agree it is a great site, we had 478 and 479 for our group. 2 great large sites.
Oh wow! Quite a coincidence in a big park like Arrowhead.
Another great video!!! Thank you for sharing! I was off with your rating this time by a 1/2 point! Arrowhead has been on my bucket list for a few years. Including camping there in the winter.
Sooo close on the rating.
We've been to Arrow head too for a week and enjoyed the amenities of Huntsville. On a rainy day we took the kids to the bowling alley and the arcade at Deerhurst Resort. Both my parents are from PEI and we have been many tens of times. Hope to see how you liked it!
We had such nice weather that we didn't go into town to do much. We pretty much stayed in the park. Huntsville is a nice place though.
Great video, with a few updates to the facilities, add laundry and better visitors centre this place could be a 10. Hope you have a great trip to PEI. We finally got a spot at Rockwood next weekend, hoping to say hi and the forecast improves.
Camp booklets are great.
Another great review! And now I need to try dump cake!
Love this park right from the get go it has everything , Wow that cake sounded and looks darn deliciouse YUM. "My dog would love this park how awesome they have two fantastic dog beaches id love the trails myself and camp spots. I love those booklets they gave you too they are useful. I would have liked if they had at least a Johnny on the spot at the beaches. what a great review I am sold for this park . Thank's so much for this appreciated . Ontario Canada.
Absolutely gorgeous cinematography guys, such a beautiful and atmospheric presentation!
Thank you very much.
I love Arrowhead!
I need to try this park again. I have never camped there, but last time I hiked there the deer flies and mosquitos were terrible on the trails. I was literally running through!
Yeah, it really depends on the time of year you go. The first time we went was in July and we got eaten alive by deer flies and horse flies. The mosquitoes were a pleasure because they were slow and easy to kill.
100% on the park newspaper thing. I really like having them.
Beauty of a campground. I love the grundy lake reference. I've heard you guys use that a few times. Grundy has been a long favorite.
Arrowhead is getting put on the camp list for when the kids are a year or two older!.
Keep up the great content!😊
Arrowhead is our favourite.
Always love your videos. Met you once camping in 2022 (fluffy, bouncy white dog) and saw you Saturday at the Toronto Fall RV show. Didn’t chat with you Saturday but thinking you must get stopped by a lot of people that want to say hi!
Looking forward to your PEI trip review. That is our big trip for 2024.
All the best and thank you for sharing your adventures 😊❤️🏕️
Glad your enjoying the videos. Did we meet at Craigleith? I remember a big fluffy white dog there.
We did the mayflower trail when we were there a few years ago. Not sure if we got lost or it was part of the trail but you almost had to be a mountain goat to get up it. Lol. If you do the cabins get yourself a portable toilet. I’m like you, gotta have my potty.🤣. Have never actually camped here but visited it many times. Gonna put on my list now. Thanks
Thanks for the portable toilet tip.
Another great video. We went to Arrowhead in mid July and really enjoyed it. Unfortunately, we got there before a big rainstorm that washed out the paths down to both the main beach and at Roe where we were also staying. It certainly made it challenging getting our canoe down to the water! We also had a lot of rain the first night which flooded many sites so I would advise anyone to be mindful of the low-lying areas of their site when setting up. We only used our bikes on the roads because many of the paths were full of roots and rocks, so we walked instead. The scenery in this park is lovely and the canoing was very peaceful. The fill/dump station was great and we were very happy when we followed your advice to dump there after our trip to Canisbay. Hope you had a good trip to PEI! So much to do there. Safe travels and looking forward to the videos.😊
Another great video. Arrowhead is my favorite park to date. Like you mention . doesn't feel like its close to anything but it is actually very convenient location.
I love you guys so much ❤ and I enjoy watching your videos. I go camping every year. Just a suggestion if you guys can talk a little more about the hike trails at the provincial park.
I actually keep the latest copy of the park tabloid. I have tabloids from 62 parks in the file cabinet. I find them very helpful & informative.
Cheryl's been keeping them too. We refer to them every now and then. Looks like they're turning into a thing of the past unfortunately.
I am a new subscriber. And your videos are very helpful and informative. We just started camping about 2 years ago, and im so happy you have this channel for my future reference. ❤❤❤
Thanks for your kind words. Glad we could be of service to you.
We love Arrowhead! Agree with you guys…campsites are big and very private. Just there in August of this year and surprised to see that the main office at the park entrance is closed and you have to go to the park store in the middle of the campground to register unless you pre-register online. Luckily we pre-registered online while we still had good cell service and then we didn’t need to wait in the long line at the park store. We love the campground booklet too!! Happy camping!!
Fantastic review. Glad you got your treasured heirloom back. With a name like ours we have to visit this park.
LOL, with a name like Arrowsmith how could you not go to Arrowhead!
I hope you guys do winter camping I’d love to see a review about doing it before I try it
I hope so too! Working on Cheryl. A cabin at Arrowhead seems pretty cozy.
Last time we were at Arrowhead we didn't own kayaks. Will have to go back and check out the paddling. We also like the camping paper and wish all parks had it. Thanks again for the review
Absolutely the biggest, most private sites of any park we have been to (maybe halfway lake sites are as spacious)
Your commitment to your coffee mug is admirable. I'm looking forward to your PEI videos. We vacationed there pre-trailer and I'd like to go back to camp soon.
Yeah oughta be committed alright LOL
We have been to Arrowhead several times. We like the huge sites. My very first time camping there was back in the late 60's when the park was under construction. We were in the Lumby area and they allowed campers to come in and camp .My father didn't like the lake as there were no outcropping to go for picnic lunches ( they didn't like beaches) so we never went back. Ken and I have been there in 3 seasons and hope to maybe get there for a March Break trip - in a tent . Cheryl, try a Lugable Loo if you want to try the cabins...makes life easier
This is my favorite go to park. In my opinion this is what camping sites should look like, mostly private, and flat.
I was disappointed to see lots of empty water bottles and garbage. I picked up 25 water bottles in 2 days.
Yes, no laundry facilities is a downside. We were there last summer and needed to wash 1 load of laundry. We had to go into Huntsville to do it and and there’s only 2 laundry mats in Huntsville and both are insanely busy. It took forever to wash 1 load.
We went up there about a month ago nice park but I thought the beach was to bird pooped plus tons of weeds in water hard to paddle but enjoyed the hiking. And the man was mad he didn’t listen to me to bring bikes .
Interesting. We've never noticed bird poop on the beach and no weed issues with paddling. Maybe it was the time of year.
I like nature 🌲
Oastler Lake also does not have laundry facilities!
ben i love arrowhead
Me too!
Any plans to come back in the winter. Interested to see what you think of the park then and its winter rating.
Still working on Cheryl. We'll see what happens. Hopefully a cabin trip in Arrowhead.
I have always wondered - can you hear hwy 11 in the campground ?
I used to go a cottage with a friend as a teen that was about 15 minutes up the road and always wondered about arrowhead.
Nope, don't hear the highway.
What do you guys do with your dog when your biking and kayaking? Serious question. I have a doodle too.
We sometimes leave him in the trailer. When we first got him we tested him with being left alone in the trailer. I put a camera in the trailer and left him alone while we were next door at our friend's campsite. I checked the footage and he just walked around a bit then laid down for a nap. We also had friends in neighbouring sites listen for him when we went away for short periods of time and he was quiet. We lucked out, and he's fine to be left alone in the trailer. If it's hot out, we put the air conditioner on for him but leave him for shorter periods of time, worried about the power going out for some reason. We always wear him about beforehand with a good walk or swim and give him a treat before we leave him alone.
@@CampingwiththeColes thank you