Reviews of Petes Place Access Point - Massasauga Park (Park)

Ryan Webber

The beginning of a wonderful camping trip.

Iman Dastyar

Nice place. Easy access and quite. Going again thus year. Be ready for us. Be carefull! The 380 Oastler address is wrong.

Bryan Wright

Great access point for massasauga park. Park staff is excellent.

Rina R. Wehbe

Great access point. Good resources.

Ben E

Always 5-stars for nature

Ry Smith

I found the check in, facilities, launch site and parking to all be well organized and laid out.

Erik Henriksen

Southern access point to Massasauga Provincial Park.

Jason Fowler

Lots of space for cars, although I don't know if I myself would want to be there when they need to use the overflow parking. Easy check in and access to the water. I like that there are two ramps - one for canes/kayaks, and another for powerboats.

Devin Coggins

Lovely launch point. Parking can get a bit crowded but there are 2 big boat launch ramps and 2 docks. In a nicely sheltered cove. The park staff are nice. Canoe rental is available. But I recommend bringing your own life jack there's are uncomfortable.

Paul de van der Schueren

Awesome location to start our canoe trip

Curtis Field

Excellent, clean access point with lots of parking. They seem to have just gone thru a renovation of the parking lots to create more space. If you're booking campsites and need canoe rentals, make sure you book them at the same time so there's no surprises about staff not being there.

Dejan Gadžić

Friendly people. Easy kayak / canoe / boat launch. Parking available with Park permit (even with trailers).

Somnium ::

big easy launch, can get busy.

Jordan S

Beautiful spot, could use some actual showers for when the trip is over

Trev 2G

Always nice coming to this place. We go for every May 2-4 weekend. The staff is always helpful & accommodating. Easy parking. And camping is always fun. Can't wait for the next one!!!

Michael Lim

Canoe camping is not very good here, due to the large number of motorboats. Parking extra cars is a pain. Also, my experience with the service desk was sub par.

Cameron Meikle

Update: on arrival the next day, they refunded my money for the day I wasn't able to contact them. I like the place, but got turned around driving there. I got there late and was in a hurry, I thought maybe the flier, which shows a map on the overleaf, would guide me to my campsite in case of trouble with gps navigation, so I didn't invest in the 12 dollar or 18 dollar water proof extra map being sold at the office. Bad mistake, and I really wish the young lady at the desk knew a little more, she could have headed off the trouble that ended with me landing on a rocky point after midnight, setting up camp near my site, but not my site. There are plenty of reflective signs out there on the shoreline, indicating things like no anchorage, or no fires on shore, but the campsite signs are just a florescent orange photocopy paper, not reflective after dark, placed well away from the shore, and in this case, not visible right from the shore by flashlight. (darkness came at about 7:30 that evening, not long after I set out in a well lit canoe with navigation lights in place.) I never saw the sign until the next day, checking the next Bay over from where I had ended up, I finally saw the sign from about 100 feet offshore. I think, in case people find themselves arriving after dark, if they get lost, better sign placement and full reflective material for the sign is warranted, this and the fact that I wasn't informed better at the start, the girl didn't check, or insist I check, my GPS coordinates on my phone display before I left without the benefit of a map showing the actual site! And why even include a useless almost-map on your flyer? Wouldn't it use the same amount of ink to print a map guiding you to your actual spot, not just the area to expect it in?! These difficulties spring from my reliance on the GPS in my phone, and my relying on stored map info with no way of updating it. Next time, and I'd love to come back and do it right, I'll purchase the map, damn, I wish I had this time, that flier was only good for a fire starter! This just for the lack of phone service, I have tried repeatedly to contact Ontario Parks, on how late I can arrive at the Pete's place access point, and was told by a recorded voice that my call is important, to leave my phone number and expect a returned call... sometime... My first call was at 4:00 pm, I"M STILL WAITING at 8:00! Due to a glitch with my web page, I've accidentally booked tonight, and won't be able to get there until about 3.5 hours from now, about 11:30 pm, I would do it, I've set up tent well after dark before, I've paddled under the moonlight, even in Georgian Bay! but how do I go about checking in at Pete's place, will somebody tell me? I'll put my stuff in the car and go, but how do I know!? It would really add insult to injury to arrive and have nobody there, just like there's nobody there to answer the phone at the Ontario Parks desk! Then what, leave my car where? to get ticketed?

Michael Mackuliak

Important Note: No drinking water available, or ice. So bring your own or go down the road to Moon River Marina. Good boat/canoe launch area, ample parking and short canoe ride to great sites for those first time camping trip with kids.

Edward Trejo

Great place to park if you are going to canoe to your Massassauga park site or if you are going to portage on crown land. The people that run this place are nice and helpful. There's also an LCBO on site.

Wesley Walchuk

In the last few years they have added a lot of extra parking which is great! Unfortunately there's nobody managing how people park. There is a lot of wasted space. For example if you are canoeing as a group of people you could park two to three small cars and to end beside a vehicle that has a boat trailer on it instead the vehicles quite often park side by side leaving an excessive amount of space between vehicles. I'm sure the staff get alot of complaints. I don't believe it's their fault, but it is something that should be addressed when checking people in!

param patel

Its great place for canoeing. Make sure that you are not canoe in windy noon.

N Pray

Boats can be anniying but tge scenery is lovely.

B L

One of my happiest places on Earth.

Chris Sherren

Love the Massasauga...don't leave garbage!

Chris Jaglowitz

Great launch for a canoe trip in The Massassauga Park! Friendly MNR staff.

Luay

Beautiful spot, you get cellphone service calm and relaxing. Watch out for the mosquitos/black flies!

Jon Fleig

Great launch point for our kayak camping trip. The check in procedure was friendly and efficient. Good parking, and there is enough space at the two launch ramps for several parties to load or unload their canoes or kayaks at the same time. Watch out for the poison ivy at the edges of the vegetation. As others have noted, Google maps Street address for this place is incorrect, but the directions to get here are correct.

Mike Laevens

Very good launch point for canoes, kayaks or small trailered boats. However if the main parking lot is full it's a ridiculous long walk fron the overflow parking lot. They should make small vehicles without trailers park in double rows to use the wasted space in the center of the large lot.

David Tausky

Very organized access point. Helpful staff. Nice kevlar backcountry canoes available for rent at $42/day (2019).

HJ

For accessing The Massasauga I'd rather go from three Legged Lake Access Point to avoid cottagers and motorboats. However at Petes Place access point you can rent a canoe and get your permits from the access point office unlike three legged lake which does not have neither

Pat Jeppesen

Love to start my camping trips from here. Just wish there was more then a compost toilet for the end of the trip.

Agostino Finucci

Staff are attentive and professional.

Carolyn DiMaria

Canoe rentals available at Pete's place. It's just a short walk from pick up spot to boat launch. Many campsites now have food bins, which is super convenient.

Andre Sabbagh

2 good, solid launch ramps

Paul Patenaude

Do you need to pay for parking here? I want to go for just the day. Do I need a permit?

Madeleine Sutton

Pretty neat, wish they sold food

Amy Au

Been camping at Massasauga for over 10 years. The staff are great and it's always smooth. Love!

Dave Jacobson

Friendly well informed staff...

shayne reid

Most beautiful backcountry camping place around

Benjamin Lemay

Absolutely breathtaking place to be if you want to plan a one day trip or a week long trip this is the place to go the sunrise and sunset and just so amazing it should be the first place I would go back to if I could

John Jensen

Two boat ramps and a couple is wharfs for tying off. Ample parking for trailers. Canoe rentals picked up here. Outhouse available.

Gary Hebb

Efficient friendly staff checks you in and out, and looks after canoe rentals. Quality equipment in excellent condition, a short carry from the water.

Sam J

Nice place, Parking lot was under construction when we were there. People are good there, very helpful and knowledgeable. Only complaint would be to be open later then 4pm

Russ L

Easy launch point

Bernie G

Massassagua Provincial Park access point. Water access only camping at its best, great remote secluded sites.

Brian

Dock was in excellent condition. And easy to launch from.

Deb Pakes

We had reserved a canoe and arrived at about 11 am. There were no canoes left and we had to wait until 130 when someone was on their way back. Not happy.

R Ems

Lots of parking Easy to launch

Fyshman Simons

Excellent launch.