Kap-Kig-Iwan Provincial Park — Attraction in Evanturel Township

This out-of-the-way park has numerous waterfalls along relatively easy hiking trails. It's great for photography and scenic hiking. I've never camped here because there isn't any swimming (so if that's your expectation for a provincial park, you might be disappointed).

From the main parking lot you can go one of two ways. The hike to the high falls is relatively short and has several scenic views. Part of the trail is now unstable and is roped off, but there is a detour through the woods. If you go towards the picnic shelter you can see Hell's Gate and you can hike the much longer and more challenging trail along the river and through the woods.

The park closes very early in the season (mid september) so you won't be able to see the peak of autumn colours unless you're willing to park at the gate and hike in (and beware the bathrooms would be locked).

One thing to be careful of is that sometimes the park is open but no one is at the gatehouse. In that case, you're supposed to leave payment in an envelope they provide. You need exact change. I've found that if you call ahead to the park, you can verify if someone is...

Of course the park’s nature and trails are beautiful but that’s not built by Provincial park.

The park facilities are at minimum and very in need of repair. The only washrooms in the park with running water looks it’s been built 30 years ago and never touched since then, no water at women’s shower rooms and only one of 3 showers in men’s room was sort of working, Park gate office was closed during the weekend we were there June 28-29 and no one answered our calls to all posted phone numbers available on Ontario Provincial Park website, we called numerous times at different time of days as our RV was stuck in mud and needed help. Luckily one of our neighbouring camp sites had a truck and helped us out of there😀

We saw no park patrol during our 2 days stay there at day or night, basically the park and campers are left to own, do not expect any support, service or answer , stay at your own risk.

Based on available services at this park the camping fees should be just the cost of electricity or at a very minimal level and not certainly ~ $40/night +tax (electrical) that is charged across...

A contractor doing work for the park came into our site as the sun was going down and told us he would be using an excavator and doing construction at the neighboring site at 8am the following morning. He asked if that was okay with us. We said it wasn't, so he said 8:30 was the latest he could start because he had double booked his heavy equipment (and somehow that's our problem). He suggested we should pack up and move to another campground (at sunset, while all our stuff was unpacked and setup, we had a fire going and were cooking dinner). Not sure if he was high/drunk or just never been camping before.

He fired up the excavator just before 7am the next morning (sept 8) and started pulverizing leftover building materials with it (not sure why - that's usually done at landfills... maybe he was dumping in the park to save money). We were forced to get up and leave.

There were also 4 piles of human feces and wet toilet paper around our campsite. But we're not that picky so we just kept our distance.

Otherwise seemed like a typical provincial park...