The Ovens Park — Attraction in Feltzen South

We decided after spending 4 days at the five islands provincial park we’d take a few more days and enjoy the ovens natural park. We arrived approximately 1:35 Pm ish in the afternoon. The instructions were to stop at the green speed bump prior to entry where the staff would greet you. A masked lady came to our vehicle and said there is about a 45 minute wait to see the sea caves. We responded we are camping. She proceeded to say I’ll get someone else. The next lady explained how to get to our site and said not to have a fire until you read the Nova Scotia website for burn ban or our Facebook page. Which was to be updated around 2 pm Shortly after we arrive to our campsite 142 to be exact. Which is a gem by the way. Really private 1 of three on this road. But the issue is the campfire is directly in the driveway and makes it hard to pull a full size truck in. So after hopping out and scouting the site to see the best set up we noticed there was a secondary fire pit on the site that needed a little TLC. So naturally we decided to take the fire pit in the driveway and move it to better assemble the older pit. (These are all made of just larger rocks BTW) this would give us enough room to pull our truck onto the site and give us a little more comfort for unloading and keeping an eye on our belongings. Everything to this point was great we ate some food that was here which was great fish and chips, burger etc. It wasn’t until the next morning things started to go south. We woke up and make breakfast (eggs, bacon) which was cooked on portable butane stove. After that there were a few disposable plates cups that usually we just burn that I had thrown into the pit. I visited the Nova Scotia burn ban site and from what I could tell we were able to burn in a campfire pit. So I decided to light the little bit of debris that was in there. No sooner then me lighting the pit A few park officials pulled up alongside our site and nicely explained there wasn’t to be burning! Which I kindly apologized for the misunderstanding and doused the flames with my dogs water dish. Everything seemed fine they left and the fire was out. About 10-15 minutes later a lady showed up to our site and said hello, my wife and children had gone to the bathroom and myself and my dog were in the tent. I responded hello and my dog not knowing who was here naturally barked. I quickly assured our dog everything was ok and exited the tent and zipped it back up with the dog still inside. The lady explained that she was there because the pit had been moved and we were being charged for moving the pit. I explained that I merely moved the pit to where another one already was. Not only to make it easier for entering our site with our vehicle But also so we could enjoy a fire closer to the rest of our site when the time came. She immediately responded that there was not another pit on this site. After trying to explain myself she was clearly getting more upset and confrontational about the event. She said she hated to end my camping trip this way. Clearly she had no idea we were still here for an additional evening. She then said it was clearly posted all over the park not to move the fire pits which I’ve still yet to see anywhere posted. After my wife returned I explained and she checked out our credit card which had already been billed. It was a minor fee 25$ but I feel this is completely unnecessary. We had cooperated with both parties that visited our site and I even agreed to move the pit back to its original spot. To which she responded no, the park staff would take care of it when our truck was moved. I moved the truck almost immediately and the pit has yet to be put back. This obviously has made this a not so exciting camping experience. The staff need to be little more reasonable and understanding. I work myself with the public daily in retail and I know it can be hard to discuss matters like this with the public but maybe they should invest in better training for the staff to be better equip to handle these situations. The site gets 5 star staff...

Wish I could give 0 stars... First off, let me just explain the beggining of this story.. My partner was a bridesmaid in her friends wedding in New Glasgow, NS a few days ago. When that was over with we decided to take a little vacation of our own. We decided on whale watching in Lunenburg, then we were to stay at Ovens because of the good price and the seemingly friendly and beautiful atmosphere they so proudly preach of. We had originally wanted to stay at a different campsite, however firepits were not permitted there, so we decided we needed a place that allowed firepits and charcoal bbq's (as that is what we have). When i called, they assured everything was good. I asked the lady 4 times about the bbq and firepits (this was aug 1st 2016). Every time she assured it was okay. Wheb we finally got there (aug 7th 2016) we were told there was a fireban (we are from NB and had absolutely NO knowledge of this tragedy.) Being taken back by this news and knowing we now werent able to cook any of our food , we decided we were not going to stay there. The manager was incredibly inconsiderate about this news!! I tried to explain we had planned to have a fire to sit and relax and use the bbq we had to make food and no one felt the need to tell us this. She proceeded by telling me that my options were pretty simple. They had a pool we can swim in and a restaurant so we could eat, or buy a brand new propane bbq that was allowed in the park. I tried explaining how we didnt want to swim in a chlorinated, crowded pool. We wanted to sit and relax. And we certainly did not want to waste all the money we had for 3 meals a day in the restaurant when we already had food to cook. So when i asked if she could refund, she told me you can only get a refund if you cancel within 48 hours of MAKING THE RESERVATION. What?!? So if i had an emergency and had to cancel 2 weeks in advanced, but it was after 48 hours of only booking it, then what, im screwed?? Well, she said yes. YES! I told her i was from out of province and didnt know about the ban. She said its all over the news and you are responsible for checking that and our facebook page. I FOUND THE CAMPSITE BY GOOGLING CAMPING NEAR LUNENBURG NOT FROM FACEBOOK. I asked her to let me speak with her boss, she refused to eveb gove me their name.. Said she would put my info on their desk and have them call and that i should trust her because she does not lie.... IM STILL WAITING.

All in all, i am disgusted in the employees, i am out 80$ for the site i didnt get to use AND another 60$ for a new campsite in new brunswick (drove 4hrs to shediac to camp as that was the only place we could get last minute), the gas money to travel back, being told im being completely out of line for even trying to discuss getting my working dollars back, not to mention all the rules and regulations i would have had to endure whilst staying there.... THEY HAVE SECURITY MAKE SURE YOU DONT WALK AFTER 11 OR TALK TOO LOUDLY OR PLAY GAMES BECAUSE I GUESS FUN IS OUT OF THE QUESTION AT OVENS.

Sincerely, A very inconvinienced New...

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