Selkirk Provincial Park — Attraction in Ontario

Wow i don’t even know where to start. I wouldn’t recommend to go to this park and will personally not return to support them. We paid for two spots to celebrate a friend’s birthday in the nature. Since day one, we got a complaint from the park ranger about our music. Even though we weren’t too loud and it was wayyy before 11pm, we turned it down of course. He came back shortly after asking to turn it off, we did. He came back again the next day and the next day saying people are complaining about us being loud. All this is happening while others in the camp are playing loud music, and we are literally whispering (!!!) to each other so we won’t get more complaints. We tried talking to the rangers and asked to see the complaint reports or any record to understand where all this is coming from, but they refused and just said people are complaining and no records can be shown. We went to the sites by us, asked if we were loud, they all said no(one of them was literally a deaf person). We asked the people playing loud music if they had rangers coming to ask them to turn it off, they said not one person came to ask them to be more quiet (even though when we asked the rangers about the other people playing music, they said they are going to talk to them too). At that point we felt targeted. We expressed it to the rangers, especially being queer BIPOC individuals, we were all very uncomfortable. The rangers ended up evicting us. We don’t know if it was their personal issue with us, or some people staying there that wanted us out. But it was definitely a targeted problem against us. If you want to feel safe and you’re queer BIPOC I would not recommend to go there. I would hope next time the rangers will use their common sense to help a targeted group/not target a group who genuinely actively trying to listen to their instructions. We really really tried and did everything they asked of us, spoke respectfully, and expressed our concerns but it was like...

A provincial park that is part of village or close by to a city. A park that is great for first time campers. Hence, wouldn't call it a provincial park in it's true sense, would see it as a very big community park near a village in Rural Ontario.

The drive to the park is quite interesting weaving through rural roads and patches of houses and farms. Nothing interesting about the drive either when compared to the one you see or observe driving through Guelph or to Tobermory and such.

The park is small, has 4 campgrounds, a small park office that's open until 10 pm. One can purchase basic items, firewood, and Provincial park passports.

Campsites are generally flat, have ample grass growing in each, and are of a decent size. Almost every camspite has a water tap.

The main washroom is at Campground 2 has 6 shower rooms with toliet for men and women. The washroom was generally clean and well maintained. There are quite a few vault toilets throughout the campgrounds. Not sure how they were maintained but it seems like the staff did a decent job.

Not a lot of mosquitoes and wildlife around so we felt a little more relaxed. One could see many bunnies hopping around and fireflies during the night.

The beach wasn't a great experience. Algae and rocks make it unappealing to play in the water. Although the beach area is quite expansive with a kids playground suitable for kids younger than 7, a volleyball net, and huge open space to do whatever you may want.

Fishing, canoeing, and kayaking seems to be a popular choice.

There were some inconsistencies with the signages. For example couldnt locate the discovery centre, group campsites and another beach that was a tad more sandlt than the one mentioned regularly in reviews.

Overall, if this is your first rodeo of camping, visiting a provincial park, and you want to chill this is a good...

The park staff are amazing! They called me the day before my trip as the area had a serious of severe weather as the campground was half flooded - were amazing during my trip cancellation and changing of dates and sites. This time of year, the water is still cold so no swimming but I love coming here to relax. There is a really big field for picnics, a dog beach, and a regular beach. The beach is rocky, so you'd have to be very careful when going in. If you go closer to the private cottages, it's a bit less rocky, and rocks are smaller. If you like bird watching - there are plenty and will be your alarm clock for 5am 😆 I saw an American Woodcock, it's like a mini kiwi bird - pudgy body with a long beak at site 29. I do have one complaint, but that's not enough for fewer stars - the people next to me got loud on my second night. All in all, the campground is great. There's lots of nature and space for everyone. I did notice people complaining that it's a 'basic' campground - all provincial parks are pretty much the same, with the exception that some have cabins or oTentik like structures but none have a pool or lots of games. Those are usually private campgrounds, or some national campgrounds may have extra amenities. There is a comfort station with hot water showers and a laundry room. I'd say the only downside for people with trailers is that when it rains, the ground doesn't soak in because the soil has a lot of clay. So it's muddy and it floods. There is a trail - beautiful but not recommended the day after rain. It becomes...