Cavendish Campground, Prince Edward Island National Park — Hotel in Cavendish

Stayed here the other day with some friends for the Cavendish beach music festival. They have buses that take you from the campground to the festival. It is common knowledge there is going to be alcohol consumed during arguably the biggest music festival in Canada for its time.. Same thing as some other, quietly having a beer in a cup sitting around the picnic table and being harassed constantly by the rangers. No raport building what so ever with these jokes, fined the people next to us and dumped out 20 beer amongst other alcohol and fined them numerous times. Could not even go to the bathroom without them harassing us. An older gentleman was having a beer with his family during a BBQ and they went and dumped out his. A couple of my friends and I had to walk back to the front office to grab some things out of the vehicle since we parked down there to take the bus, they stopped us up and blamed us for going to get more beer, then the younger officer talked to us like we were 3 years old telling us it was time to go to sleep.. Buddy.. I have 3 kids, waited all year for this getaway and the last thing that some punk who is probably younger than me is going to do is tell me to go to sleep. We found out later while we were gone that they had gone to our campsite and were shining flashlights inside of the tents our girlfriends were sleeping in. We filed a formal complaint and are still waiting to hear. The next morning we had gone out for breakfast and coffee and came back to the site, after being back for an hour they came and kicked us out. We had nowhere to stay and had to park in the field by the music festival. We had spoken to the site staff and 6 different RCMP officers who were on patrol and we advised we were going to have to sleep in the vehicle and they had no issues with that other than not to drive out of there. We were tailgating as that is a normal thing to do at these events and they just said keep the booze in cups and they laughed and joked with us everytime they came by, we mentioned the park rangers and they agreed that they were...

0 stars because this campground is a joke. I went camping there and when we got there I was told I had to pay $40 just to get a bracelet and another bunch of money for a thing to put in my car window, and I was not told about this until I got there, not to mention that these prices were not included in the site fee or mentioned anywhere! The staff at the front desk were not very welcoming, and the forest officers were extremely rude. They would drive around the campground and look for someone to bark at. They gave the neighbours fines for drinking and made them spill out their liquor, which was completely over dramatic because they were just quietly drinking by a fire. I felt like I had to be inside my tent just to get privacy from their constant driving around. The campsite I was at was not even mowed and had no shade. There was a bunch of gross weeds growing all around and I could barely get to my electric and water because of the weeds. And don’t even think about bringing your dog, they would be on you so hard about that, you can’t even bring your dog on the beach which is just outrageous. Staying at this place was a complete waste of money and time. Really disappointed...

Very disappointing experience.

The campsite : No privacy No shade Small size Sharp gravel (bring a tarp to put under your tent in order not to break the flour of the tent)

It is understandable that following Fiona last year, some expectation cannot be met. The real problem is the lack of transparency of park Canada about the campground. There's a difference between stating that there might be some changes since Fiona and being honest about the reality of those changes. For instance the lack of photograph of the campsites is a clear indication of FALSE ADVERTISING ON THE PART OF THE PARK.

We are people that camped for 20 years and this was the worst camping we've been to but also one that we had high expectations for since we've heard a lot of good about it. For those thinking of camping in Cavendish skip the experience but instead spend a day walking on the trails which are still nice.

For those still considering camping, the best spots we've seen are C001-C003 and C005. Shades and privacy.

The toilets are nice as well as the showers. The beaches are...