PLEASE STAY AWAY FROM THIS PLACE. Unfortunately, we had to face and explain to our children the harsh reality of racial discrimination in Canada.||That is why I hope my message will not be deleted, so people can be aware of the scam that visiting this place can become if you are not considered “white.” Using that term makes me feel as if we were living in an ancient time and not in the year 2025, but unfortunately, that is exactly how you are treated there.||We had reserved 4 campsites for 3 nights, and we lost all our money because we were expelled on the second day—mistreated, mocked, and even threatened. All of this happened simply because the “cowboy” running the place did not like us for being Latino.||We arrived a bit late on the first night. As expected, we were setting up our tents and made some noise while getting settled. One of the security staff came over to warn us that noise was not allowed. We apologized and explained that one of the four families had just arrived and was setting up their tent.||However, another staff member began mocking us, telling his coworker in a sarcastic tone that we probably wouldn’t even understand him because we “didn’t speak English.” We would have preferred not to understand, rather than hear the cruelty of his words, but unfortunately, that was not the case. The body language of this so-called “cowboy” was aggressive, clearly trying to provoke and intimidate the men in our group.||Nevertheless, we complied with their request—honestly, we were intimidated.||The next morning, we made no noise at all. We simply got ready and went out to explore the natural park. We didn’t return to the campground until around 5 p.m. When we came back, we started a BBQ; our children were playing, and the adults were cooking. Unfortunately, we didn’t realize that even during the day music was not allowed. We had assumed that the noise policy applied only at night. So, we were playing a little music. Suddenly, the same security person from the previos night appeared and deceitfully asked one of my friends to let him check the entry passes for all the cars belonging to all the families. Naively, thinking they were just distributing firewood for the night, we handed them over. Suddenly, he snatched them from our hands, took them to his car, and told us to pack up our stuff, our kids, and get out of there, claiming it was private property and that we were not welcome.||We were in shock because the situation felt completely unreal. We explained that we had paid a lot of money for those four campsites and that we were not trespassing, since we had reserved the spots. Then he started intimidating us, saying he was going to call the police, assuming that would be a problem for us. Earlier, this same security person had started recording us with his phone. Since it is our right, we began recording as well. He started trembling with rage, insisting that he could record us because “this is his place” and that we had no right to do so because it was “private property.” We are currently seeking legal advice, as this is a place that provides a public service and it is unacceptable for them to ignore our rights. We have videos and evidence of what happened, but we are refraining from sharing them because minors appear in them.||We told him to go ahead and call the police and that we wanted to wait for them because it was clearly a racial issue. He laughed and said this had happened many times before and that they already knew how the police would respond—obviously siding with them.||Then he called his companion, the maladjusted “cowboy,” who arrived in one of their vehicles. Since one of my friends was at the back of his companion’s car, he started yelling at him to get out, threatening to run him over if he didn’t.||the police arrived. Unfortunately, the officer clearly stated that he was only there to make...
Read moreI wasn’t going to write this but I would feel terrible if something happened without telling my experience. 2 stars because as long as you’re in a cabin or trailer you might be ok. Before I start I understand tobermory is home to bears but staff should at least be letting people know bear encounters are common here. They also could have done more than scare the bear off and leave, for example read the article about the bear encounter at yoho national park. We had a very similar experience and did not get near as much help as they did. Staff here did not seem to care about their customer’s safety, they actually seemed rather annoyed & felt like they only responded because they were tired of being bothered after several complaints. Ill try to make this long story short Bring bear spray unless you want your tent ripped open, it’s only a matter of time before someone gets severely hurt. Do not camp in a tent on any of the sites near the woods or even at all unless you plan on dealing with bears the entire time you are there with little to no help from staff. They only have a tiny fence to keep bears out, which obviously doesn’t work. At no point did I feel safe sleeping at this campground, even in a car (bears can and will open doors if they smell food) Tried calling the campground for help around 1am & no answer, we were on our own and had never encountered a bear before. The next day it happened again (and every day after that) When we told the staff at the campground all they said was “yea we heard” & our camping neighbour said staff told them to simply “stick your foot out”. Security finally came after about 15 minutes & several complaints from other campers. They made a rude comment to us about the people next to us because they were scared & security said they deal with bears every night. They made it out to seem like it wasn’t a big deal. They had a little kid with them, I would be scared too. They did scare the bear away but it was back again in the morning. We and other campers were setting off our car alarms chasing & yelling at bears to scare them off several nights in a row. The bears (2) a cub & an adult bear (on separate days thank god) were there every morning and night we were there. When you see a cub, mom is usually around and will get aggressive towards anything near her cubs so yes it was concerning. On the 4th night (we slept in the car) & stored all but a bag of sugar, pancake mix & a cooler (with a closed container of yogurt & mac n cheese) which we couldn’t bring in the car, there was no room because we were sleeping in there due to the bear problem & stores everything we could fit in there. We woke up to find our tent ripped wide open with several claw marks & our entire cooler outside of our tent with teeth marks in it, Lesson learned, don’t leave so much as a single cracker near your tent. It doesn’t matter where you store it whether in a car, tree or tent or if YOU can’t smell it, bears can. Im so glad I trusted my gut & slept in the car, there is no way to tell whether the bear would have still ripped our tent open if we were in it. It took 1 clean swipe at the tent & it was wide open, that is no time to get far away.
We left, it wasn’t worth staying for...
Read moreWARNING - HIGHLY BIASED RELIGIOUS COMMUNITY CAMPGROUND THAT DOES NOT MAKE THIS EXPLICT ON THEIR WEBSITE. Read all the 1 star rating reviews for the true experience you'll receive from this place. They are taking advantage of unsuspecting consumers.
My personal experience back in July 2016.... Booked online 3 months ago; talked twice with the campgrounds about this camping vacation with a group..2 couples, 1 family of 3 and my family of 3 kids. We arrive separately in 3 vehicles and they spring a $250 security deposit. OK, nothing mentioned to us when we spoke to them. The website mentions security deposits but it's for cabin rentals. We point this out and they referred us to a statement under the rules section: "Campground management reserves the right to request a security deposit for groups at check-in." Slimy but no problem I can understand. BUT then the 2 adults per campsite LITERALLY. Not so bad if the sites were close by. BUT the other two sites are across a bloody pond and quite a distance from each other. So then we asked if we could just pitch 1 6person tent beside the RV. And they said that's not allowed. When we pointed out at there were at least 5 sites we drove by with more than one tent pitched, EVEN ones with RVs.....their reply: "Don't tell us how to do our job. If you'd like to leave you're welcome to." (Of course in the most polite condescending tone). We tried 3 times and explained that we planned this vacation months in advance, spoke to their people on the phone to ensure everything was good with the booking, drove 337 km and there is nothing?! they can do to accommodate us?! They looked at us and basically said that's their policy and if we didn't like it we're welcome to leave...in fact they would prefer if we left. It's a 4.5 hour drive home! and we knew all other places were already fully booked 2 months ago!! If it was only my family, we would have left but we had another family and 2 other couples included in our group. Regretfully we stayed and made the best of the situation. That evening we were told that we had to turn our music off because they had a no open music policy. Plus we had to whisper around the campfire if we wanted to stay up past 11pm!!! The next day, at least 3 sites across from us had at least 4 adults on a single site - see images attached. Clearly their 2 adults per campsite is an arbitrary and subjective rule. This campground clearly caters to specific religious community and they SHOULD be making that much more EXPLICIT on their website so that campers can make INFORMED decisions BEFORE booking, taking our money and holding campers hostage by their arbitrary rules! Thank goodness my friends are patient and understanding people. This was most the disgusting display of consumer bullying I've ever...
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