Marten River Provincial Park

Marten River Provincial Park is nestled in on 400 hectares of prime Canadian wilderness in Northeastern Ontario.  It is located just off of the highway by the hamlet of Marten River in the municipality of Temagami. 

Marten River Provincial Park attraction's include water front camp sites, good fishing, hiking trails that will put your weak ankles to the test and a very cool replica turn of the century logging camp, complete with a museum, camp buildings and outdoor displays.

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Marten River

MARTEN RIVER

If you have been thinking about getting away camping with your family, you really should. Especially with all the great parks and private campgrounds here in Ontario to choose from. Camping makes you stronger as a family, opens up a new world for your kids and it creates lasting memories. Obviously I’m telling you from experience. The picture above is one of my most favorite pictures in the world. The 4 days my daughters and I spent at Marten River was like heaven on earth. The site we had was right on the water next to the beach, we spent so much quality time hiking and fishing along just hanging out with no pressures of the world to interfere.

 Here are some facts about Marten River

·         Marten River is situated about 40 minutes north of North Bay, Ontario. Right off of HWY 11.

·         Authentic Logging Village on site

·         Great Fishing

·         Trappers Outpost located just outside of park, has all your camping needs and more

HIKING WITH THE KIDS

 On a beautifully sunny August day, we went on a 4 kilometer hike which involved a couple rolled ankles and temper tantrums, but overall the kids were great. It took us roughly 4 hours to complete the trail, not counting the time taken for a picnic at the riverfront.  There were however a couple of times that I didn't think we would make it to the end. But thankfully I had my secret weapon, a package of delicious red licorice; it gave the kids the motivation and energy to keep going.

First off, I put the boat in the water. With no plug. The result was an hour worth of work bailing the boat out.(Lesson learned) My luck had took a turn for the better and we caught and landed 2 Walleye and a Bass. We had a wonderful shore supper that night.

TIP: when you take your kids fishing, you don't fish, you do everything else you are the Captain of the boat, baiter of the hook, line untangler and fish handler. So make sure you bring a lot of patience

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Our campsite was truly beautiful. Here are some other fun things that we did on our camping trip.

·         Bathed in the river like pioneers, the water was a bit chilly.

·         Sat down at everyday for an Ice Cream at Trappers Outpost

·         Many hours Spent at the beaches and playground

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It was a gloomy day when we arrived, Dustin slipped on a rock and fell into the water within 3 minutes of getting to our Campsite which was quite funny and then later that day Mike tipped the canoe and like a real friend I was too busy laughing to be able to help him.



It was an amazing campsite we had no electricity.  We went to nearby electrical sites and borrowed their electricity to make coffee. Like real bad asses.

Hotel Willy. Yes that is a full size BBQ we brought! Real Man Travels!

View from the water in. Our neighbor Dan reminded me of Survivor Man. He was definitely one with nature.

 Baby Carlos and I enjoying an Ice cream at Trappers Outpost.

Dustin and Mike touching the shaft of this 130 year old White Pine on our 4km hike. We didn't bring water we  brought beer. Best.. Hike.. Ever!

That is the top of the Massive White Pine. They are truly amazing to see.

It was a beatiful day for a hike. The worst part for me was rolling my ankle 13 times! Like some kind of sick joke! It was rough terrain and my ankles were weak!

That was the view on our last morning. It was very hard to leave as you could imagine.
Marten River Provincial Park is a Gem!

If you want to see more pictures and a short story of this trip check out my  Marten River Drinking Game  post it is a lot of fun. I wish it was July already!!!

Cheers,

Chris









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Marten River Drinking Game

 

Mike and Dustin Checking out the Big Fish

 

     A couple of years ago my friends and I had the most amazing campsite on the Shores of Marten River Provincial Park. The site was perfect with beautiful river views and a view of Highway 11. On our last night of camp we invented this drinking game. It turned out to be the most relaxing drinking game ever. All we had to do was sit around a wonderful campfire with ice cold drinks and watch the highway traffic go by as we reminisced about the past.

 


Amazing Campsite!  What a day!


WARNING! Drinking too much is silly. It is all fun and games, until your feeding the chipmunk’s at 3 am.

With that being said here are the rules for The Marten River Drinking Game :

Rule 1) if you see a car go by, it's one gulp of beer. 

Rule 2) if you see a transport truck pass by, then take 2 gulps of beer.

Rule 3) if a Motorcycle went by it was 5 gulps of beer. (This happened twice)

View of Highway 11 from campsite

     After an hour had passed I had drank 10 beers. Which happened to be way over my hourly limit of 3. I knew it was time for bed when I attempted to stand. I was a bit shaky and I had to sit back down.  I tried one more time this time making a few steps before I missed a step landed face down in the dirt.

   "Are you alright Willy?" My friends asked me while chuckling. "Yeah I'm good. Nothing damaged but my pride" I said as I picked myself up off the ground and started to stagger towards my travel trailer. Almost made it, when BAM! .. "Son of a @#@#@!!!" I walked right into the open window stabbing me in my right shoulder. My friend’s chuckles grew into hysterical laughter, so much that even I started to laugh. This drinking game was AWESOME.

     Maybe try it out sometime?

Cheers,
Chris

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